Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10619

Geography Surveyed: CA 26th Congressional District
Data Collected: 10/30/2006 - 11/01/2006
Release Date: 11/02/2006 1:55 PM ET
Sponsor: KABC-TV Los Angeles

Dreier Re-elected in CA26: In an election for the U.S. House of Representatives today, 11/2/06, in California's 26th Congressional District, incumbent Republican David Dreier defeats Democratic challenger Cynthia Matthews, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KABC-TV Los Angeles. 5 days from the 11/7/06 general election, Dreier gets 54% of the vote, up 6 points from an identical SurveyUSA KABC-TV poll released 8/16/05. Matthews gets 35%, unchanged. This contest is a rematch of the 2004 election, in which Dreier beat Matthews by 11 points. Dreier wins 9:1 among Republicans, up from 5:1 in August. Matthews wins 5:1 among Democrats. Independents favor Dreier by 6 points. Republicans outnumber Democrats 5:3 among CA26 likely voters. Matthews gets 64% of the votes of those who disapprove of President Bush's job performance, but only 4% of the votes among those who approve of Bush. President George W. Bush's approval rating among likely voters in California's 26th Congressional District is 43%. Dreier was first elected to Congress in 1980.

Filtering: 900 adults from California's 26th Congressional District were interviewed 10/30/06 through 11/1/06. Of them, 738 were registered to vote. Of them, 553 were judged to be "likely" voters. Crosstabs reflect Likely Voters.