| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14702 |
| In Missouri's 6th District, Republican Graves Well Positioned for Re-Election: In an election for US House of Representatives in Missouri's 6th Congressional District today, 10/29/08, six days till votes are counted, incumbent Republican Sam Graves defeats Democratic challenger Kay Barnes 54% to 36%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KCTV-TV in Kansas City. Barnes had pulled to within 3 points of Graves in SurveyUSA polling in August, but at the finish line, momentum is with the Republican, who has doubled his advantage in the past two weeks. 800 adults were interviewed 10/27/08 and 10/28/08. Of them 753 were registered to vote. Of them, 618 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote on or before election day. |
 | If the election for U.S. House of Representatives, were today, would you vote for ... (names rotated) Republican Sam Graves? Democrat Kay Barnes? Or Libertarian Dave Browning? |
| 618 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | |||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | |
| Sam Graves (R) | 54% | 57% | 52% | 49% | 58% | 54% | 55% | 55% | 54% | 55% | ** | ** | ** | 89% | 20% | 56% | 83% | 45% | 20% | 63% | 50% | 42% | 76% | 33% |
| Kay Barnes (D) | 36% | 33% | 39% | 41% | 35% | 36% | 34% | 37% | 35% | 36% | ** | ** | ** | 5% | 72% | 27% | 11% | 46% | 68% | 28% | 42% | 47% | 16% | 58% |
| Dave Browning (L) | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | ** | ** | ** | 3% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Undecided | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 5% | ** | ** | ** | 2% | 4% | 9% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 19% | 32% | 27% | 22% | 51% | 49% | 95% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 37% | 39% | 22% | 37% | 41% | 16% | 50% | 26% | 24% | 50% | 48% |