RHODE ISLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Wednesday October 4, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Favorables
Crosstabs for Vote For or Against
1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Donald Carcieri or Democrat Charles Fogarty?
47% Carcieri
44% Fogarty
2% some other candidate
7% not sure
WITH LEANERS
48% Carcieri
45% Fogarty
1% some other candidate
6% not sure
BREAKDOWN
48% Total Carcieri
39% Certain Carcieri
8% Carcieri
1% Lean Carcieri
45% Total Fogarty
32% Certain Fogarty
11% Fogarty
1% Lean Fogarty
1% Some Other Candidate
6% Not Sure
2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
Carcieri voters
90% for Carcieri
5% against Fogarty
5% not sure
Fogarty voters
58% for Fogarty
34% against Carcieri
8% not sure
3* In the race for the U.S. Senate, if the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Lincoln Chafee or Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse?
39% Chafee
49% Whitehouse
4% some other candidate
8% not sure
WITH LEANERS
42% Chafee
51% Whitehouse
2% some other candidate
6% not sure
BREAKDOWN
42% Total Chafee
29% Certain Chafee
10% Chafee
2% Lean Chafee
51% Total Whitehouse
40% Certain Whitehouse
10% Whitehouse
1% Lean Whitehouse
2% Some Other Candidate
6% Not Sure
4* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
Chafee voters
68% for Chafee
29% against Whitehouse
3% not sure
Whitehouse voters
65% for Whitehouse
29% against Chafee
6% not sure
5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Carcieri |
Fogarty |
Chafee |
Whitehouse |
|
Very favorable |
36% |
22% |
22% |
27% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
29% |
39% |
35% |
32% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
17% |
21% |
24% |
18% |
|
Very unfavorable |
14% |
10% |
16% |
15% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
8% |
3% |
9% |
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.
70% very important
26% somewhat important
3% not very important
0% not at all important
2% not sure
7*
Next… the national security issues like the War in Iraq and the War on
Terror…
78% very important
16% somewhat important
4% not very important
1% not at all important
1% not sure
8* Okay… cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values
39% very important
32% somewhat important
18% not very important
8% not at all important
2% not sure
9* Fine… domestic issues like education, health care, and social security
68% very important
25% somewhat important
3% not very important
3% not at all important
1% not sure
10* Great… what about immigration
49% very important
30% somewhat important
15% not very important
4% not at all important
2% not sure
11* Last one… reigning in government corruption…
72% very important
20% somewhat important
6% not very important
1% not at all important
1% 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?
19% strongly approve
13% somewhat approve
11% somewhat disapprove
56% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
13* How would you rate the job Donald Carcieri has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
36% strongly approve
30% somewhat approve
19% somewhat disapprove
15% strongly disapprove
0% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.