Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #7677

Geography Surveyed: Arkansas
Data Collected: 12/03/2005 - 12/05/2005
Release Date: 12/06/2005 10:00 AM ET
Sponsor: KTHV-TV Little Rock

Analysis: In a hypothetical election for Governor of Arkansas today, 12/6/05, Democrat Mike Beebe edges Republican Asa Hutchinson, but in a hypothetical election between Republican Hutchinson and Democrat Bill Halter, Hutchinson wins decisively, according to a SurveyUSA poll of 684 Registered state of Arkansas voters conducted exclusively for KTHV-TV. The election is in November 2006. The Governor's seat is open. Today, 11 months out, in a Beebe-Hutchinson matchup, Beebe gets 49%, Hutchinson 44%. Beebe carries 83% of Arkansas Democrats. Hutchinson carries 85% of Arkansas Republicans. Independents split. In a Hutchinson-Halter matchup, Hutchinson gets 56%, Halter 34%. In this matchup, Hutchinson carries 92% of Arkansas Republicans. Halter gets only 60% of Arkansas Democrats. 27% of Democrats cross over and vote for Hutchinson. Independents prefer Hutchinson to Halter by 2:1. Incumbent Republican Mike Huckabee is term limited.

Filtering: 800 Arkansas adults were interviewed 12/3/05 - 12/5/05. Of them, 684 were registered voters. Crosstabs reflect registered voters.

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   Asked of 684 Registered Voters
  Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.8%

If the election for Governor of Arkansas were today, and the candidates on the ballot were Republican Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Mike Beebe, who would you vote for?

44% Hutchinson (R)
49% Beebe (D)
4% Other
3% Undecided

2
   Asked of 684 Registered Voters
  Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.8%

What if the election were today, and the candidates on the ballot were Republican Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Bill Halter? Who would you vote for?

56% Hutchinson (R)
34% Halter (D)
5% Other
4% Undecided

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