MICHIGAN SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday October 4, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions Governor
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions Senator
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* Thinking about the 2006 election for Governor…if the election for were held today, would you vote for Republican Dick DeVos or for Democrat Jennifer Granholm?
42% DeVos
49% Granholm
4% some other candidate
5% not sure
WITH LEANERS
44% DeVos
52% Granholm
1% some other candidate
3% not sure
BREAKDOWN
44% Total DeVos
32% Certain DeVos
10% DeVos
2% Lean DeVos
52% Total Granholm
43% Certain Granholm
6% Granholm
3% Lean Granholm
1% Some Other Candidate
3% Not Sure
2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
DeVos voters
56% for DeVos
36% against Granholm
8% not sure
Granholm voters
67% for Granholm
29% against DeVos
4% not sure
3* In the election for the U.S. Senate, if the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Michael Bouchard or for Democrat Debbie Stabenow?
39% Bouchard
56% Stabenow
2% some other candidate
4% not sure
WITH LEANERS
40% Bouchard
57% Stabenow
1% some other candidate
2% not sure
BREAKDOWN
40% Total Bouchard
32% Certain Bouchard
7% Bouchard
1% Lean Bouchard
57% Total Stabenow
46% Certain Stabenow
11% Stabenow
0% Lean Stabenow
1% Some Other Candidate
2% Not Sure
4* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
Bouchard voters
62% for Bouchard
34% against Stabenow
4% not sure
Stabenow voters
81% for Stabenow
13% against Bouchard
7% not sure
5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Granholm |
DeVos |
Bouchard |
Stabenow |
|
Very favorable |
27% |
18% |
19% |
29% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
31% |
27% |
30% |
30% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
18% |
21% |
27% |
14% |
|
Very unfavorable |
24% |
32% |
13% |
23% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
2% |
10% |
4% |
6* 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.
79% very important
18% somewhat important
2% not very important
1% not at all important
1% not sure
7* Next… the national security issues like the War in Iraq and the War on
Terror…
71% very important
23% somewhat important
3% not very important
3% not at all important
0% not sure
8* Okay… cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values
49% very important
29% somewhat important
13% not very important
8% not at all important
2% not sure
9* Fine… domestic issues like education, health care, and social security
76% very important
21% somewhat important
2% not very important
0% not at all important
0% not sure
10* Great… what about immigration
49% very important
31% somewhat important
16% not very important
3% not at all important
1% not sure
11* Last one… reigning in government corruption…
72% very important
21% somewhat important
4% not very important
0% not at all important
3% not sure
12* 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?
23% strongly approve
20% somewhat approve
13% somewhat disapprove
44% strongly disapprove
0% not sure
13* How would you rate the job Jennifer Granholm has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
23% strongly approve
31% somewhat approve
17% somewhat disapprove
28% strongly disapprove
2% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.