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CONNECTICUT SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Saturday October 28, 2006

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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?

 

                                48% Lieberman

40% Lamont

  9% Schlesinger  

                                  1% some other candidate

                                  2% not sure

 

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

 

                Lieberman voters

67% for Lieberman

27% against Lamont

  6% not sure

               

Lamont voters

40% for Lamont

55% 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.?

 

                57% Rell

                35% DeStefano, Jr.

                  2% some other candidate

                  5% 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

23%

17%

  7%

37%

17%

Somewhat favorable

33%

30%

30%

37%

34%

Somewhat unfavorable

20%

20%

25%

17%

21%

Very unfavorable

23%

31%

17%

  8%

17%

Not sure

  1%

  2%

20%

  1%

11%

 

5* 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?

 

38% Republican

52% Democratic

11% mot sure

 

6* How would you rate the way things are going in Iraq these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

 

  3% excellent

11% good

22% fair

63% poor

  1% not sure

 

7* Generally speaking how would you rate the U.S Economy these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

 

17% excellent

27% good

39% fair

17% poor

  0% not sure

 

8* Which political party do you trust more to handle the War in Iraq-Republicans or Democrats?

 

38% Republicans

44% Democrats

18% not sure

 

9* Which political party do you trust more to handle the Economy-Republicans or Democrats?

 

41% Republicans

46% Democrats

13% 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?

 

                                22% strongly approve

                                17% somewhat approve

                                10% somewhat disapprove

                                50% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

11* 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?

 

                                35% strongly approve

                                36% somewhat approve

                                19% somewhat disapprove

                                  8% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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