Question: If the 2006 general election for Tennessee’s U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Harold Ford, the Democrat, and Bob Corker, the Republican?

Bob Corker 49%
Harold Ford 36%
Undecided 15%

Question: If the 2006 general election for Tennessee’s U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Harold Ford, the Democrat, and Ed Bryant, the Republican?

Ed Bryant 43%
Harold Ford 40%
Undecided 17%

Question: If the 2006 general election for Tennessee’s U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Harold Ford, the Democrat, and Van Hilleary, the Republican?

Van Hilleary 41%
Harold Ford 41%
Undecided 18%

Question If the 2006 Republican primary election for U.S. Senate were held today, which one of the following candidates would get your vote: (ORDER ROTATED)
Bob Corker 39%
Ed Bryant 23%
Van Hilleary 22%
Tate Harrison 1%
Undecided (NOT READ) 15%

Poll Demographics
Men 310 (50%)
Women 315 (50%)

White 535 (86%)
Black 86 (14%)

East TN 230
Mid TN 225
West TN 170

In terms of your political party identification, do you generally consider yourself a: (READ LIST)
Dem 35%
Rep 37%
Ind or Other 28%

About this Poll The Mason-Dixon Tennessee Poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. from July 17 through July 19, 2006. A total of 625 registered Tennessee voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All stated they were likely to vote in the November general election.

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect voter turn-out by county.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4 percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as a regional or gender grouping.

This survey also includes an over-sampling of 400 likely Republican primary voters. This over-sampling was only on the questions related to the Republican primary election. The margin for error for these results is plus or minus 5%.