Survey of 601 LVs in Arizona - TOPLINE DATA October 2014
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Statewide Dual-Frame Survey of 601 LVs in Arizona 85% Landline / 15% Cell
TOPLINE DATA
Field Dates: October 20-22, 2014 Margin of Error: 4%
**PLEASE NOTE: Response categories may not equal 100% due to rounding**
SCREENING INTRODUCTION
1. Are you currently registered to vote here in Arizona as a (ROTATED) Republican, Democrat, Independent/Unaffiliated or are you not registered to vote at all here in Arizona?
2. This year, Arizona has elections for Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Congress and other offices. Which of the following best describes your plans at this time
62% TOTAL DEFINITELY/PROBABLY WILL VOTE IN THE ELECTION (NET) 57% I WILL DEFINITELY VOTE IN THE ELECTION 5% I WILL PROBABLY VOTE IN THE ELECTION
35% I ALREADY VOTED THROUGH ABSENTEE OR EARLY VOTING
3% I AM NOT SURE YET OR UNDECIDED WHETHER TO VOTE
3. Into which of the following categories does your age fall?
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3 CANDIDATE IMAGE I am going to read you the names of a few people. After I read each name, first please tell me if you have heard of that person and then tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of that person. If you have no opinion of a person, or have never heard of a particular person, just tell me and well move on. (RANDOMIZED ORDER OF NAMES)
(ASKED FAVORABLE/UNFAVORABLE): And, do you have a STRONGLY (favorable/unfavorable) opinion of that person, or just a SOMEWHAT (favorable/unfavorable) opinion of that person?)
2 Statewide dual-frame survey among 600 AZ LVs on behalf of American Encore, Oct. 6-8.
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4 9. Barack Obama
42% TOTAL FAVORABLE (NET) 25% STRONGLY FAVORABLE 16% SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE
52% TOTAL UNFAVORABLE (NET) 6% SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE 45% STRONGLY UNFAVORABLE
5% HEARD OF, NO OPINION
* NEVER HEARD OF
1% DO NOT KNOW (VOL.) * REFUSED (VOL.)
(END ROTATED)
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5 BALLOT TESTS
10. [TREND] If the election for Arizona Governor were tomorrow, would you vote for (ROTATED) Republican Doug Ducey, Democrat Fred DuVal, or Libertarian Barry J. Hess?
(PROBED THOSE WHO SAID DUCEY/DUVAL/HESS: AND WOULD THAT BE DEFINITELY OR PROBABLY FOR [INSERT CANDIDATE]?)
(PROBED THOSE WHO SAID UNDECIDED: TOWARD WHICH CANDIDATE DO YOU LEAN?)
35% 37% TOTAL FRED DUVAL (NET) 28% 28% DEFINITELY FRED DUVAL 6% 6% PROBABLY FRED DUVAL 1% 3% LEAN FRED DUVAL
7% 5% TOTAL BARRY J. HESS (NET) 4% 2% DEFINITELY BARRY J. HESS 2% 2% PROBABLY BARRY J. HESS 1% 1% LEAN BARRY J. HESS
15% 10% HARD UNDECIDED/DO NOT KNOW (VOL.)
- * OTHER, SPECIFIED (RECORDED VERBATIM) (VOL.) * * WOULD NOT VOTE (VOL.) * 1% REFUSED (VOL.)
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6 11. [TREND] If the election for Arizonas Secretary of State were tomorrow, would you vote for (ROTATED) Republican Michele Reagan or Democrat Terry Goddard?
(PROBED THOSE WHO SAID REAGAN/GODDARD: AND WOULD THAT BE DEFINITELY OR PROBABLY FOR [INSERT CANDIDATE]?)
(PROBED THOSE WHO SAID UNDECIDED: TOWARD WHICH CANDIDATE DO YOU LEAN?)
Oct. Oct. 20-22 6-8 42% 47% TOTAL TERRY GODDARD (NET) 29% 33% DEFINITELY TERRY GODDARD 8% 10% PROBABLY TERRY GODDARD 4% 5% LEAN TERRY GODDARD
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7 12. [TREND] And, if the election for Arizona Attorney General were tomorrow, would you vote for (ROTATED) Republican Mark Brnovich or Democrat Felecia Rotellini?
(PROBED THOSE WHO SAY BRNOVICH/ROTELLINI: AND WOULD THAT BE DEFINITELY OR PROBABLY FOR [INSERT CANDIDATE]?)
(PROBED THOSE WHO SAY UNDECIDED: TOWARD WHICH CANDIDATE DO YOU LEAN?)
41% 41% TOTAL MARK BRNOVICH (NET) 33% 30% DEFINITELY MARK BRNOVICH 6% 8% PROBABLY MARK BRNOVICH 1% 4% LEAN MARK BRNOVICH
17% 14% HARD UNDECIDED/DO NOT KNOW (VOL.)
* - OTHER, SPECIFIED (RECORDED VERBATIM) (VOL.) 1% * WOULD NOT VOTE (VOL.) 3% 2% REFUSED (VOL.)
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8 ISSUES (ROTATED NEXT TWO)
13. Are you (ROTATED) more likely or less likely to vote for Fred DuVal knowing he opposed parental consent for girls as young as 14 years old to get an abortion? (PROBED: And would that be MUCH or SOMEWHAT more likely/less likely?)
17% TOTAL MORE LIKELY (NET) 12% MUCH MORE LIKELY 5% SOMEWHAT MORE LIKELY
48% TOTAL LESS LIKELY (NET) 9% SOMEWHAT LESS LIKELY 38% MUCH LESS LIKELY
26% NO DIFFERENCE (VOL.)
6% DO NOT KNOW/CANNOT JUDGE (VOL.) 4% REFUSED (VOL.)
14. Are you (ROTATED) more likely or less likely to vote for Doug Ducey knowing that supported scholarships and extra funding that would give low income children access to high performing schools? (PROBED: And would that be MUCH or SOMEWHAT more likely/less likely?)
49% TOTAL MORE LIKELY (NET) 32% MUCH MORE LIKELY 17% SOMEWHAT MORE LIKELY
16% TOTAL LESS LIKELY (NET) 4% SOMEWHAT LESS LIKELY 12% MUCH LESS LIKELY
28% NO DIFFERENCE (VOL.)
4% DO NOT KNOW/CANNOT JUDGE (VOL.) 3% REFUSED (VOL.)
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9 ADDITIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS
15. Thinking for a moment about your social, economic, and political viewsDo you consider yourself to be? [IF CONSERVATIVE/LIBERAL, ASKED] And would you consider yourself to be VERY (conservative/liberal) or just SOMEWHAT (conservative/liberal)?
44% TOTAL CONSERVATIVE (NET) 25% VERY CONSERVATIVE 19% SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE
30% MODERATE
17% TOTAL LIBERAL (NET) 8% SOMEWHAT LIBERAL 9% VERY LIBERAL
2% LIBERTARIAN
4% DO NOT KNOW (VOL.) 2% REFUSED (VOL.)
16. In politics today, do you consider yourself to be a (ROTATED) Republican, Independent or Democrat? IF REPUBLICAN, ASKED: Are you a Tea Party Republican, strong Republican or a not-so-strong Republican? If DEMOCRAT, ASKED: Are you a Progressive Democrat, strong Democrat or a not-so-strong Democrat? IF INDEPENDENT ASKED: Which way do you lean, or usually vote, the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?
41% TOTAL REPUBLICAN (NET) 5% TEA PARTY REPUBLICAN 24% STRONG REPUBLICAN 6% NOT-SO-STRONG REPUBLICAN 6% INDEPENDENT LEANING REPUBLICAN