PENNSYLVANIA SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Monday, October 16, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Favorables
1*If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Lynn Swann or for Democrat Ed Rendell?
40% Swann
57% Rendell
1% some other candidate
3% not sure
2* If the election for the United States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican Rick Santorum or for Democrat Bob Casey, Jr?
41% Santorum
54% Casey
3% some other candidate
2% not sure
WITH LEANERS
43% Santorum
55% Casey
2% some other candidate
0% not sure
BREAKDOWN
43% Total Santorum
33% Certain Santorum
9% Santorum
1% Lean Santorum
55% Total Casey
46% Certain Casey
8% Casey
2% Lean Casey
2% Some Other Candidate
0% Not Sure
3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Rendell |
Swann |
Santorum |
Casey |
|
Very favorable |
32% |
23% |
26% |
21% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
32% |
34% |
20% |
36% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
14% |
22% |
13% |
15% |
|
Very unfavorable |
20% |
16% |
39% |
22% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
5% |
2% |
6% |
4* How closely have you followed news stories about the situation involving Congressman Mark Foley?
49% very closely
35% somewhat closely
13% not very closely
3% not at all
1% not sure
5* How do you rate the way that Republican leaders in Congress have handled the Foley situation?
12% excellent
15% good
18% fair
50% poor
4% not sure
6* Suppose that Foley had been a Democrat. Would Democratic leaders in Congress have handled the situation better, worse, or about the same?
27% better
20% worse
45% about the same
8% not sure
7* How common is it for members of Congress to have inappropriate relationships with their staff?
8% very common
33% somewhat common
37% not very common
7% not at all common
14% not sure
8* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving Mark Foley?
18% very important
20% somewhat important
30% not very important
29% not at all important
2% not sure
9* Okay… how closely have you followed news stories about North Korea’s nuclear test?
63% very closely
30% somewhat closely
6% not very closely
0% not at all
1% not sure
10* How do you rate the way that the Bush Administration has responded to North Korea?
19% excellent
22% good
31% fair
26% poor
2% not sure
11* Is the situation with North Korea part of the War on Terror or something entirely separate from it?
20% part of the War on Terror
69% entirely separate from the War on Terror
11% not sure
12* Who’s winning war on terror the United States and its allies or the terrorists?
32% the United States and its allies
26% the terrorists
28% neither
4% not sure
13* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving North Korea?
40% very important
34% somewhat important
18% not very important
7% not at all important
1% 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?
26% strongly approve
12% somewhat approve
8% somewhat disapprove
53% strongly disapprove
0% not sure
15* How would you rate the job Ed Rendell has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
29% strongly approve
30% somewhat approve
14% somewhat disapprove
26% strongly disapprove
0% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.