Poll Results - PA

Below are the poll results based on telephone interviews with 1200 likely voters in Pennsylvania, aged 18+, and conducted October 20-23, 2006. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

1. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's overall job performance?
Approve 35%
Disapprove 60%
Undecided 5%

2. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the economy?
Approve 28%
Disapprove 58%
Undecided 14%

3. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq?
Approve 33%
Disapprove 59%
Undecided 8%

4. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war on terrorism?
Approve 49%
Disapprove 42%
Undecided 9%

5. Do you approve or disapprove of President Bush's handling of the immigration issue?
Approve 40%
Disapprove 47%
Undecided 13%

6. Do you consider President Bush to be a conservative in the mode of Ronald Reagan? (Republicans only)
Yes 18%
No 60%
Undecided 22%

7. Would you like to see the United States Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade?
Yes 33%
No 57%
Undecided 10%

8. Would you like to see the United States withdraw all troops immediately from Iraq within the next six months?
Yes 43%
No 42%
Undecided 15%

9. Do you expect another terrorist attack in the United States within the next six months?
Yes 78%
No 8% U
ndecided 14%

10. Do you favor granting amnesty to illegal immigrants currently living in the United States?
Yes 12%
No 80%
Undecided 8%

11. Do you favor building a wall at the southern border of the United States to secure the southern border with Mexico?
Yes 86%
No 8%
Undecided 6%

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 18%
Less Likely 52%
No Difference 30%

13. Do you believe that Republican Congressional leaders handled the scandal involving former Florida Congressman Mark Foley properly?
Yes, handled it properly 12%
No, did not handle it properly 69%
Undecided 19%

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 58%
No, he should not step down 30%
Undecided 12%

15. Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Ed Rendell's job performance?
Approve 50%
Disapprove 36%
Undecided 14%

16. If the election for Governor was held today, and the choice was between Ed Rendell the Democrat, or Lynn Swann the Republican, whom would you vote for?
Ed Rendell 57%
Lynn Swann 37%
Undecided 6%

17. Do you approve or disapprove of United States Senator Rick Santorum's job performance?
Approve 47%
Disapprove 44%
Undecided 9%

18. If the election for United States Senate were held today, and the choice was between Robert Casey, Jr. the Democrat, or Rick Santorum the Republican, whom would you vote for?
Robert Casey, Jr. 49%
Rick Santorum 42%
Undecided 9%

19. Do you approve or disapprove of United States Senator Arlen Specter's job performance?
Approve 51%
Disapprove 36%
Undecided 13%

20. Who is your choice for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008? (Democrats only.)
Hillary Clinton 28%
Al Gore 17%
Barack Obama 15%
John Edwards 10%
John Kerry 6%
Russ Feingold 4%
Wesley Clark 2%
Joseph Biden 1%
Christopher Dodd 1%
Ed Rendell 1%
Evan Bayh 1%
Bill Richardson 1%
Tom Vilsack 1%
Undecided 12%

21. Who is your choice for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2008? (Republicans only)
Rudy Giuliani 47%
John McCain 24%
Newt Gingrich 8%
Mitt Romney 6%
Bill Frist 2%
George Allen 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
George Pataki 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 9%

22. Do you think that Pennsylvania is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?
Right 29%
Wrong 59%
Undecided 12%

       
   
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