TEXAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, August 3, 2006

1* Now… If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for , Republican Rick Perry, Democrat Chris Bell, Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn, or Independent Kinky Friedman? If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?

35% Perry

18% Bell

18% Strayhorn

18% Friedman

11% not sure

2* Now… If the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison or for Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky?

61% Hutchison

31% Radnofsky

2% some other candidate

5% not sure

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

	Perry	Bell	Strayhorn	Friedman	Hutchison	Radnofsky
Very favorable	18%	7%	14%	17%	43%	8%
Somewhat favorable	36%	28%	31%	24%	28%	23%
Somewhat unfavorable	23%	24%	20%	19%	15%	21%
Very unfavorable	18%	12%	18%	21%	9%	11%
Not sure	5%	29%	17%	19%	6%	37%

4*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?

21% the economy

18% immigration

13% government corruption

16% national security

15% the War in Iraq

4% same-sex marriage

4% some other issue

2% not sure

5*How confident are you that ballots are properly counted in most elections and the right person is declared the winner?

42% very confident

30% somewhat confident

16% not very confident

9% not at all confident

3% not sure

6*Should voters be required to show photo identification such as a drivers license before being allowed to vote?

83% yes

13% no

5% not sure

7*Should election ballots be printed in English only or should they be printed in English and Spanish?

58% English only

40% English and Spanish

2% not sure

8*In most elections, are large numbers of people prevented from voting who should be allowed to vote?

22% yes

49% no

29% not sure

9*Okay… in most elections, are large numbers of people allowed to vote who are not eligible to vote?

28% yes

33% no

39% not sure

10*Some people say that America’s political system is badly broken. Do you agree?

48% yes

37% no

15% not sure

11*On a different topic… Should marriage be defined in terms of a union between a man and a woman? Or should marriage be defined as a union between any two people including same sex couples?

71% marriage is between man and woman

26% between any two people

3% not sure

12*Do you believe the Bible literally true?

60% yes

32% no

8% not sure

13*Moving to another cultural issue… on the topic of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?

44% pro-choice

48% pro-life

8% not sure

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