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Webb volunteer taped Allen's commentsA News-7 SurveyUSA poll found that a majority of Virginians (56%) had heard about Senator George Allen's remarks to a campaign volunteer for his opponent, Jim Webb.
Of the 309 people who were familiar with the story, two-thirds (67%) thought it was inappropriate for Sen. Allen to refer to the college student of Indian descent as "Macaca," but the respondents were more evenly divided over whether the comments were a racial slur.
Allen has apologized for the remark. Half those surveyed said he needs to say more, while 46% thought the apology was sufficient.
While respondents were evenly divided on whether the incident will hurt the Senator's re-election changes or have no effect, 61% thought the comments would hurt Allen's chances in a campaign for President of the United States.
The poll found that Senator Allen had a net job approval of Plus 9. SurveyUSA pollsters characterize this as being "down very slightly" from the Plus 13 recorded in SurveyUSA's 08/11/06 - 08/13/06 50-state polling. SurveyUSA says the change "may or may not represent real movement."
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Question asked of 500 adults
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.3%
| Do you approve or disapprove of the job George Allen is doing as United States Senator? |
| 47% | Approve |
| 38% | Disapprove |
| 15% | Not Sure |
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Question asked of 500 adults
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.2%
| 56% | Yes |
| 40% | No |
| 4% | Not Sure |
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Question asked of 309 people familiar with story
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5.4%
| Do you think Allen's comments were appropriate or inappropriate? |
| 28% | Appropriate |
| 67% | Not Appropriate |
| 5% | Not Sure |
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Question asked of 309 people familiar with story
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5.7%
| 45% | Yes |
| 47% | No |
| 8% | Not Sure |
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Question asked of 309 people familiar with story
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5.7%
| Do you think Allen's apology was sufficient? Or do you think Allen needs to say more? |
| 46% | Sufficient |
| 50% | Needs To Say More |
| 4% | Not Sure |
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Question asked of 309 people familiar with story
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5.7%
| 7% | Help |
| 46% | Hurt |
| 46% | No Effect |
| 1% | Not Sure |
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Question asked of 309 people familiar with story
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5.5%
| 8% | Help |
| 61% | Hurt |
| 30% | No Effect |
| 1% | Not Sure |
