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2005 Polling On Tom DeLay
ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST
Conducted 4/21-24/05; surveyed 1007 adults; margin of error +/-3% (release, 4/25). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
On another subject, do you approve or disapprove of the way Tom DeLay is handling his job as majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Approve 35%
Diapprove 38
No opinion 27
How closely have you been following the ethics charges that have been made against DeLay -- very closely, somewhat closely, not too closely or not closely at all?
Very closely 8%
Somewhat closely 28
Not too closely 29
Not closely at all 35
Do you think DeLay should step down as majority leader, or remain in his job?
Step down 41%
Remain in job 32
No opinion 28
CBS NEWS
Conducted 5/20-23/05; surveyed 938 adults; margin of error +/-3% (release, 5/24). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Is your opinion of Tom DeLay favorable, not favorable, undecided, or haven't you heard enough about Tom DeLay yet to have an opinion?
All Rep Dem Ind
Favorable 6% 13% 1% 6%
Not favorable 18 10 25 19
Undecided 19 20 18 18
Haven't heard enough 56 57 55 56
Refused 1 0 2 1
Conducted 4/13-16/05; surveyed 1,149 adults; margin of error +/-3%. (release, 4/18).
Is your opinion of Tom DeLay favorable, not favorable, undecided, or haven't you heard enough about Tom DeLay yet to have an opinion?
All Rep Dem Ind
Favorable 7% 17% 2% 4%
Not favorable 22 12 28 23
Undecided 16 20 13 17
Haven't heard enough yet 53 49 55 54
Refused 2 2 2 2
CNN/GALLUP/USA TODAY
Conducted 4/29-5/1/05; surveyed 1,006 adults; margin of error +/-3% (release, 5/6).
Next, we'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. First, how about...?
House Republican Leader Tom DeLay:
Favorable 27%
Unfavorable 38
Never heard of 22
No opinion 13
Conducted 4/1-2/05; surveyed 1,040 adults; margin of error +/-3% (release, 4/6). Subsample A: 519 adults; margin of error +/-5%; Subsample B: 521 adults; margin of error +/-5%; A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Next, we'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. How about --?
House Republican Leader, Tom DeLay:
Favorable 27%
Unfavorable 31
Never heard of 26
No opinion 16
Conducted 2/4-6/05; surveyed 1,010 adults margin of error +/-3% (release, 2/8). Subsample of 757 non-retired adults, margin of error +/-4%; 423 Democrats or Democratic leaners, margin of error +/-5%; 383 Democrats or Democratic leaners who are registered to vote, margin of error +/-6%; 533 Republicans or Republican leaners, margin of error +/-5%, 491 Republicans or Republican leaners who are registered to vote, margin of error +/-5%. A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Next, we'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. First, How about...
House Republican Leader, Tom DeLay:
Favorable 29%
Unfavorable 24
Never heard of 24
No opinion 23
FOX NEWS/OPINION DYNAMICS
Conducted 4/25-26/05; surveyed 900 registered voters; margin of error +/-3% (release, 4/27).
I'm going to read the names of some people. Please tell me whether you have a generally favorable or unfavorable opinion of each. If you've never heard of one, please just say so.
Tom DeLay:
Favorable 21%
Unfavorable 34
Can't say 25
Never heard 20
Do you think the controversy over House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is better described as (just politics) or (legitimate)?
All Dem Rep Ind
Just politics 41% 34% 49% 44%
Legitimate 20 29 12 15
Mixed (vol.) 13 13 11 15
Not sure (vol.) 26 23 28 27
GREENBERG QUINLAN ROSNER RESEARCH (D)
Conducted 7/19-25/05 for Democracy Corps (D); surveyed 1,001 likely voters; margin of error +/-3.1% (release, 7/27). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Now, I'd like to rate your feelings toward some people and organizations, with one hundred meaning a very warm, favorable feeling; zero meaning a very cold, unfavorable feeling; and fifty meaning not particularly warm or cold. You can use any number from zero to one hundred, the higher the number the more favorable your feelings are toward that person or organization. If you have no opinion or never heard of that person or organization, please say so.
Mean Warm Cool
The Republican Party 50.2 43% 40%
The Democratic Party 49.8 40 36
George W. Bush 49.8 45 45
(Asked of half-sample A)
The Republican Congress 46.4 39 44
Tom DeLay -- the Republican
leader of the House 42.7 29 40
(Asked of half-sample B)
The Congress 51.9 37 29
The N.R.A., or National
Rifle Association 49.2 40 39
Pro-life, anti-abortion
groups 49.2 39 41
NAFTA and international
trade agreements 44.3 30 37
The Iraq war 39.5 35 53
Gay marriage 33.9 27 54
The United Nations 47.3 40 40
CEO's 42.0 22 39
Federal judges and the
federal courts 54.3 42 23
Karl Rove 38.1 20 37
Tony Blair 65.0 61 16
Conducted 6/20-26/05 Democracy Corps (D); surveyed 1078 likely voters; margin of error +/-3% (release, 6/30). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Now, I'd like to rate your feelings toward some people and organizations, with one hundred meaning a very warm, favorable feeling; zero meaning a very cold, unfavorable feeling; and fifty meaning not particularly warm or cold. You can use any number from zero to one hundred, the higher the number the more favorable your feelings are toward that person or organization. If you have no opinion or never heard of that person or organization, please say so.
