Polls

Coach Smith popular, but not enough to overtake Dole

| Tom Jensen

Header-poll-resultsTopline results are below. Full results, including crosstabs, can be found here.

Q1 Do you approve or disapprove of the way
President Bush is handling his job as
President? If you approve, press 1 on your
keypad now. If you disapprove, press 2. If you
are not sure, press 3.
Approve ……………… 40%
Disapprove………….. 54%
Not sure ……………… 6%

Q2 Do you approve or disapprove of the way
Senator Elizabeth Dole is handling her job as
Senator? If you approve, press 1. If you
disapprove, press 2. If you are not sure, press
3.
Approve ……………… 45%
Disapprove………….. 40%
Not sure ……………… 15%

Q3 In 2008 Elizabeth Dole will be running for a
second term as U.S. Senator. No Democrat
has announced they will run against her. If
State Representative Grier Martin were to
challenge her, who would you vote for? If you
would vote for Elizabeth Dole, press 1. If for
Grier Martin, press 2. If you are not sure, press
3.
Dole …………………… 45%
Martin…………………. 30%
Undecided…………… 25%

Q4 What if former North Carolina Basketball
Coach Dean Smith challenged Senator
Elizabeth Dole, who would you vote for? If you
would vote for Elizabeth Dole, press 1. If for
Dean Smith, press 2. If you are not sure, press
3.
Dole …………………… 41%
Smith………………….. 35%
Undecided…………… 24%

Q5 When it comes to the situation in Iraq, do you
approve or disapprove of the way President
Bush is handling the war? If you approve,
press 1. If you disapprove, press 2. If you are
not sure, press 3.
Approve…………….. 38%
Disapprove………… 58%
Not sure ……………. 5%

Q6 Should Congress set a timetable for the
withdrawal of troops from Iraq within the next
year, or should Congress follow the President
and keep troops in Iraq until the job is finished.
If Congress should set a timetable for
withdrawal, press 1. If they should follow the
President and stay in Iraq, press 2. If you don’t
know, press 3.
Set a timetable …… 49%
Follow the
President……………41%
Don’t know ………… 10%

Q7 Now I’m going to read you some information
about Grier Martin, a possible Democratic
candidate for U.S. Senator. Grier Martin is a
two-term state legislator who lives in Raleigh
with his wife and daughter. He is a lawyer,
Sunday School teacher, and serves in the U.S.
Army Reserves. After the terrorist attacks of
September 11th, Martin volunteered for active
duty and served in Afghanistan. In the state
house, Martin has worked to make government
more ethical by co-sponsoring lobbying reform
legislation. Based on what you just heard for
whom would you vote for US Senate, the
Republican Elizabeth Dole, or the Democrat,
Grier Martin? If for Elizabeth Dole, press 1. If
for Grier Martin, press 2. If you are not sure,
press 3.
Dole………………….. 40%
Martin……………….. 47%
Not sure ……………. 13%

Q8 If you are a woman, press 1, if a man, press 2.
Women ………………. 53% Men……………………. 47%

Q9 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If Republican,
press 2. If other, press 3.
Democrat …………… 44%
Republican………….. 39%
Other………………….. 17%

Q10 If you are white, press 1. If African-American,
press 2. If Hispanic, press 3. If other, press
White …………………. 79%
Black…………………..17%
Other………………….. 4%

Q11 If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1. If you
are 30 to 45, press 2. If 46 to 65, press 3. If
older than 65, press 4.
18-29………………….. 8%
30-45………………….. 21%
46-65………………….. 45%
Older Than 65……… 26%

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