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Below are the poll results based on telephone
interviews with 1200 registered voters in Florida, aged 18+, and
conducted September 16-20, 2005. The margin of sampling error
is ±3 percentage points.
1. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush's overall job performance?
Approve 40%
Disapprove 50%
Undecided 10%
2. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush's handling of the economy?
Approve 43%
Disapprove 48%
Undecided 9%
3. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush's handling of Iraq?
Approve 46%
Disapprove 44%
Undecided 10%
4. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush's handling of the response to Hurricane Katrina?
Approve 38%
Disapprove 49%
Undecided 13%
5. Do you approve or disapprove of Governor
Jeb Bush's job performance?
Approve 56%
Disapprove 36%
Undecided 8%
6. Would you like to see Governor Jeb Bush
run for President in 2008?
Yes 29%
No 54%
Undecided 17%
7. Would you like to see Governor Jeb Bush
as a Vice Presidential Candidate in 2008?
Yes 46%
No 38%
Undecided 16%
8. Who is your choice for the Republican
Presidential nomination in 2008? (Jeb Bush included. Republicans
only)
Rudy Guliani 33%
John McCain 21%
Jeb Bush 13%
Newt Gingrich 7%
Bill Frist 7%
George Allen 2%
Rick Santorum 1%
Mitt Romney 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
George Pataki 1%
Undecided 13%
9. If Jeb Bush were not to run for President
in 2008, who would you support for the Republican nomination in
2008? (Republicans only)
Rudy Guliani 36%
John McCain 25%
Newt Gingrich 9%
Bill Frist 7%
George Allen 3%
George Pataki 2%
Rick Santorum 1%
Mitt Romney 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 15%
10. Would you like to see Secretary of State
Condoleeza Rice run for President in 2008? (Republicans only)
Yes 50%
No 35%
Undecided 15%
11. If Condoleeza Rice were to run for President
in 2008, who would you support for the Republican nomination in
2008? (Republicans only)
Rudy Guliani 29%
Condoleeza Rice 25%
John McCain 15%
Newt Gingrich 5%
Bill Frist 3%
George Pataki 2%
Rick Santorum 1%
George Allen 1%
Mitt Romney 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 17%
12. Who is your first choice for the Democratic
nomination in 2008? (Democrats only)
Hillary Clinton 39%
John Kerry 13%
Al Gore 12%
John Edwards 6%
Joseph Biden 5%
Wesley Clark 3%
Bill Richardson 2%
Russ Feingold 1%
Mark Warner 1%
Ed Rendell 1%
Tom Vilsak 1%
Evan Bayh 1%
Barbara Boxer 1%
Undecided 14%
13. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush's nomination of Judge John Roberts to be Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court?
Approve 59%
Disapprove 31%
Undecided 10%
14. Would you like to see the United States
Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade?
Yes 36%
No 57%
Undecided 7%
15. Would you favor raising taxes to pay
for the costs of rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina?
Yes 31%
No 45%
Undecided 24%
16. Would you favor doing away with the President's
tax cuts to pay for the costs of rebuilding the Gulf Coast after
Hurricane Katrina?
Yes 33%
No 43%
Undecided 24%
17. Do you expect another terrorist attack
in the near future?
Yes 58%
No 14%
Undecided 28%
18. Do you approve or disapprove of Lt. Governor
Toni Jennings' job performance?
Approve 48%
Disapprove 16%
Undecided 36%
19. Do you approve or disapprove of Attorney
General Charlie Crist's job performance?
Approve 56%
Disapprove 29%
Undecided 15%
20. Do you approve or disapprove of Chief
Financial Officer Tom Gallagher's job performance?
Approve 58%
Disapprove 27%
Undecided 15%
21. Do you approve or disapprove of Agriculture
Commissioner Charlie Bronson's job performance?
Approve 47%
Disapprove 20%
Undecided 33%
22. Do you approve or disapprove of Senator
Bill Nelson's job performance?
Approve 47%
Disapprove 40%
Undecided 13%
23. Do you approve or disapprove of Senator
Mel Martinez's job performance?
