MARYLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

Toplines

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Previous Maryland Survey

Daily Snapshot 

            NOTE: This survey was conducted prior to Michael Steele's recent comments about Stem Cell Research and Nazi Germany. Rasmussen Reports will poll again in Maryland soon to determine if those remarks had any impact on the race.

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?

                44% Steele

40% Cardin           

                                  4% some other candidate

                                13% 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?

50% Steele

39% Mfume          

                                  4% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

3* Now… thinking about the 2006 election for Governor, suppose that Republicans nominate Bob Ehrlich and Democrats nominate Martin O’Malley. If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Ehrlich or for Democrat Martin O’Malley?

46% Ehrlich

42% O’Malley

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  7% not sure

4* Fine… what if the Democrats nominate Doug Duncan? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Bob Ehrlich or for Democrat Doug Duncan?

48% Ehrlich

38% Duncan

                                  4% some other candidate

                                10% not sure

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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?

63% very important

26% somewhat important

  6% not very important

  1% not at all important

  2% not sure

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

68% very important

23% somewhat important

  6% not very important

  1% not at all important

  1% not sure

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

73% very important

23% somewhat important

  3% not very important

  0% not at all important

  1% not sure

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

66% very important

30% somewhat important

  3% not very important

  0% not at all important

  1% 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?

                                38% the situation in Iraq

                                28% the economy

19% health care

                                10% 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?

                                51% the situation in Iraq

                                43% the economy

                                  6% not sure

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