RHODE ISLAND SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday September 13, 2006

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Donald Carcieri or Democrat Charles Fogarty?

47% Carcieri

45% Fogarty

2% some other candidate

6% not sure

2* In the race for the U.S. Senate, suppose you have a choice between Republican Lincoln Chafee or Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse. If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Lincoln Chafee or Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse?

43% Chaffee

51% Whitehouse

3% some other candidate

3% not sure

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

	Carcieri	Fogarty	Chaffee	Whitehouse
Very favorable	33%	21%	21%	30%
Somewhat favorable	31%	39%	33%	30%
Somewhat favorable	17%	21%	30%	19%
Very unfavorable	17%	9%	15%	17%
Not sure	2%	9%	2%	4%

4*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?

21% the economy

13% immigration

9% government corruption

19% national security

27% the War in Iraq

2% same-sex marriage

5% some other issue

3% not sure

5* I’m going to read you a short list of issues. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue. First, national security. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of national security—Republicans or Democrats?

39% Republicans

48% Democrats

13% not sure

6*Fine…the War in Iraq…Which party do you trust more on the War in Iraq?

34% Republicans

56% Democrats

10% not sure

7* Okay… the economy. Which political party do you trust more on the handling of the economy—Republicans or Democrats?

33% Republicans

56% Democrats

10% not sure

8* Great…immigration. Which political party do you trust more on the immigration issue?

34% Republicans

45% Democrats

21% not sure

9*Okay…taxes. Which political party do you trust more on taxes?

35% Republicans

51% Democrats

14% not sure

10*Fine…Is the War in Iraq part of the war on terror or is it a distraction from the War on Terror?

44% Iraq part of War on Terror

50% distraction

6% not sure

11*Great…which is more important in terms of deciding how you will vote…a candidates political party or their individual character?

11% political party

84% character

4% not sure

12*Okay….how often do you discuss politics and current events with family, friends and neighbors?

3% rarely or never

16% occasionally

20% about once a week

29% several times a week

32% every day or nearly every day

1% not sure

13*Have you ever met your representative in Congress?

42% yes

53% no

5% 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?

20% strongly approve

17% somewhat approve

13% somewhat disapprove

49% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

15* 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?

31% strongly approve

30% somewhat approve

18% somewhat disapprove

19% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

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