WASHINGTON SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

1* In the Election for U.S. Senate this November, will you vote for Republican Mike McGavick or Democrat Maria Cantwell?

37% McGavick

48% Cantwell

4% some other candidate

10% not sure

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

	Cantwell	McGavick	Gregoire
Very favorable	21%	17%	25%
Somewhat favorable	35%	28%	29%
Somewhat unfavorable	17%	24%	18%
Very unfavorable	21%	11%	24%
Not sure	6%	21%	4%

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?

24% the economy

14% immigration

13% government corruption

14% national security

20% the War in Iraq

6% same-sex marriage

5% some other issue

4% not sure

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

15% very confident

39% somewhat confident

27% not very confident

17% not at all confident

1% not sure

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

75% yes

15% no

10% not sure

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

63% English only

33% English and Spanish

4% not sure

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

24% yes

48% no

29% not sure

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

39% yes

35% no

27% not sure

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

55% yes

31% no

14% 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?

57% marriage is between man and woman

39%between any two people

5% not sure

11*Do you believe the Bible literally true?

39% yes

51% no

11% not sure

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

61% pro-choice

30% pro-life

9% not sure

13* 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?

26% strongly approve

15% somewhat approve

11% somewhat disapprove

47% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

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

25% strongly approve

31% somewhat approve

19% somewhat disapprove

23% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

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