| 1. For whom did you vote in your Congressional District race? |
Yes |
No |
| Democratic Candidate |
64.78% |
71.24% |
| Republican Candidate |
30.28% |
23.04% |
| Other Candidate |
4.94% |
5.73% |
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| 2. Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time? |
Yes |
No |
| Satisfied |
30.91% |
20.61% |
| Dissatisfied |
53.74% |
64.26% |
| Unsure |
15.35% |
15.13% |
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| 3. Which comes closest to your view about what government policy should be toward illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States? Should the government: |
Yes |
No |
| Make all illegal immigrants felons and send them back to their home country |
4.57% |
5.26% |
| Have a guest worker program that allows immigrants to remain in the United States in order to work, but only for a limited amount of time |
18.34% |
16.24% |
| Allow illegal immigrants to remain in the United States and become U.S. citizens, but only if they meet certain requirements like working and paying back taxes over a period of time |
36.27% |
46.55% |
| Grant amnesty to all illegal immigrants in the country, giving them residence and the right to work without the fear of being deported |
23.70% |
24.47% |
| None of the above |
2.36% |
3.78% |
| No opinion |
14.76% |
3.69% |
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| 4. Which one issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for Congress or the Senate? |
Yes |
No |
| Abortion |
10.71% |
7.05% |
| Education Policy |
13.73% |
9.59% |
| Disaster Preparedness & Relief |
0.00% |
1.09% |
| Economy/Jobs |
21.94% |
21.40% |
| Iraq War Policy |
8.83% |
15.07% |
| Energy Policy |
0.77% |
1.99% |
| The Environment |
3.14% |
4.40% |
| Health Policy |
4.86% |
4.39% |
| Immigration Policy |
11.39% |
11.90% |
| Public Education |
7.75% |
8.48% |
| War on Terrorism |
10.80% |
4.67% |
| Budget & Taxes |
2.51% |
3.67% |
| Gay Rights |
3.57% |
0.61% |
| Social Security |
0.00% |
5.69% |
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| 5. Do you favor keeping a large number of U.S. troops in Iraq until there is a stable government there OR bringing most of our troops home in the next year? |
Yes |
No |
| Wait for Stable Government |
24.86% |
23.96% |
| Bring Home Next Year |
59.81% |
58.29% |
| Unsure |
15.33% |
17.75% |
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| 6. How would you characterize your political affiliation? Are you a: |
Yes |
No |
| Democrat |
61.75% |
64.58% |
| Republican |
31.40% |
18.78% |
| Green |
0.00% |
2.45% |
| Other Party |
1.90% |
1.38% |
| Independent |
2.33% |
6.63% |
| None of the above |
2.62% |
6.17% |
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| 7. Which of the following media sources most influenced for whom you voted in the 2006 General elections? |
Yes |
No |
| Spanish language newspapers |
7.54% |
7.06% |
| English language newspapers |
5.31% |
13.68% |
| Spanish language radio |
6.09% |
3.93% |
| English language radio |
0.48% |
9.15% |
| Spanish language TV |
22.17% |
10.31% |
| English language TV |
24.95% |
27.76% |
| Spanish language Internet |
1.60% |
1.36% |
| English language Internet |
6.67% |
3.34% |
| None influenced |
25.18% |
23.39% |
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| 9. If not born in the U.S., when did you become a citizen? |
Yes |
No |
| During or before 2002 |
50.95% |
90.38% |
| During 2003/2004 |
26.62% |
6.41% |
| During 2005 /2006 |
22.44% |
3.21% |
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| 10. In what country were you born? |
Yes |
No |
| US |
48.51% |
57.29% |
| Mexico |
38.94% |
32.87% |
| Puerto Rico |
4.48% |
1.02% |
| Cuba |
0.00% |
1.41% |
| Central America |
7.29% |
4.98% |
| South America |
0.78% |
0.38% |
| Other Caribbean |
0.00% |
0.36% |
| Other |
0.00% |
1.67% |
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| 11. Are you Male or Female? |
Yes |
No |
| Male |
46.99% |
51.97% |
| Female |
53.01% |
48.03% |
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| 12. What is your ancestry? |
Yes |
No |
| Mexican-American/Mexican/Chicano |
54.56% |
64.94% |
| Puerto Rican/Boricua |
7.85% |
1.77% |
| Cuban/Cuban-American |
0.00% |
2.30% |
| Central American |
13.40% |
8.23% |
| South American |
0.76% |
1.85% |
| Caribbean |
0.00% |
1.21% |
| Latino or Hispanic |
23.43% |
19.69% |
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| 13. What age group best describes you: |
Yes |
No |
| 18-24 |
37.86% |
7.78% |
| 25-29 |
20.80% |
10.28% |
| 30-34 |
19.28% |
12.93% |
| 35-39 |
7.33% |
12.01% |
| 40-44 |
3.34% |
14.81% |
| 45-49 |
1.46% |
12.05% |
| 50-54 |
3.74% |
9.83% |
| 55-59 |
1.75% |
8.57% |
| 60-64 |
2.91% |
4.70% |
| 65 or older |
1.54% |
7.03% |
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| 14. What is the highest grade in school you completed? |
Yes |
No |
| Some high school or less |
19.06% |
11.15% |
| High school graduate or equivalent |
35.01% |
25.04% |
| Some college/vocational |
34.04% |
32.98% |
| College graduate |
11.26% |
20.35% |
| Graduate education or higher |
0.63% |
10.47% |
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| 15. If you added together your entire household's income, would it be: |
Yes |
No |
| Under $10,000 |
16.09% |
4.56% |
| $10,001-$20,000 |
17.83% |
10.40% |
| $20,001-$30,000 |
23.04% |
12.66% |
| $30,001-$40,000 |
10.97% |
15.14% |
| $40,001-$50,000 |
9.14% |
14.29% |
| $50,001-$60,000 |
15.20% |
11.38% |
| $60,001-$70,000 |
5.66% |
9.36% |
| $70,001-$100,000 |
1.29% |
13.57% |
| Over $100,000 |
0.78% |
8.64% |
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| 16.ONLY CALIFORNIA VOTERS: Whom did you vote for in the Gubernatorial race? |
Yes |
No |
| Phil Angelides |
62.55% |
59.68% |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger |
31.10% |
31.81% |
| Other Candidate |
6.35% |
8.51% |
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| 17. ONLY CALIFORNIA VOTERS: In the 2006 General election, how did you vote on Proposition 84, the Clean Water, Parks and Coastal Protection Bond? |
Yes |
No |
| Yes |
92.08% |
80.25% |
| No |
7.92% |
19.75% |
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| 18. ONLY CALIFORNIA VOTERS: In the 2006 General election, how did you vote on Proposition 87, the Alternative Energy Proposition? |
Yes |
No |
| Yes |
80.64% |
66.66% |
| No |
19.36% |
33.34% |
