MINNESOTA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions Governor
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions Senator
Crosstabs for Other Questions
1* If the election for governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Tim Pawlenty or for Democrat Mike Hatch?
42% Pawlenty
44% Hatch
9% Hutchinson
1% some other candidate
4% not sure
WITH LEANERS
46% Pawlenty
50% Hatch
2% Hutchinson
0% some other candidate
2% not sure
BREAKDOWN
46% Total Pawlenty
33% Certain Pawlenty
9% Pawlenty
4% Lean Pawlenty
50% Total Hatch
33% Certain Hatch
11% Hatch
6% Lean Hatch
2% Hutchinson
0% some other candidate
2% not sure
2* If the election for Minnesota’s next United States Senator, were held today, would you vote for Republican Mark Kennedy or for Democrat Amy Klobuchar?
36% Kennedy
53% Klobuchar
6% Fitzgerald
1% some other candidate
3% not sure
WITH LEANERS
40% Kennedy
57% Klobuchar
1% Fitzgerald
1% some other candidate
1% not sure
BREAKDOWN
40% Total Kennedy
28% Certain Kennedy
8% Kennedy
4% Lean Kennedy
57% Total Klobuchar
43% Certain Klobuchar
11% Klobuchar
3% Lean Klobuchar
1% Fitzgerald
1% some other candidate
1% not sure
3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Pawlenty |
Hatch |
Hutchinson |
Kennedy |
Klobuchar |
Fitzgerald |
|
Very favorable |
26% |
21% |
6% |
21% |
36% |
6% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
31% |
36% |
30% |
24% |
25% |
23% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
22% |
23% |
20% |
17% |
16% |
19% |
|
Very unfavorable |
20% |
14% |
10% |
33% |
18% |
9% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
5% |
33% |
5% |
5% |
43% |
4* 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.
60% very important
33% somewhat important
5% not very important
1% not at all important
1% not sure
5* Next… the national security issues like the War in Iraq and the War on
Terror…
71% very important
22% somewhat important
4% not very important
2% not at all important
1% not sure
6* Okay… cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values
38% very important
31% somewhat important
20% not very important
11% not at all important
1% not sure
7* Fine… domestic issues like education, health care, and social security
68% very important
27% somewhat important
4% not very important
1% not at all important
0% not sure
8* Great… what about immigration
38% very important
35% somewhat important
20% not very important
5% not at all important
1% not sure
9* Last one… reigning in government corruption…
65% very important
25% somewhat important
8% not very important
1% not at all important
1% not sure
10* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would raise
taxes?
53% yes
29% no
17% not sure
11* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would consider changes to Social Security?
59% yes
22% no
18% not sure
12* Should all American troops in Iraq be brought home within a year?
44% yes
36% no
20% not sure
13* 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?
38% Republican
52% Democratic
10% not sure
14* 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
9% somewhat disapprove
48% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
15* How would you rate the job Tim Pawlenty has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
26% strongly approve
25% somewhat approve
24% somewhat disapprove
25% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.