CONNECTICUT SURVEY of 550 likely voters

Wednesday October 3, 2006

1* If the election for United States Senator were held today, would you vote for Independent Joseph Lieberman, Democrat Ned Lamont or Republican Alan Schlesinger?

50% Lieberman

40% Lamont

6% Schlesinger

1% some other candidate

3% not sure

WITH LEANERS

51% Lieberman

40% Lamont

6% Schlesinger

0% some other candidate

4% not sure

BREAKDOWN

51% Total Lieberman

39% Certain Lieberman

11% Lieberman

1% Lean Lieberman

40% Total Lamont

30% Certain Lamont

10% Lamont

0% Lean Lamont

6% Schlesinger

0% some other candidate

3% not sure

2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?

Lieberman voters

73% for candidate

24% against Lamont

4% not sure

Lamont voters

52% for candidate

41% against Lieberman

6% not sure

3* Now… thinking about the election for Governor, if the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jodi Rell or Democrat John DeStefano, Jr.?

58% Rell

33% DeStefano, Jr.

3% some other candidate

7% not sure

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

	Lieberman	Lamont	Schlesinger	Rell	DeStefano
Very favorable	32%	16%	3%	37%	15%
Somewhat favorable	28%	32%	16%	40%	32%
Somewhat unfavorable	20%	21%	25%	15%	22%
Very unfavorable	17%	26%	22%	6%	17%
Not sure	3%	5%	33%	3%	14%

5* Okay… I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news today. For each, please let me know how important it will be in terms of how you will vote this November—first—the economy.

64% very important

31% somewhat important

3% not very important

0% not at all important

2% not sure

6* Next… the national security issues like the War in Iraq and the War on Terror…

81% very important

14% somewhat important

4% not very important

0% not at all important

1% not sure

7* Okay… cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values

39% very important

34% somewhat important

18% not very important

8% not at all important

1% not sure

8* Fine… domestic issues like education, health care, and social security

67% very important

25% somewhat important

6% not very important

2% not at all important

0% not sure

9* Great… what about immigration

42% very important

33% somewhat important

18% not very important

6% not at all important

2% not sure

10* Last one… reigning in government corruption…

66% very important

22% somewhat important

10% not very important

1% not at all important

1% not sure

11* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would raise taxes?

41% yes

33% no

26% not sure

12* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would consider changes to Social Security?

52% yes

27% no

22% not sure

13* Should all American troops in Iraq be brought home within a year?

46% yes

33% no

21% not sure

14* Finally, suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the United States Senate this year. Would you vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic party?

33% Republican

53% Democratic

14% not sure

15* 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?

25% strongly approve

14% somewhat approve

11% somewhat disapprove

50% strongly disapprove

0% not sure

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

36% strongly approve

43% somewhat approve

13% somewhat disapprove

8% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.