MAINE SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday October 17, 2006

1* In thinking about the 2006 election for Governor, if the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Chandler Woodcock or for Democrat John Baldacci?

34% Woodcock

44% Baldacci

16% some other candidate

6% not sure

WITH LEANERS

38% Woodcock

46% Baldacci

11% some other candidate

5% not sure

BREAKDOWN

38% Total Woodcock

26% Certain Woodcock

9% Woodcock

4% Lean Woodcock

46% Total Baldacci

28% Certain Baldacci

15% Baldacci

3% Lean Baldacci

11% some other candidate

5% not sure

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

Woodcock voters

51% for Woodcock

45% against Baldacci

5% not sure

Baldacci voters

64% for Baldacci

31% against Woodcock

6% not sure

3* Now, in thinking about the 2006 election for United States Senator, if the election for Senator were held today, would you vote for Republican Olympia Snowe or for Democrat Jean Hay Bright?

70% Snowe

24% Hay Bright

1% some other candidate

4% not sure

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

	Baldacci	Woodcock	Snowe	Hay Bright
Very favorable	18%	13%	49%	7%
Somewhat favorable	34%	31%	31%	28%
Somewhat favorable	27%	24%	14%	24%
Very unfavorable	20%	26%	6%	13%
Not sure	1%	7%	1%	28%

5* 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

23% somewhat approve

10% somewhat disapprove

45% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

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

15% strongly approve

33% somewhat approve

25% somewhat disapprove

27% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

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