KANSAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday February 9, 2006

 

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous Kansas Survey

Daily Snapshot

1* Thinking about the election for Governor, suppose you have a choice between Republican Robin Jennison and Democrat Kathleen Sebelius. If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Robin Jennison or for Democrat Kathleen Sebelius?

 

                                36% Jennison

47% Sebelius       

                                  4% some other candidate

                                12% not sure

 

2* Okay…what if the Republicans nominate Jim Barnett? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Barnett or for Democrat Kathleen Sebelius?

 

                                37% Barnett

45% Sebelius       

                                  5% some other candidate

                                13% not sure

 

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

 

 

Sebelius

Jennison

Barnett

Very favorable

27%

  7%

  8%

Somewhat favorable

35%

39%

34%

Somewhat unfavorable

26%

16%

19%

Very unfavorable

10%

  5%

  8%

Not sure

  2%

33%

31%

 

4* who do you trust more when it comes to the situation in Iraq and national security—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

64% President Bush

26% Democrats in Congress

10% not sure

 

5* Okay… who do you trust more when it comes to managing the economy—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

57% President Bush

34% Democrats in Congress

  9% not sure

 

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?

 

60% very important

29% somewhat important

  8% not very important

  1% not at all important

  2% not sure

 

7* Okay… how important is the issue of health care?

 

59% very important

28% somewhat important

  8% not very important

  4% not at all important

  1% not sure

 

8* Fine, as a voting issue, how important is the economy?

 

73% very important

19% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  1% not at all important

  2% not sure

 

9* One more… how important is the issue of developing alternative sources of energy?

 

69% very important

22% somewhat important

  4% not very important

  3% not at all important

  2% 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?

 

                                36% the situation in Iraq

                                26% the economy

15% health care

                                13% developing alternate sources of energy

                                10% not sure

 

11* Suppose you had to choose between the situation in Iraq and the economy. Which of those issues is most important?

 

                                48% the situation in Iraq

                                44% the economy

                                  8% not sure

 

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