FDU PublicMind - September 21, 2006 Release

Tables

Question US1: In your opinion, do you believe that the country is moving in the right direction or do you believe it has gotten off on the wrong track?
	All	Dem.	Ind.	Rep.	Men	Women
Right direction	25%	5	18	52	31	19
Wrong track	65%	88	68	36	61	69
Don't know/Unsure	10%	7	14	12	8	12

Question US2: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President?
		All	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents	Republi- cans	Men	Wom
	Approve Strongly	18%	3	14	38	21	16
	Appove somewhat	18%	7	13	34	20	17
	Disapprove somewhat	13%	14	16	12	13	13
	Disapprove strongly	48%	74	53	13	44	51
	DK/mixed	3%	2	3	3	3	3

Question US3: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?
	All	Dem	Ind	Rep
Very well	11%	5	14	16
Fairly well	31%	18	25	50
Not too well	25%	29	26	21
Not at all well	29%	45	29	10
Unsure	3%	2	5	2

Question US4: Considering everything, do you think the United States did the right thing in going to war with Iraq, or do you think it was a mistake?
		Party			Gender
	All	Dem	Ind	Rep	Men	Women
Right thing	38%	15	31	70	44	33
Mistake	57%	82	64	25	53	60
Don't know (vol.)	5%	4	5	5	2	7

Question: Have you heard of [rotate list]? If you haven't just tell me. [If yes, ask:] Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of …? Would that be very or somewhat?
[ROTATE NAMES]	All	Dem	Ind	Rep	Men	Women	White	Non-White
Tom Carper	90%	91	89	91	93	88	93	76
Very Favorable	31%	43	21	21	32	30	32	30
Somewhat Favorable	37%	38	44	32	36	38	36	43
Somewhat Unfavorable	11%	7	8	17	12	10	10	10
Very Unfavorable	8%	2	8	14	9	6	8	4
No Opinion	14%	10	19	16	11	17	14	13
Jan Ting	42%	36	40	52	48	37	45	29
Very Favorable	9%	4	11	13	9	10	10	6
Somewhat Favorable	21%	11	13	33	25	16	21	22
Somewhat Unfavorable	9%	14	12	4	11	8	8	18
Very Unfavorable	6%	11	2	4	5	8	5	18
No Opinion	54%	60	62	46	50	59	57	37

Question: Later this year there will be an election for Delaware's U .S. Senator between Tom Carper, the Democrat and Jan Ting, the Republican? So far, how much have you heard or read about this race…[READ]?
		*All*	Democrats	Independents	Republicans
	A great deal	8%	9	9	9
	Some	21%	20	19	23
	Just a little	40%	42	37	39
	Nothing at all	31%	29	35	29

Question: If the election for U.S. Senate were held right now, and you had to make a choice, which candidate would you vote for… or … ? [If choose ask: “Are you sure or might you change your mind?” If “unsure” ask:] Which way do you lean…or…?
Rotate names	All	D	I	R	con	mod	lib	Men	Wom
Tom Carper, the Democrat	62%	88	58	33	44	65	83	62	61
Lean Carper	1%	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2
Total Carper	63%	89	60	34	45	67	84	63	63
Jan Ting, the Republican	21%	4	11	47	33	18	8	24	19
lean Ting	2%	0	1	5	3	3	1	1	3
Total Ting	23%	4	12	52	36	21	9	25	22
Unsure	12%	6	22	12	16	11	4	9	14
Other	2%	1	6	2	2	1	2	3	1

Question: Which candidate for Senate… or … is best described by…?
rotate names	All	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents	Republi- cans	Questions about Iraq, Bush Before	Questions about Iraq, Bush After
Honest, trustworthy
Tom Carper	39%	55	32	22	36	41
Jan Ting	7%	2	6	15	10	5
neither (vol)	7%	5	7	7	7	6
both (vol)	11%	7	10	17	9	13
don't know (vol)	37%	31	46	39	38	35
Understands the concerns of the average person
Tom Carper	44%	63	41	23	43	45
Jan Ting	11%	2	7	24	12	10
neither (vol)	4%	4	7	2	3	6
both (vol)	3%	1	1	5	3	2
don't know (vol)	38%	30	44	46	38	38
Has the background and experience to be a good US Senator
Tom Carper	58%	74	58	40	55	60
Jan Ting	8%	2	7	16	10	7
neither (vol)	2%	2	2	3	3	2
both (vol)	4%	2	2	7	4	5
don't know (vol)	28%	20	31	33	29	26

DK/mixed