I am going to read you a list of public officials. The first (next) name is _____________. Do you recognize that name?
(IF YES) Do you have a favorable, unfavorable or neutral opinion of ________?
RECOGNIZE
RECOGNIZE
RECOGNIZE
DON'T
FAVORABLE
UNFAVORABLE
NEUTRAL
RECOGNIZE
Barack Obama
49%
32%
19%
-
John Ensign
39%
37%
21%
3%
Harry Reid
34%
46%
19%
1%
Jim Gibbons
10%
57%
30%
3%
QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Barack Obama as president: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
EXCELLENT
25%
19%
31%
48%
3%
13%
27%
27%
12%
GOOD
22%
22%
22%
37%
9%
29%
21%
23%
25%
FAIR
25%
28%
22%
8%
37%
26%
27%
19%
25%
POOR
25%
29%
21%
5%
48%
27%
22%
27%
38%
UNDECIDED
3%
2%
4%
2%
3%
5%
3%
4%
-
QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Jim Gibbons as governor: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
EXCELLENT
2%
4%
-
-
4%
3%
2%
2%
4%
GOOD
12%
18%
6%
5%
21%
11%
11%
11%
20%
FAIR
33%
32%
34%
21%
46%
36%
29%
41%
40%
POOR
49%
44%
54%
69%
28%
45%
53%
43%
36%
UNDECIDED
4%
2%
6%
5%
1%
5%
5%
3%
-
QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Harry Reid as Nevada's U.S. senator: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
EXCELLENT
14%
11%
17%
26%
2%
11%
16%
10%
8%
GOOD
29%
26%
32%
48%
6%
27%
31%
27%
24%
FAIR
20%
23%
17%
13%
25%
25%
18%
25%
25%
POOR
35%
39%
31%
10%
66%
34%
33%
37%
42%
UNDECIDED
2%
1%
3%
3%
1%
3%
2%
1%
1%
QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of John Ensign as Nevada's U.S. senator: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
EXCELLENT
9%
13%
5%
8%
12%
7%
9%
8%
12%
GOOD
39%
38%
40%
27%
56%
36%
37%
40%
46%
FAIR
30%
31%
29%
36%
19%
31%
30%
32%
24%
POOR
15%
13%
17%
24%
4%
17%
17%
13%
10%
UNDECIDED
7%
5%
9%
5%
9%
9%
7%
7%
8%
QUESTION: : If the 2012 election for Nevada's U.S. Senate seat were held today, would you vote to re-elect incumbent John Ensign, would you consider voting for a challenger, or would you definitely vote to replace Ensign?
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
RE-ELECT
31%
34%
28%
11%
61%
21%
31%
27%
38%
CONSIDER
31%
35%
27%
34%
24%
37%
31%
34%
25%
REPLACE
28%
24%
32%
42%
11%
26%
29%
27%
25%
NOT SURE
10%
7%
13%
12%
4%
16%
9%
12%
12%
QUESTION: U.S. Senator John Ensign called a news conference Tuesday to acknowledge a nine-month affair with a woman who worked on his Senate campaign and his political action committee. Which of the following positions best describes how this information affects your view of the senator? (ORDER ROTATED)
- I like him less
- I did not like him anyway
- It does not change my opinion
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
LIKE LESS
32%
27%
37%
37%
27%
32%
34%
27%
30%
DID NOT LIKE
18%
15%
21%
31%
2%
19%
19%
23%
6%
NO CHANGE
46%
54%
38%
30%
67%
41%
43%
47%
57%
NOT SURE
4%
4%
4%
2%
4%
8%
4%
3%
7%
QUESTION: The married campaign staffer who was involved with Senator Ensign had her salaries at both his campaign fund and political action committee double during the time of the affair, increasing from a total of about $2,000 per month to about $4,000 per month. Her salaries came exclusively from Ensign's private political fundraising and not from public tax dollars. Do you consider these salary increases to be a very serious matter, somewhat serious, not too serious or not serious at all?
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
VERY SERIOUS
32%
24%
40%
45%
20%
27%
32%
35%
29%
SW SERIOUS
34%
33%
35%
31%
33%
44%
33%
37%
31%
NOT TOO
16%
23%
9%
16%
19%
13%
17%
13%
15%
NOT AT ALL
12%
15%
9%
7%
17%
11%
11%
12%
18%
NOT SURE
6%
5%
7%
1%
11%
5%
7%
3%
7%
QUESTION: In 2007, Senator Ensign was among several prominent Republicans who called on Idaho Senator Larry Craig to resign after he was arrested in an airport men's restroom on disorderly conduct charges. Do you feel Ensign should or should not resign because of his admitted affair?
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
SHOULD
29%
25%
33%
40%
17%
27%
32%
26%
20%
SHOULD NOT
62%
68%
56%
45%
79%
66%
58%
67%
74%
DK/DEPENDS
9%
7%
11%
15%
4%
7%
10%
7%
6%
QUESTION: Do you feel the private lives of elected officials should or should not be public business?
STATE
MEN
WOMEN
DEM
REP
IND
CLARK
WASHOE
RURAL
SHOULD
43%
47%
39%
42%
46%
42%
38%
53%
52%
SHOULD NOT
38%
38%
38%
37%
40%
35%
42%
27%
35%
DK/DEPENDS
19%
15%
23%
21%
14%
23%
20%
20%
13%
QUESTION: In the divorce case between Governor Jim Gibbons and his wife, Dawn, she has accused him of marital infidelity. He has denied the allegations. Which of the following positions best describes how this information affects your view of the governor? (ORDER ROTATED)
- I like him less
- I did not like him anyway
- It does not change my opinion
This poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C., from June 18 through June 19, 2009. A total of 625 registered Nevada voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All stated they vote regularly in state elections.
Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect voter turnout by county.
The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4 percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as a gender or regional grouping.
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