Mean Warm Cool
The Republican Party 49.8 43% 39%
The Democratic Party 48.9 38 38
George W. Bush 50.0 48 44
The Republican Congress 47.6 41 41
Tom DeLay -- the Republican
leader of the House 42.6 31 39
The N.R.A., or National
Rifle Association 49.0 40 39
Pro-life, anti-abortion
groups 47.6 37 42
NAFTA and international
trade agreements 42.9 24 36
The Iraq war 39.6 36 52
Labor unions 52.9 40 32
Gay marriage 32.0 22 57
The United Nations 45.9 37 39
CEO's 41.3 20 38
Federal judges and the
federal courts 52.9 39 27
Stem-cell research 62.3 54 21
(Asked of half-sample C)
New immigrants 49.3 33 30
(Asked of half-sample D)
Undocumented immigrants 28.0 14 63
Conducted 4/13-19/05 for Democracy Corps (D); surveyed 1,058 likely voters; margin of error +/-3.1% (release, 4/22). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Now, I'd like to rate your feelings toward some people and organizations, with one hundred meaning a very warm, favorable feeling; zero meaning a very cold, unfavorable feeling; and fifty meaning not particularly warm or cold. You can use any number from zero to one hundred, the higher the number the more favorable your feelings are toward that person or organization. If you have no opinion or never heard of that person or organization, please say so.
Mean Warm Cool
The Republican Party 49.6% 42% 39%
The Democratic party 50.4 39 35
George W. Bush 51.0 47 42
The Republican Congress 48.7 41 40
Tom DeLay-the Republican
leader of the House 40.8 25 38
The N.R.A., or National
Rifle Association 50.1 39 39
Pro-life, anti-abortion
groups 48.7 37 40
The Iraq war 39.5 32 52
Big corporations 44.3 28 41
Gay marriage 30.2 22 59
The United Nations 48.3 37 36
Trial lawyers 40.1 21 43
Federal judges and the
federal courts 53.9 43 26
The Catholic Church 58.3 44 19
HARRIS
Conducted 8/9-16/05; surveyed 1,217 adults; margin of error +/-3% (release, 8/24). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
How would you rate the job _______ is doing -- excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay:
Excellent 3%
Pretty good 24
Only fair 33
Poor 21
Not sure 18
Conducted 6/7-12/05; surveyed 1,015 adults; margin of error +/-3% (release, 6/17). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
How would you rate the job ____ are/is doing -- excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay:
Excellent 6%
Pretty good 22
Only fair 30
Poor 25
Not Sure 17
NBC NEWS/WALL STREET JOURNAL
Conducted 5/12-16/05 by Hart/McInturff; surveyed 1,005 adults; margin of error +/-3.1%. (release, 5/18).
Now I'm going to read you the names of several public figures and organizations, and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the name, please just say so.
Tom DeLay:
Very positive 5%
Somewhat positive 11
Neutral 19
Somewhat negative 11
Very negative 19
Don't know name/not sure 35
WESTHILL PARTNERS/HOTLINE
Conducted 6/27-30/05; surveyed 1,015 adults; margin of error +/-3.3 (release, 7/14). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Opinion of Tom DeLay? Would you say you have a strongly favorable/unfavorable opinion or a somewhat
favorable/unfavorable opinion?
All Rep Ind Dem
Strongly favorable 3% 6% 2% 1%
Somewhat favorable 10 18 4 5
Somewhat unfavorable 13 11 12 14
Strongly unfavorable 23 13 29 29
Heard of but can't
rate (vol) 22 30 20 17
Haven't heard of 23 17 27 26
Don't know/Refused 6 5 6 8
Conducted 6/2-5/05; surveyed 800 registered voters; margin of error +/-3.5% (release, 6/9). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the following public
figures, organizations. If you haven't heard of them, just tell me and we'll move on. (If "favorable/unfavorable," ask:) Would you say you have a strongly favorable/unfavorable opinion or a somewhat favorable/unfavorable opinion?
Tom DeLay:
All Rep Ind Dem
Strongly favorable 3% 7% 0 0
Somewhat favorable 13 20 9 9
Somewhat unfavorable 6 7 3 8
Strongly unfavorable 21 14 22 29
Heard of but
can't rate (vol.) 18 17 22 13
Haven't heard of 36 33 33 41
Don't know/Refused 3 2 10 0
Conducted 4/28-5/1/05; surveyed 800 registered voters; margin of error +/-3.5% (release, 5/5). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.
Please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the following public figures and organizations. Would you say you have a strongly favorable/unfavorable opinion or a somewhat favorable/unfavorable opinion?
(Asked of half sample) Tom Delay:
All Rep Ind Dem
Strongly favorable 5% 10% 5% 2%
Somewhat favorable 9 18 6 3
Somewhat unfavorable 11 8 14 10
Strongly unfavorable 24 11 27 35
Heard of but can't
rate (vol.) 20 31 16 16
Haven't heard of 25 17 28 28
Don't know/Refused (vol.) 7 6 4 6
On another subject, Tom DeLay is currently the House Majority Leader. If Tom DeLay were to be removed from his position, who would you like to see replace DeLay?
All Rep Ind Dem
A Republican who is
equally combative but
carries less political
baggage 9% 17% 6% 3%
A Republican who is more
willing to cooperate and
work with other members
of Congress 57 51 62 66
A Republican who is more
divisive than DeLay 9 10 8 8
None of the above (vol.) 8 4 8 8
Don't know/ Refused (vol.) 17 17 15 15
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