| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10625 |
| Opposition to TX Gov Perry Remains Splintered; Perry Re-Elected: In an election for Governor of TX today, 11/3/06, 4 days to Election Day, incumbent Republican Rick Perry is re-elected Governor of Texas, according to a poll of 557 likely voters conducted exclusively for WOAI-TV San Antonio and KEYE-TV Austin. Like the proverbial tortoise, in a contest that appears to have no hares, Perry's support has climbed steadily, from 35% in September to 36% in October to 38% today. At the finish line, that puts Perry 16 points ahead of his nearest challengers, who are bunched in a 3-way fight for 2nd place. Democrat Chris Bell ends with 22%. Independent Carol Keeton Strayhorn ends with 21%. Independent Richard Kinky Friedman ends with 17%. With the election at hand, President George W. Bush's job approval among Texas likely voters is 53%. |
| Filtering: 1,000 Texas adults were interviewed 10/31/06 through 11/2/06. Of then, 829 were registered to vote. Of them, 557 were judged ot be "likely" voters. Crosstabs reflect Likely Voters. |
 | If the election for Governor of Texas were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Republican Rick Perry? Democrat Chris Bell? Libertarian James Werner? Independent Richard "Kinky" Friedman? Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn? Or some other candidate? |
| 557 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Income | Bush Job Approva | Region | Geocoding | Generation * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.2 pct points | 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 | North | West | Harris C | East | Urban | Suburban | Rural | Gen Y | Gen X | Jones | Boomers | Mature | |
| Perry (R) | 38% | 36% | 40% | 38% | 33% | 39% | 46% | 41% | 29% | 30% | ** | 63% | 8% | 28% | 64% | 21% | 11% | 37% | 42% | 37% | 33% | 33% | 39% | 38% | 62% | 9% | 40% | 44% | 36% | 36% | 33% | 45% | 32% | 49% | 33% | 33% | 40% | 46% |
| Bell (D) | 22% | 22% | 22% | 18% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 38% | 24% | ** | 3% | 51% | 19% | 7% | 31% | 41% | 30% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 23% | 20% | 23% | 4% | 45% | 22% | 8% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 20% | 24% | 20% | 19% | 24% | 22% | 25% |
| Werner (L) | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | ** | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Friedman (I) | 17% | 20% | 14% | 16% | 21% | 17% | 8% | 20% | 17% | 10% | ** | 12% | 15% | 29% | 10% | 19% | 30% | 17% | 15% | 22% | 14% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 14% | 21% | 14% | 9% | 23% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 23% | 15% | 8% |
| Strayhorn (I) | 21% | 20% | 22% | 28% | 20% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 10% | 37% | ** | 20% | 25% | 20% | 17% | 28% | 17% | 15% | 20% | 19% | 28% | 24% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 23% | 23% | 39% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 17% | 24% | 13% | 29% | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| Undecided | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 0% | ** | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 50% | 50% | 22% | 36% | 26% | 15% | 64% | 8% | 24% | 4% | 46% | 32% | 17% | 41% | 39% | 12% | 10% | 35% | 25% | 30% | 21% | 34% | 37% | 53% | 44% | 31% | 8% | 14% | 47% | 48% | 41% | 11% | 9% | 28% | 28% | 19% | 15% |