IOWA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday, July 27, 2006

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Nussle or for Democrat Chet Culver?

38% Nussle

41% Culver

4% some other candidate

17% not sure

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

	Nussle	Culver
Very favorable	16%	13%
Somewhat favorable	36%	37%
Somewhat unfavorable	20%	26%
Very unfavorable	16%	12%
Not sure	12%	12%

3*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?

34% the economy

12% immigration

14% government corruption

10% national security

14% the War in Iraq

5% same-sex marriage

6% some other issue

5% not sure

4*How confident are you that ballots are properly counted in most elections and the right person is declared the winner?

36% very confident

36% somewhat confident

17% not very confident

8% not at all confident

3% not sure

5*Should voters be required to show photo identification such as a drivers license before being allowed to vote?

78% yes

16% no

6% not sure

6*Should election ballots be printed in English only or should they be printed in English and Spanish?

67% English only

30% English and Spanish

3% not sure

7*In most elections, are large numbers of people prevented from voting who should be allowed to vote?

20% yes

43% no

37% not sure

8*Okay… in most elections, are large numbers of people allowed to vote who are not eligible to vote?

18% yes

39% no

43% not sure

9*Some people say that America’s political system is badly broken. Do you agree?

54% yes

34% no

13% not sure

10*On a different topic… Should marriage be defined in terms of a union between a man and a woman? Or should marriage be defined as a union between any two people including same sex couples?

66% marriage is between man and woman

30% between any two people

4% not sure

11*Do you believe the Bible literally true?

47% yes

39% no

14% not sure

12*Moving to another cultural issue… on the topic of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?

54% pro-choice

40% pro-life

6% not sure

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

17% strongly approve

39% somewhat approve

24% somewhat disapprove

19% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

14* 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?

21% strongly approve

19% somewhat approve

14% somewhat disapprove

45% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

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