Poll Results - WA

Below are the results of a three-day poll in the state of Washington. Results are based on telephone interviews with 800 likely voters in Washington, aged 18+, and conducted October 16-18, 2006. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

1. Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Christine Gregoire's job performance?
Approve 43%
Disapprove 49%
Undecided 8%

2. Do you approve or disapprove of the State Legislature's job performance?
Approve 40%
Disapprove 49%
Undecided 11%

3. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's job performance?
Approve 33%
Disapprove 62%
Undecided 5%

4. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the economy?
Approve 26%
Disapprove 60%
Undecided 14%

5. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq?
Approve 24%
Disapprove 67%
Undecided 9%

6. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war on terrorism?
Approve 48%
Disapprove 40%
Undecided 12%

7. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the immigration issue?
Approve 35%
Disapprove 52%
Undecided 13%

8. Do you view President Bush as a conservative in the mode of Ronald Reagan? (Republicans only)
Yes 14%
No 65%
Undecided 21%

9. If the Election for Governor in 2008 was between the Democrat Christine Gregoire and the Republican Dino Rossi, whom would you vote for?
Dino Rossi 51%
Christine Gregoire 43%
Undecided 6%

10. Would you favor the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade?
Yes 26%
No 66%
Undecided 8%

11. Are you confident that Washington has overcome the problems that hindered the 2004 Election and that there will be no problems with the 2006 Election?
Yes 17%
No 71%
Undecided 12%

12. Do you expect another terrorist attack in the United States in the next six months?
Yes 80%
No 9%
Undecided 11%

13. Do you favor granting amnesty to illegal immigrants currently in the United States?
Yes 26%
No 60%
Undecided 14%

14. Do you support building a wall along the southern border of the United States to prevent illegal immigration?
Yes 43%
No 52%
Undecided 5%

15. Do you think Washington is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?
Right 35%
Wrong 60%
Undecided 5%

16. Do you favor an immediate withdrawal of United States military forces from Iraq, within six months?
Yes 67%
No 25%
Undecided 8%

17. Does the scandal involving former Florida Congressman Mark Foley of Florida, make you more likely or less likely to vote for a Republican Congressional candidate, or is there no difference?
More Likely 21%
Less Likely 55%
No Difference 24%

18. Do you believe that Republican Congressional leaders handled the scandal involving former Florida Congressman Mark Foley properly?
Yes, handled it properly 16%
No, did not handle it properly 65%
Undecided 19%

19. Do you want House Speaker Dennis Hastert to step down because of his handling of the scandal involving former Congressman Mark Foley of Florida?
Yes, he should step down 58%
No, he should not step down 25%
Undecided 17%

20. Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Patty Murray's job performance?
Approve 51%
Disapprove 32%
Undecided 17%

21. Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Maria Cantwell's job performance?
Approve 48%
Disapprove 39%
Undecided 13%

22. If the election for United States Senate were held today and the candidates were Maria Cantwell the Democrat or Mike McGavick the Republican, whom would you vote for?
Maria Cantwell 51%
Mike McGavick 42%
Undecided 7%

23. For the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination whom would you support? (Democrats Only)
Hillary Clinton 35%
Al Gore 22%
John Edwards 14%
Russ Feingold 9%
John Kerry 5%
Wesley Clark 3%
Joseph Biden 1%
Bill Richardson 1%
Evan Bayh 1%
Ed Rendell 1%
Tom Vilsack 1%
Christopher Dodd 1%
Undecided 6%

24. For the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination whom would you support? (Republicans Only)
Rudy Giuliani 45%
John McCain 22%
Mitt Romney 9%
Newt Gingrich 7%
Bill Frist 2%
George Allen 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
George Pataki 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 11%

       
   
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