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JUNE 2009 POLLS

STATEWIDE NAME RECOGNITION

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

  STATE MEN WOMEN DEM REP IND CLARK WASHOE RURAL
LIKE LESS 16% 16% 16% 15% 14% 20% 15% 20% 18%
DID NOT LIKE 38% 33% 43% 53% 19% 39% 40% 38% 30%
NO CHANGE 41% 44% 38% 29% 58% 37% 40% 40% 45%
NOT SURE 5% 7% 3% 3% 9% 4% 5% 2% 7%

RELATED STORIES
• Approval of Ensign plunges
• Voters weigh in on Obama, Reid, Nevada governor
HOW THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED

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.

SAMPLE FIGURES:

Men 308 (49%)
Women 317 (51%)

Democrats 272 (44%)
Republicans 227 (36%)
Independents 126 (20%)

REGION

Clark County -- 425 interviews
Washoe County -- 120 interviews
Rural Nevada -- 80 interviews