Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #9824

Geography Surveyed: VA 5th Congressional District
Data Collected: 07/23/2006 - 07/25/2006
Release Date: 07/26/2006 10:10 AM ET
Sponsor: WDBJ-TV Roanoke

Analysis: In an election today, 7/26/06, in Virginia's 5th Congressional District, incumbent Republican Virgil Goode defeats Democratic challenger Al Weed, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WDBJ-TV Roanoke. Goode gets 59% of the vote today. Weed gets 35%. 6% are undecided. Goode wins 93% of Republican votes. Weed wins 82% of Democrat votes. Independents back Goode 5:4. Goode wins 67% of white voters. Weed wins 66% of African-American voters. Those who have attended graduate school support Weed 3:2. All other levels of education strongly support Goode. President George W. Bush's approval rating among likely voters in Virginia's 5th Congressional District is 43%. 95% of those who approve of Bush support Goode; of those who disapprove of Bush, only 26% support Goode. The election is on 11/7/06.

Filtering: 1,000 adults from Virginia's 5th Congressional District were interviewed 7/23/06 - 7/25/06. Of them, 838 were registered to vote. Of them, 417 were judged to be "likely voters". Crosstabs reflect Likely Voters.