IOWA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Favorables
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* Thinking about the General election for Governor, suppose that Republicans nominate Jim Nussle and Democrats nominate Chet Culver. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Nussle or for Democrat Chet Culver?
40% Nussle
41% Culver
7% some other candidate
12% not sure
2* Fine… what if the Democrats nominate Mike Blouin? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Nussle or for Democrat Mike Blouin?
41% Nussle
36% Blouin
8% some other candidate
15% not sure
3* Fine… what if the Democrats nominate Ed Fallon? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Nussle or for Democrat Ed Fallon?
42% Nussle
32% Fallon
9% some other candidate
18% not sure
4* Okay… what if the Democrats nominate Patty Judge? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Nussle or for Democrat Patty Judge?
42% Nussle
37% Judge
7% some other candidate
14% not sure
5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Nussle |
Culver |
Blouin |
Fallon |
Judge |
|
Very favorable |
18% |
10% |
7% |
5% |
11% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
36% |
39% |
33% |
29% |
31% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
20% |
25% |
29% |
31% |
29% |
|
Very unfavorable |
14% |
9% |
6% |
28% |
12% |
|
Not sure |
12% |
16% |
25% |
21% |
17% |
6* Moving to a different topic… When it comes to determining how you will vote in the U. S. Senate race this year, how important is the situation in Iraq?
64% very important
27% somewhat important
5% not very important
2% not at all important
2% not sure
7* Okay… how important is the issue of health care?
71% very important
21% somewhat important
7% not very important
0% not at all important
1% not sure
8* Fine, as a voting issue, how important is the economy?
65% very important
33% somewhat important
2% not very important
0% not at all important
0% not sure
9* One more… how important is the issue of developing alternative sources of energy?
68% very important
25% somewhat important
6% not very important
0% not at all important
0% not sure
10* Okay… in determining how you will vote, which of the following issues is the most important issue is more important… the situation in Iraq, the economy, health care, or developing alternative sources of energy?
31% the situation in Iraq
29% the economy
21% health care
13% developing alternate sources of energy
6% not sure
11* Suppose you had to choose between the situation in Iraq and the economy. Which of those issues is most important?
43% the situation in Iraq
50% the economy
7% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.