Texas Senate
Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
June 25, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that Rick Perry
is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
10% Excellent
27% Good
38% Fair
23% Poor
2% Not
Sure
2*
2008 Senate Election
|
Cornyn
|
48% |
|
Noriega |
35% |
|
Other |
8% |
|
Not
sure |
9% |
3*
Favorables for Senate Candidates
|
|
Cornyn |
Noriega |
|
Very
Favorable |
22% |
12% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
31% |
26% |
|
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
17% |
21% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
11% |
17% |
|
Not
sure |
20% |
25% |
4* Did law enforcement and child welfare agents do the right
thing by raiding the FLDS church compound in El Dorado?
45% Yes
30% No
25% Not sure
5* Has deregulation of the state’s
electricity providers been a success or failure?
24% Success
41% Failure
25% Somewhere in between
10% Not sure
6* Many Texas cities have taken steps to curb illegal immigration,
like verifying citizenship for workers and apartment renters. Has this
“get tough” approach made
life in Texas better or worse?
47% Better
20% Worse
23% No impact
10% Not sure
7*
Looking ahead to the 2010 Governor’s race, suppose you had a choice between
Republican Rick Perry, Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, and a Democratic
candidate. If that election were held today, for whom would you vote?
17% Rick Perry
38% Kay Bailey Hutchison
30% A Democratic candidate
15% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence