| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14547 |
| No Traction for Figures in Alabama US Senate Race: In an election for United States Senator from Alabama today, 10/10/08, incumbent Republican Jeff Sessions defeats Democratic State Senator Vivian Davis Figures to win his third term in office, according to this latest exclusive WKRG-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA. Today, it's Sessions 64%, Figures 33%, essentially unchanged from an identical SurveyUSA poll released three weeks ago.
Sessions takes 7 of 10 male votes, 6 of 10 female votes, and wins majorities among all age groups. Sessions takes 3 of 4 white votes; Figures takes 3 of 4 black votes. 24% of Democrats cross over to vote for Sessions; 10% of Republicans cross over to vote for Figures. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 900 Alabama adults 10/08/08 and 10/09/08. Of the adults, 831 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 697 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the 11/04/08 general election. |
 | Alabama will also elect a United States Senator. If the election for United States Senator were today, would you vote for ... (choices rotated) Republican Jeff Sessions? Or Democrat Vivian Davis Figures? |
| 697 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | College Grad | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Top Issue For Next President | Income | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Yes | No | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Economy | Environm | Health C | Iraq | Terroris | Social S | Educatio | Immigrat | < $50K | > $50K | Northern | Southern | |
| Jeff Sessions (R) | 64% | 69% | 60% | 55% | 65% | 67% | 69% | 61% | 68% | 77% | 23% | ** | ** | 88% | 24% | 69% | 86% | 53% | 20% | 65% | 64% | 66% | 62% | 64% | 78% | 43% | 64% | ** | 31% | 48% | 91% | ** | ** | 86% | 56% | 69% | 67% | 60% |
| Vivian Davis Figures (D) | 33% | 30% | 35% | 40% | 32% | 31% | 26% | 35% | 29% | 21% | 72% | ** | ** | 10% | 71% | 26% | 13% | 43% | 72% | 33% | 32% | 31% | 36% | 28% | 20% | 53% | 34% | ** | 63% | 46% | 7% | ** | ** | 14% | 39% | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Undecided | 3% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 5% | ** | ** | 2% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 3% | ** | 6% | 6% | 2% | ** | ** | 0% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 22% | 32% | 28% | 19% | 53% | 47% | 75% | 22% | 1% | 2% | 45% | 30% | 22% | 45% | 30% | 9% | 46% | 54% | 65% | 25% | 10% | 61% | 36% | 61% | 1% | 6% | 5% | 10% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 39% | 61% | 61% | 39% |