MARYLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

1* Suppose that, in the race to become Maryland’s next United States Senator, Republicans nominate Michael Steele and Democrats nominate Ben Cardin. If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Michael Steele or for Democrat Ben Cardin?

35% Steele

45% Cardin

6% some other candidate

14% not sure

2* Okay… what if the Democrats nominate Kweisi Mfume? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Michael Steele or for Democrat Kweisi Mfume?

38% Steele

42% Mfume

7% some other candidate

12% not sure

3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:

	Steele	Cardin	Mfume
Very favorable	19%	15%	23%
Somewhat favorable	36%	33%	28%
Somewhat unfavorable	20%	19%	15%
Very unfavorable	11%	11%	19%
Not sure	14%	20%	15%

4* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

20% strongly approve

16% somewhat approve

14% somewhat disapprove

50% strongly disapprove

0% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.