| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10193 |
| Talent, McCaskill Still Tied in U.S. Senate Race: In an election for United States Senator from Missouri today, 9/14/06, Republican Senator Jim Talent and Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill remain tied, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KSDK-TV St. Louis and KCTV-TV Kansas City. McCaskill gets 48% of the vote, up 1 point from an identical SurveyUSA poll 1 month ago. Talent gets 47%, also up 1 point. McCaskill's 1-point advantage is within the poll's 4.6 percentage point margin of sampling error, and is not statistically significant. The election is in 54 days, on 11/7/06. Republicans overwhelmingly vote for Talent, unchanged from last month. Democrats overwhelmingly vote for McCaskill, unchanged from last month. But Independents, who last month favored McCaskill by 3, this month favor Talent by 12. The contest will be decided among Missouri's Independents, who make up 22% of the electorate in SurveyUSA's turnout model. Last month's SurveyUSA poll showed a 20-point Gender Gap. Today's SurveyUSA poll shows a 31-point Gender Gap. Women are increasingly moving to McCaskill. Men are increasingly moving to Talent. McCaskill is increasing her support among the youngest and oldest voters. Talent is increasing his support among middle-aged voters. McCaskill leads 6:1 among black voters, trails by 5 among white voters. 80% of those who support Amendment 2, the Stem Cell Initiative, vote for McCaskill. 65% of those who oppose Amendment 2 vote for Talent. Talent leads in the Ozarks and in Central MO. McCaskill leads in the St. Louis area. In greater Kansas City, where last month McCaskill led by 16 points, today she leads by 1. Talent defeated Democrat Jean Carnahan by 1 point in 2002, 2 years after she had been named to fill the U.S. Senate seat of her posthumously elected husband Mel Carnahan. McCaskill, who has been Missouri State Auditor since 1998, ran for Missouri Governor in 2004 and lost to Republican Matt Blunt by 3 points. The U.S. Senate seat is one of the, if not perhaps the most, contested in the nation. A Democrat win may not guarantee the Democrats control of the U.S. Senate, but a Republican win would almost certainly ensure that the Democrats have no chance to capture the Senate in 2006. |
| Broad Support for Stem Cell Initiative: In an election today, 9/14/06, Missouri voters approve Constitutional Amendment 2, the Stem Cell Initiative, by 2:1, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KSDK-TV St. Louis and KCTV-TV Kansas City. 54 days to the 11/7/06 election, 24% of likely voters are not certain how or whether they will vote on the Amendment. Of those voters who are certain how they will vote, Democrats support the amendment 10:1. Republicans oppose it 3:2. SurveyUSA did not read the entire text of the Amendment to respondents. The exact language SurveyUSA read to respondents appears in the table below. |
| Filtering: 900 Missouri adults were interviewed 9/11/06 - 9/13/06. Of them, 802 were registered to vote. Of them, 468 were judged to be "likely voters." Crosstabs reflect Likely Voters. |
 | If the election for United States Senator were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Republican Jim Talent? Democrat Claire McCaskill? Libertarian Frank Gilmour? Or some other candidate? |
| 468 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Income | Bush Job Approva | Vote For Senator | Vote On Amendment 2 | Region | Geocoding | Generation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | No Colle | Some Col | College | Grad Sch | < $40K | $40K - $ | > $80K | Approve | Disappro | Talent ( | McCaskil | Yes | No | Undecide | Ozark | Kansas C | Central | St. Loui | Urban | Suburban | Rural | Gen Y | Gen X | Jones | Boomers | Mature | |
| Talent (R) | 47% | 55% | 39% | 40% | 50% | 48% | 46% | 50% | 13% | ** | ** | 92% | 9% | 50% | 81% | 31% | 16% | 39% | 46% | 59% | 44% | 38% | 50% | 53% | 91% | 11% | 100% | 0% | 30% | 80% | 51% | 59% | 46% | 55% | 40% | 39% | 48% | 52% | 18% | 62% | 42% | 48% | 46% |
| McCaskill (D) | 48% | 40% | 55% | 47% | 47% | 46% | 51% | 45% | 78% | ** | ** | 6% | 88% | 38% | 15% | 66% | 79% | 54% | 49% | 37% | 49% | 53% | 48% | 43% | 8% | 83% | 0% | 100% | 65% | 15% | 42% | 33% | 47% | 43% | 55% | 56% | 47% | 42% | 60% | 35% | 52% | 47% | 51% |
| Gilmour (L) | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | ** | ** | 1% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Other | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ** | ** | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Undecided | 4% | 3% | 4% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 4% | ** | ** | 2% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 17% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 49% | 51% | 17% | 33% | 28% | 22% | 89% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 32% | 40% | 22% | 39% | 34% | 15% | 20% | 38% | 20% | 21% | 33% | 34% | 26% | 43% | 52% | 47% | 48% | 52% | 24% | 24% | 20% | 21% | 11% | 48% | 21% | 54% | 25% | 8% | 22% | 26% | 22% | 22% |
 | Also on the ballot is Constitutional Amendment 2, the Stem Cell Initiative. In an election today, are you certain to vote yes? Certain to vote no? Or, are you not certain how you will vote on Constitutional Amendment 2, the Stem Cell initiative? |
| 468 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Income | Bush Job Approva | Vote For Senator | Vote On Amendment 2 | Region | Geocoding | Generation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | No Colle | Some Col | College | Grad Sch | < $40K | $40K - $ | > $80K | Approve | Disappro | Talent ( | McCaskil | Yes | No | Undecide | Ozark | Kansas C | Central | St. Loui | Urban | Suburban | Rural | Gen Y | Gen X | Jones | Boomers | Mature | |
| Yes | 52% | 51% | 54% | 49% | 51% | 51% | 58% | 52% | 57% | ** | ** | 31% | 71% | 53% | 31% | 66% | 68% | 56% | 55% | 45% | 51% | 54% | 58% | 46% | 32% | 70% | 34% | 72% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 44% | 52% | 57% | 57% | 51% | 51% | 73% | 43% | 48% | 54% | 58% |
| No | 24% | 25% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 7% | ** | ** | 46% | 7% | 21% | 45% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 22% | 29% | 26% | 20% | 22% | 30% | 43% | 9% | 40% | 7% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 25% | 28% | 24% | 21% | 18% | 26% | 24% | 17% | 25% | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| Undecided | 24% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 25% | 26% | 20% | 23% | 36% | ** | ** | 23% | 22% | 26% | 23% | 24% | 22% | 23% | 23% | 26% | 23% | 26% | 19% | 24% | 25% | 21% | 26% | 21% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 25% | 28% | 25% | 21% | 24% | 23% | 25% | 10% | 32% | 24% | 24% | 20% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 49% | 51% | 17% | 33% | 28% | 22% | 89% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 32% | 40% | 22% | 39% | 34% | 15% | 20% | 38% | 20% | 21% | 33% | 34% | 26% | 43% | 52% | 47% | 48% | 52% | 24% | 24% | 20% | 21% | 11% | 48% | 21% | 54% | 25% | 8% | 22% | 26% | 22% | 22% |