VIRGINIA 5 th DISTRICT HORSERACE If the elections for Congress were held today, which candidate would you vote for in your congressional district? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Tom Perriello 44 93 9 37 46 42 57 43 44 Robert Hurt 45 4 87 46 45 46 38 48 44 Other 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 Don't know 9 3 4 13 6 11 3 8 10 Now think about the upcoming November election for Congress? How likely are you to vote in that election? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Definitely will vote 83 88 85 81 85 81 80 82 83 Probably will vote 17 12 15 19 15 19 20 18 17 Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Probably will NOT vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Definitely will NOT vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thinking about the 2008 election, for whom did you vote for President? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Democrat Barack Obama 42 97 2 35 42 43 48 41 44 Republican John McCain 51 3 97 54 51 50 41 56 48 A third party candidate 2 0 0 3 1 2 5 2 1 Did not vote 2 0 1 4 3 1 6 0 2 Other 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Don't know - prefer not to say 3 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 4 1
JOB APPROVAL Thinking in general, would you say that you approve or disapprove of the job President Barack Obama has been doing? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Approve / Disapprove 44/54 92/6 8/90 39/60 43/55 46/53 48/48 44/56 44/52 Strongly approve 26 66 4 14 26 26 32 23 26 Somewhat approve 18 26 4 25 17 20 16 21 18 Somewhat disapprove 13 4 17 15 13 12 12 16 10 Strongly disapprove 41 2 73 45 42 41 36 40 42 Don't know 2 1 2 2 2 1 4 0 3 Thinking in general, would you say that you approve or disapprove of the job Congress has been doing? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Approve / Disapprove 20/75 40/51 6/92 19/79 19/80 22/71 33/68 21/75 18/76 Strongly approve 3 8 1 2 4 2 3 2 3 Somewhat approve 17 32 5 17 15 20 30 19 15 Somewhat disapprove 26 30 21 24 25 27 30 29 25 Strongly disapprove 49 21 71 55 55 44 38 46 51 Don't know 5 9 2 2 2 7 0 3 7 PARTY IDENTIFICATION Do you consider yourself a Democrat, a Republican or an Independent? Base Now Vote D Now Vote R Now DK on Vote Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Democrat 29 61 2 8 27 31 27 26 31 Independent 35 29 36 56 38 32 34 34 36 Republican 29 6 55 12 29 29 32 35 23 Other 3 1 3 7 2 3 0 3 4 Don't know - prefer not to say 5 3 4 17 5 5 7 2 6 2
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS Would you say that you have a favorable or unfavorable view of the Tea Party? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Favorable / Unfavorable Very favorable Somewhat favorable Somewhat unfavorable Very unfavorable Not familiar Don't know If a candidate is supported by the Tea Party in this November's congressional election, would you say it makes you more or less likely to support that candidate or it makes no difference to you? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ More / Less Likely Much more likely Somewhat more likely Somewhat less likely Much less likely Makes no difference Don't know When you think about your vote in this November's congressional election, how important in your decision is your feeling about president Obama? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Important / Unimportant 70/28 79/21 73/23 62/35 69/29 71/27 60/32 60/40 76/20 Very important 48 53 57 38 46 50 43 40 53 Somewhat important 22 26 16 24 23 21 17 20 23 Not very important 13 8 20 11 16 10 17 22 7 Not at all important 15 13 3 24 13 17 15 18 13 Don't know 2 0 3 3 3 2 8 0 3 3
Generally thinking about this November's congressional election, how passionate would you say you are about voting this November? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Very passionate about voting Somewhat passionate about voting Not very passionate about voting Not at all passionate about voting Don't know - If you had to choose, would you say that today it's better that: Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ The President and majority in Congress are from the same party 36 68 20 29 35 38 60 40 31 The President and majority in Congress are each from a different party 45 15 61 56 43 47 33 51 44 Don't know 19 17 19 14 23 16 7 9 25 Do you think in the last two years, the ethical situation in Congress has improved, stayed the same or gotten worse? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Improved Stayed the same Gotten worse Don't know 4
Do you think the new health reform legislation should be repealed? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Yes 53 14 90 58 50 55 46 52 53 No 35 71 4 32 34 35 41 42 29 Don't know 13 15 7 9 15 10 13 6 18 DEMOGRAPHICS GENDER Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Male 48 45 48 52 100 0 62 51 44 Female 52 55 52 48 0 100 38 49 56 AGE Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ 18-34 7 6 8 7 9 5 100 0 0 35-54 34 31 41 33 36 32 0 100 0 55+ 54 58 44 56 49 58 0 0 100 Don't know/refused 5 4 7 5 6 4 0 0 0 What do you consider to be your race? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ White 80 59 89 90 78 83 80 82 80 Black or African- American 12 35 0 5 12 12 13 10 13 Asian-American 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hispanic or Latino 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Native American 2 1 3 2 3 1 0 1 2 Other --- SPECIFY 3 4 4 2 4 2 5 5 2 Don't know - prefer not to say --- DO NOT READ 3 2 4 1 3 2 0 2 3 What is the last year of schooling that you have completed? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Less than a high school degree 6 13 3 3 8 5 3 2 10 High school graduate 25 20 31 22 27 23 31 21 28 Non-college post-high school (technical school) 1 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 5
Some college 25 14 33 25 22 29 18 25 27 College graduate 22 21 21 27 22 22 33 27 18 Post college - graduate school 16 24 8 18 16 16 13 21 11 Technical school 3 5 2 2 3 2 0 3 3 Don't know - prefer not to say 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 What is your current marital status? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Single 11 15 8 14 15 8 50 12 6 Married 70 56 81 69 72 67 50 81 66 Widowed 12 20 6 10 6 18 0 1 20 Divorced 6 7 5 7 6 7 0 6 8 Living with significant other, but not married 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Don't know - prefer not to say 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 For statistical purposes only, please tell me which of the following categories best represents your total annual household income? Base D R I Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Less than $25, 000 18 20 14 18 16 20 30 11 22 $25, 000 - $34, 999 11 11 6 15 8 13 14 7 13 $35, 000 - $49, 999 13 15 12 11 12 13 12 18 11 $50, 000 - $74, 999 19 17 23 20 21 17 14 22 18 $75, 000 - $99, 999 12 10 13 13 13 11 19 15 9 $100, 000 - $149, 999 7 5 9 7 8 6 3 12 5 $150, 00 - $199, 999 3 4 1 4 3 2 3 4 2 $200, 000 and above 2 3 2 3 3 2 0 3 2 Don't know - prefer not to say 16 15 20 9 16 16 5 9 17 6