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ARG: Censure/Impeach Poll
American Research Group
March 17, 2006
Do you favor or oppose the United States Senate passing a resolution censuring President George W. Bush for authorizing wiretaps of Americans within the United States without obtaining court orders?
3/15/06 Favor Oppose Undecided
All Adults 46% 44% 10%
Voters 48% 43%   9%
Republicans (33%) 29% 57% 14%
Democrats (37%) 70% 26%   4%
Independents (30%) 42% 47% 11%
Based on 1,100 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of adults nationwide March 13-15, 2006. The theoretical margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points, 95% of the time.

Do you favor or oppose the United States House of Representatives voting to impeach President George W. Bush?
3/15/06 Favor Oppose Undecided
All Adults 42% 49%   9%
Voters 43% 50%   7%
Republicans (33%) 18% 80%   2%
Democrats (37%) 61% 30%   9%
Independents (30%) 47% 40% 13%
Based on 1,100 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of adults nationwide March 13-15, 2006. The theoretical margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points, 95% of the time.

Americans are split over the US Senate censuring George W. Bush, but more Americans are opposed to the US House of Representatives voting to impeach Bush.

Bush Job Approval Rating
2/21/06 Approve Disapprove Undecided
Overall 38% 58% 4%
Economy 37% 58% 5%

George W. Bush's job approval ratings remain unchanged even as Americans become less pessimistic about the national economy and more optimistic about their personal financial situations. Details from the nationwide survey conducted February 18-21 are available at The National Economy. Results from the March survey will be available on March 22.

How effective was George W. Bush's 2006 State of the Union Address in engaging voters? Our panel of voters found the address to be far less engaging than the 2003, 2004, and 2005 addresses. Go to State of the Union to see what the 2006 address looks like compared to the 2003, 2004, and 2005 addresses.

2008 Presidential Ballot
Likely Voters SC ME NH VT MA CT RI
Clinton 32% 42% 32% 38% 39% 49% 40%
McCain 52% 46% 52% 47% 48% 39% 44%
Undecided 16% 12% 16% 15% 13% 12% 16%

1200 completed telephone interviews among likely voters in each state, February 2-9, 2006.

Theoretical margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points, 95% of the time, in each state.

John McCain leads Hillary Clinton in South Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts. Clinton leads McCain in Connecticut. The race is too close to call in Maine and Rhode Island. Click on the "G" in the menu in the left column for details by party for each state.

2008 Democratic Presidential Primary
Likely Primary Voters SC ME NH VT MA CT RI
Bayh 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Biden 1% 1% 2% 2% 2% 3% 1%
Clark 2% 5% 7% 3% 4% 3% 2%
Clinton 30% 36% 32% 34% 36% 38% 34%
Daschle 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Edwards 15% 6% 9% 3% 4% 3% 2%
Feingold 1% 1% 2% 3% 2% 3% 1%
Gore 8% 5% 5% 6% 7% 4% 6%
Kerry 4% 5% 7% 4% 10% 3% 8%
Richardson 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Warner 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1%
Undecided 36% 37% 31% 40% 31% 39% 42%
* Less than .5 percent

600 completed telephone interviews among likely Democratic primary voters in each state, February 2-9, 2006.

Theoretical margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points, 95% of the time, in each state.

Hillary Clinton leads the Democratic presidential preference in all seven states. Clinton has her largest lead against her potential opponents in Connecticut, while the combined preference for her opponents exceeds her preference in South Carolina (30% to 34%) and New Hampshire (32% to 37%). Click on the "D" in the menu in the left column for details by party for each state.

2008 Republican Presidential Primary
Likely Primary Voters SC ME NH VT MA CT RI
Allen 1% * 1% 1% 1%
Brownback
Frist 2% 2% 3% 2% 1% 2% 2%
Gingrich 9% 7% 8% 6% 4% 9% 6%
Hagel
Huckabee
McCain 42% 39% 41% 46% 49% 42% 45%
Pataki 1% 2% 5% 7% 2% 12% 1%
Romney 5% 10% 9% 6% 20% 6% 17%
Tancredo *
Undecided 40% 39% 33% 32% 23% 29% 29%
* Less than .5 percent

600 completed telephone interviews among likely Republican primary voters in each state, February 2-9, 2006.

Theoretical margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points, 95% of the time, in each state.

John McCain leads in preference among likely Republican primary voters in all seven states. New Hampshire and Massachusetts. McCain's preference in each state exceeds the combined preference of his potential opponents. Click on the "R" in the menu in the left column for details by party for each state.

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ARG's Electoral Vote Calculator has been updated to reflect the 2004 results. Assign states to the Republican or Democrat for 2008 and watch it calculate the electoral votes for president at Electoral Vote Calculator.

The margins of error reported for most polls underestimate the actual margins of error for ballot estimates from the same samples. Use the Ballot Lead Calculator to determine if the lead for any survey is statistically significant.

The New Hampshire Poll:

Results from the December 2005 Quarterly New Hampshire Poll are available at The New Hampshire Poll. NH residents rate NH business conditions, their personal finances, John Lynch, and George W. Bush.

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