2006 CANDIDATES
Chris Bell
Rick Perry
James Werner
Richard Friedman
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
James Dillon

DATE 1					MOE 2	S 3
NOV 2		39.2	26.3	34.5	+/- 1.6	3592
OCT 16		38.9	23.2	37.9	+/- 1.6	3864

DATE 1	POLLSTER				MOE 2	S 3
NOV 2	SURVEY USA	38.8	22.4	38.8	+/- 4.2	557
OCT 27	ZOGBY/WSJ	38.9	30.5	30.5	+/- 3.1	1000
OCT 26	ZOGBY	41.3	23.9	34.8	+/- 3.1	1003
OCT 23	RASMUSSEN	37.9	26.3	35.8	+/- 4.4	500
OCT 23	SURVEY USA	37.1	26.8	36.1	+/- 4.2	532
OCT 16	ZOGBY/WSJ	40.0	27.9	14.0	+/- 3.1	1000
OCT 3	DALLAS MORNING NEWS	44.7	17.6	37.6	+/- 3.4	838
SEP 25	ZOGBY/WSJ	36.2	24.5	39.4	+/- 3.1	1000
SEP 18	SURVEY USA	35.7	23.5	40.8	+/- 4.2	536
AUG 31	RASMUSSEN	36.3	19.8	44.0	+/- 4.4	500

NOTES
¹ Date is the last day that the poll was taken. Often polls are embargoed for several days until their release date.
² Margin of Error. MOE is related to sample size, 0.98 divided by the square root of the sample size at 95% confidence (19 times out of 20). For example, a sample of 1000 people has a MOE of +/- 3.1% and a sample of 2000 people has a MOE of +/- 2.2%. For rolling averages, the samples are assumed to be independent, thus sample sizes are aggregated to produce an overall MOE. In practice, some polling firms use lists with repeat calls; in these case, it is more precise to reduct these repeat calls from the overall sample size, thus the actual margin of error might be slightly higher. Example: 5 surveys of 1000 people would normally produce a MOE of +/- 1.4%, if samples were independent. If 25% of calls were repeat calls, however, a more accurate MOE would be based on 4000, not 5000, people, producing a MOE of +/- 1.5%.
³ Sample size.
⁴ Poll numbers exclude undecided voters (and in some cases include estimated for Others), thus are pro-rated to 100%. For example, if the raw poll data shows the Republican candidate with 47%, the Democratic candidate with 41%, Others with 2% and there were 10% undecided, the results excluding undecideds are: Republican 47/90 = 52.2, Democrat 41/90 = 45.6, Others 2/90 = 2.2.

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