NEVADA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Monday January 23, 2006

 

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Daily Snapshot

 

1* Thinking about the 2006 election for the United States Senate…if the election for were held today, would you vote for Republican John Ensign or for Democrat Jack Carter?

 

                                53% Ensign

34% Carter            

                                  7% some other candidate

                                  6% not sure

 

2* In the 2006 Election for the Governor, suppose the Republicans nominate Jim Gibbons and the Democrats nominate Dina Titus? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Gibbons or for Democrat Dina Titus?

 

                                46% Gibbons

41% Titus             

                                  8% some other candidate

                                  5% not sure

 

3* Okay… what if the Democrats nominate Jim Gibson?  If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Gibbons or for Democrat Jim Gibson?

 

43% Gibbons

38% Gibson          

                                10% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

 

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

 

 

Ensign

Carter

Titus

Gibbons

Gibson

Alito

Very favorable

29%

  7%

22%

21%

11%

25%

Somewhat favorable

37%

29%

24%

34%

26%

21%

Somewhat unfavorable

20%

21%

22%

19%

25%

16%

Very unfavorable

11%

11%

16%

15%

12%

20%

Not sure

  4%

32%

16%

12%

25%

19%

 

5* The President nominated Judge Samuel Alito to serve on the Supreme Court. Should the Senate confirm Samuel Alito’s appointment to the Supreme Court?

 

52% yes

36% no

12% not sure

 

6* Okay…how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the US economy…excellent, good, fair, or poor?

21% excellent

19% good

22% fair

35% poor

                                  3% not sure

 

7* Overall, how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq…excellent, good, fair, or poor?

 

22% excellent

17% good

12% fair

47% poor

                                  2% not sure

 

8* Next… Which is more important, getting American troops home as soon as possible or making sure that Iraq becomes a peaceful nation enjoying freedom and democracy?

 

40%getting troops home

50% making sure that Iraq becomes peaceful nation

10% not sure

                               

9* Some people say that there is a natural tension between protecting individual rights and national security. In the United States today, does our legal system worry too much about protecting individual rights, too much about protecting national security, or is the balance about right?

 

33% worry too much about protecting individual right

33%worry too much about protecting national security

26% the balance is about right

  8% not sure

 

10* 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?

 

29% strongly approve

18% somewhat approve

15% somewhat disapprove

38% strongly disapprove

                                  0% not sure

 

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

 

                                26% strongly approve

                                40% somewhat approve

                                23% somewhat disapprove

                                  9% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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