Topline results are below. Full results, including crosstabs, can be found here.
Q1 Are you generally satisfied or dissatisfied with
the cost of health care in this country? If
satisfied, press 1 on your keypad now. If
dissatisfied, press 2. If you don’t know, press
3.
Satisfied……………… 25%
Dissatisfied …………. 68%
Don’t know………….. 7%
Q2 Which would you prefer: the current health
insurance system, where most people get their
health insurance from their employers, but
some people have no insurance; OR would
you prefer a universal health insurance
program, where everyone is covered under a
program like Medicare that is run by the
government and financed by taxpayers? If you
would prefer the current system, press 1. If
you would prefer a universal health insurance
program, press 2. If you don’t know, press 3.
Current system ……. 37%
Universal health
care…………………….51%
Don’t know………….. 12%
Q3 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 undecided,
press 3.
Approve ……………… 43%
Disapprove………….. 31%
Undecided…………… 26%
Q4 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
Congressman Bob Etheridge were to challenge
her, who would you vote for? If you would vote
for Elizabeth Dole, press 1. If for Bob
Etheridge, press 2. If you don’t know, press 3.
Dole …………………… 45%
Etheridge ……………. 30%
Don’t know………….. 25%
Q5 As of today would you want our next president
to be a Republican or a Democrat? If
Democrat, press 1. If Republican, press 2. If
no preference, press 3.
Democrat ………….. 43%
Republican ………… 41%
No preference ……. 16%
Q6 [If Democrat in Q6] How important is it to you
that the next president be a Democrat? If
extremely important, press 1. If very important,
press 2. If somewhat important, press 3. If not
very important, press 4. If you don’t know,
press 5.
Extremely
important ……………64%
Very important……. 17%
Somewhat
important ……………10%
Not very important. 6%
Don’t know ………… 3%
Q7 [If Republican in Q6] How important is it to you
that the next president be a Republican? If
extremely important, press 1. If very important,
press 2. If somewhat important, press 3. If not
very important, press 4. If you don’t know,
press 5.
Extremely
important ……………56%
Very important……. 23%
Somewhat
important ……………15%
Not very important. 4%
Don’t know ………… 3%
Q8 If you are a woman, press 1, if a man, press 2.
Women ………………. 52% Men……………………. 48%
Q9 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If Republican,
press 2. If other, press 3.
Democrat ……………. 43%
Republican………….. 39%
Other………………….. 18%
Q10 If you are white, press 1. If African-American,
press 2. If Hispanic, press 3. If other, press
White …………………. 78%
Black………………….. 15%
Other………………….. 7%
Q11 If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1. If you
are 30 to 45, press 2. If 46 to 60, press 3. If
older than 60, press 4.
18-29………………….. 6%
30-45………………….. 17%
46-60………………….. 39%
Older than 60………. 38%