Below are the results of a three-day poll of
likely voters in the state of Wisconsin. Results are based on
telephone interviews with 800 likely voters in Wisconsin, aged
18+, and conducted October 6-8, 2006. The margin of sampling error
is ±3 percentage points.
| 1. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush’s overall job performance? |
| Approve |
36% |
| Disapprove |
56% |
| Undecided |
8% |
| |
| 2. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush’s handling of the economy? |
| Approve |
30% |
| Disapprove |
60% |
| Undecided |
10% |
| |
| 3. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq? |
| Approve |
26% |
| Disapprove |
68% |
| Undecided |
6% |
| |
| 4. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush’s handling of the war on terrorism? |
| Approve |
51% |
| Disapprove |
41% |
| Undecided |
8% |
| |
| 5. Do you approve or disapprove of President
Bush’s handling of the issue of immigration? |
| Approve |
35% |
| Disapprove |
47% |
| Undecided |
18% |
| |
| 6. Do you consider President Bush to be
a conservative in the mode of Ronald Reagan? (Republicans
only) |
| Yes |
27% |
| No |
55% |
| Undecided |
18% |
| |
| 7. Do you support or oppose granting amnesty
to illegal immigrants currently living in the United States? |
| Support |
23% |
| Oppose |
55% |
| Undecided |
22% |
| |
| 8. Do you support or oppose building a
wall along the border of the Southwest to control immigration? |
| Support |
48% |
| Oppose |
40% |
| Undecided |
12% |
| |
| 9. Would you like to see the United States
Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade? |
| Yes |
37% |
| No |
56% |
| Undecided |
7% |
| |
| 10. Would you like to see the United States
withdraw all troops from Iraq within six months? |
| Yes |
58% |
| No |
29% |
| Undecided |
13% |
| |
| 11. Do you expect another terrorist attack
within the next six months? |
| Yes |
82% |
| No |
10% |
| Undecided |
8% |
| |
| 12. 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 |
23% |
| Less Likely |
44% |
| No Difference |
33% |
| |
| 13. Do you believe that Republican Congressional
leaders handled the scandal involving former Florida Congressman
Mark Foley properly? |
| Yes, handled it properly |
17% |
| No, did not handle it properly |
65% |
| Undecided |
18% |
| |
| 14. 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 |
56% |
| No, he should not step down |
34% |
| Undecided |
10% |
| |
| 15. Do you approve or disapprove of Governor
Jim Doyle’s job performance? |
| Approve |
38% |
| Disapprove |
52% |
| Undecided |
10% |
| |
| 16. Do you approve or disapprove of the State
Legislature’s job performance? |
| Approve |
39% |
| Disapprove |
48% |
| Undecided |
13% |
| |
| 17. If the election for Governor was held today,
and the choice was between Jim Doyle, the Democrat and Mark
Green, the Republican, whom would you vote for? |
| Jim Doyle |
46% |
| Mark Green |
43% |
| Undecided |
11% |
| |
| 18. Do you approve or disapprove of United
States Senator Russ Feingold’s job performance? |
| Approve |
53% |
| Disapprove |
35% |
| Undecided |
12% |
| |
| 19. Do you approve or disapprove of Senator
Herb Kohl’s job performance? |
| Approve |
52% |
| Disapprove |
36% |
| Undecided |
12% |
| |
| 20. Would you like to see former Governor Tommy
Thompson run for President in 2008? |
| Yes |
55% |
| No |
22% |
| Undecided |
23% |
| |
| 21. Would you like to see Senator Russ Feingold
run for President in 2008? |
| Yes |
53% |
| No |
37% |
| Undecided |
10% |
| |
| 22. Who is your choice for the Democratic Presidential
nomination in 2008? (Russ Feingold included; Democrats only) |
| Hillary Clinton |
35% |
| Russ Feingold |
33% |
| Al Gore |
10% |
| John Edwards |
5% |
| John Kerry |
3% |
| Wesley Clark |
1% |
| Mark Warner |
1% |
| Joseph Biden |
1% |
| Tom Vilsack |
1% |
| Evan Bayh |
1% |
| Ed Rendell |
1% |
| Bill Richardson |
1% |
| Christopher Dodd |
1% |
| Undecided |
6% |
| |
| 23. Who is your choice for the Democratic Presidential
nomination in 2008? (Russ Feingold excluded; Democrats only) |
| Hillary Clinton |
35% |
| Al Gore |
30% |
| John Edwards |
14% |
| John Kerry |
5% |
| Joseph Biden |
1% |
| Wesley Clark |
1% |
| Mark Warner |
1% |
| Tom Vilsack |
1% |
| Evan Bayh |
1% |
| Ed Rendell |
1% |
| Bill Richardson |
1% |
| Christopher Dodd |
1% |
| Undecided |
8% |
| |
| 24. Who is your choice for the Republican Presidential
nomination in 2008? (Tommy Thompson included; Republicans
only) |
| Rudy Giuliani |
33% |
| Tommy Thompson |
24% |
| John McCain |
17% |
| Mitt Romney |
7% |
| Newt Gingrich |
4% |
| Bill Frist |
2% |
| Rick Santorum |
1% |
| George Pataki |
1% |
| George Allen |
1% |
| Chuck Hagel |
1% |
| Undecided |
9% |
| |
| 25. Who is your choice for the Republican Presidential
nomination in 2008? (Tommy Thompson excluded; Republicans
only) |
| Rudy Giuliani |
39% |
| John McCain |
25% |
| Mitt Romney |
9% |
| Newt Gingrich |
6% |
| Bill Frist |
3% |
| George Allen |
1% |
| Rick Santorum |
1% |
| George Pataki |
1% |
| Chuck Hagel |
1% |
| Undecided |
14% |
| |
| 26. Do you think Wisconsin headed in the right
direction or wrong direction? |
| Right |
29% |
| Wrong |
60% |
| Undecided |
11% |
