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Question: Now, turning to Iraq … How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?

 

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Carper

Ting

Sept

Very well

7%

4

8

10

    3 

 14 

11%

Fairly well

23%

13

18

43

 17

 39

31%

Not too well

27%

26

30

26

 30

 22

25%

Not at all well

38%

55

36

16

 48

 16

29%

Unsure

5%

2

8

6

   2

   9

3%


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

Sept

Tom Carper (name ID)

95%

95

95

95

96

94

96

94

90

Favorable

66%

81

62

49

62

70

67

66

68

Unfavorable

19%

7

19

38

22

17

21

10

19

DK/Unsure

14%

12

18

13

15

13

12

24

14

Jan Ting  (name ID)

55%

48

52

68

61

50

60

32

42

Favorable

40%

26

26

64

41

38

42

26

30

Unfavorable

15%

21

14

9

18

11

13

30

15

DK/Unsure

46%

53

60

28

41

51

45

45

54


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

Sept

 

A great deal

19%

19

15

20

 8%

 

Some

27%

24

35

26

21%

 

Just a little

34%

36

30

34

40%

 

Nothing at all

20%

20

20

19

31%


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 “unsure” ask:] Which way do you lean…or…?

Rotate names

All

D

I


R

con

mod

lib

Men

Wom

Sept

Tom Carper, the Democrat

58

82

51

28

43

61

83

53

62

62%

Lean Carper

 2

2

2

3

3

1

2

3

2

1%

Total Carper

60%

84

53

30

46

62

86

57

64

63%

Jan Ting, the Republican

25

8

20

55

38

21

5

28

21

21%

lean Ting

1

1

3

0

1

2

1

1

1

2%

Total Ting

26%

9

22

55

40

23

5

30

22

23%

Unsure

12%

6

23

12

13

14

7

12

13

12%

Other

  2%

1

2

2

2

2

1

2

1

2%


Question Ordering: Questions about President Bush and the military action in Iraq were placed either before questions about the Senate race or after the questions about the Senate race.

[rotate names]

All

Ask about President and Iraq Before

Ask about President and Iraq After

Tom Carper

60%

62

58

Jan Ting

26%

26

25

Unsure

12%

11

14

Other

  2%

  1

  2

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see also:

Survey Analysis
Survey Details
Republican Response
Democratic Response

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