Approve 41%
Disapprove 34%
Undecided 25%
24. If the election for the Republican nomination
for Governor in 2006 were held today between Attorney General
Charlie Crist and Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher, whom
would you vote for? (Republicans only)
Charlie Crist 48%
Tom Gallagher 38%
Undecided 14%
25. Are you satisfied with the two Republican
candidates running for Governor or would you prefer to see someone
else run? (Republicans only)
Satisfied 65%
Prefer another candidate 13%
Undecided 22%
26. If the election for the Democratic nomination
for Governor in 2006 were held today between Congressman Jim Davis,
State Senator Rod Smith, and former Florida Democratic Chairman
Scott Maddox, whom would you vote for? (Democrats only)
Jim Davis 26%
Rod Smith 15%
Scott Maddox 12%
Undecided 47%
27. Are you satisfied with the three Democratic
candidates running for Governor or would you prefer to see someone
else run? (Democrats only)
Satisfied 32%
Prefer another candidate 58%
Undecided 10%
28. If the election for Governor were between
Charlie Crist, the Republican and Jim Davis, the Democrat, whom
would you support?
Charlie Crist 48%
Jim Davis 33%
Undecided 19%
29. If the election for Governor were between
Tom Gallagher, the Republican and Jim Davis, the Democrat, whom
would you support?
Tom Gallagher 47%
Jim Davis 35%
Undecided 18%
30. If the election for Governor were between
Charlie Crist, the Republican and Rod Smith, the Democrat, whom
would you support?
Charlie Crist 49%
Rod Smith 31%
Undecided 20%
31. If the election for Governor were between
Tom Gallagher, the Republican and Rod Smith, the Democrat, whom
would you support?
Tom Gallagher 48%
Rod Smith 29%
Undecided 23%
32. If the election for Governor were between
Charlie Crist, the Republican and Scott Maddox, the Democrat,
whom would you support?
Charlie Crist 50%
Scott Maddox 28%
Undecided 22%
33. If the election for Governor were between
Tom Gallagher, the Republican and Scott Maddox, the Democrat,
whom would you support?
Tom Gallagher 51%
Scott Maddox 27%
Undecided 22%
34. If the election for Chief Financial Officer
were held today whom would you support? (Republicans only)
Tom Lee 28%
Randy Johnson 18%
Undecided 54%
35. If the election for the Republican nomination
for United States Senator in 2006 were held today, whom would
you support? (Republicans only)
Katherine Harris 53%
Tommy Franks 18%
Toni Jennings 10%
Mark Foley 8%
Undecided 11%
36. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable
opinion of Katherine Harris?
Favorable 36%
Unfavorable 39%
Undecided 25%
37. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable
opinion of Bill Nelson?
Favorable 41%
Unfavorable 12%
Undecided 47%
38. If the election were held today for United
States Senate, whom would you support, Bill Nelson, the Democrat
or Katherine Harris, the Republican?
Bill Nelson 48%
Katherine Harris 36%
Undecided 16%
39. If the election were held today for United
States Senate, whom would you support, Bill Nelson, the Democrat
or Tommy Franks, the Republican?
Bill Nelson 45%
Tommy Franks 45%
Undecided 10%
40. If the election were held today for United
States Senate, whom would you support, Bill Nelson, the Democrat
or Toni Jennings, the Republican?
Bill Nelson 45%
Toni Jennings 39%
Undecided 16%
41. If the election were held today for United
States Senate, whom would you support, Bill Nelson, the Democrat
or Mark Foley, the Republican?
Bill Nelson 45%
Mark Foley 41%
Undecided 14%
42. If the election were held today for United
States Senate, whom would you support, Bill Nelson, the Democrat
or Jeb Bush, the Republican?
Bill Nelson 38%
Jeb Bush 50%
Undecided 12%
43. Do you think Florida is headed in the
right direction or the wrong direction?
Right 43%
Wrong 46%
Undecided 11%
44. Would you favor a state constitutional
ban on same-sex marriages?
Yes 60%
No 35%
Undecided 5%
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