TEXAS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday, February 6, 2006

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Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Previous Texas Survey

Daily Snapshot 

 

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

 

                58% Hutchison

27% Radnofsky   

                                  7% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

 

2* Okay…turning to the 2006 election for Governor. Suppose you had a choice between Republican Rick Perry, Democrat Bob Gammage, or Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn, or for Independent Richard Friedman? If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?

 

38% Perry

18% Gammage

29% Strayhorn

  8% Friedman

                                  3% some other candidate

                                  2% not sure

 

3* Now… Suppose the Democrats nominated Chris Bell. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Rick Perry, for Democrat Chris Bell, for Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn, or for Independent Richard Friedman?

 

40% Perry

13% Bell

31% Strayhorn

  9% Friedman

                                  2% some other candidate

                                  5% not sure

 

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

 

 

Perry

Bell

Strayhorn

Gammage

Friedman

Hutchison

Radnofsky

Very favorable

25%

  9%

 18%

      5%

  9%

38%

  7%

Somewhat favorable

28%

24%

 37%

 22%

19%

27%

20%

Somewhat unfavorable

 25%

25%

 20%

 27%

 25%

18%

27%

Very unfavorable

 20%

11%

 11%

 16%

 15%

11%

  9%

Not sure

   4%

30%

 14%

  36%

 32%

  7%

38%

 

5* When it comes to determining how you will vote in the U. S. Senate race this year, how important is the situation in Iraq?

 

68% very important

24% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  1% not at all important

  3% not sure

 

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

 

75% very important

18% somewhat important

  6% not very important

  1% not at all important

  0% not sure

 

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

 

76% very important

19% somewhat important

  3% not very important

  1% not at all important

  0% not sure

 

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

 

62% very important

28% somewhat important

  8% not very important

  2% not at all important

  0% not sure

 

9* 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?

 

37% strongly approve

21% somewhat approve

  9% somewhat disapprove

30% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

10* How would you rate the job Rick Perry has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

20% strongly approve

33% somewhat approve

18% somewhat disapprove

26% strongly disapprove

                                  3% not sure

 

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