Question: When you voted last, which parties' candidate did you choose, Democrat, Republican or Independent?

Q: When you vote for the person in that race, did you tend to vote Democrat or Republican?

Q: On a scale of one to ten, how interested are you in the November elections for federal, state and local races?

Q: Is the country on the right or wrong track? Quantify answer as somewhat right or wrong or strongly right or wrong

Q: Do you vote Democrat or Republican?

Q: What is the most important issue facing the Texas Legislature: prevent illegal immigration, cutting taxes, creating jobs, slowing property tax increase, health care, transportation, education

Q: For each name, give a response, somewhat or strongly positive or negative: Laura Bush, Rick Perry, Kinky Friedman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chris Bell, Dee Margo, Carol Keaton Strayhorn, Silvestre Reyes, George Bush, Leo Samaniego, Eliot Shapleigh

Q: If the next U.S. Senate race was held today, would you vote for Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Democrat, or Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican?

Q: (asks same question for governor’s race)

Reads state Senate candidates and affiliation.

Q: Do you think Eliot Shapleigh deserves re-election or do you think you should give someone else a chance?

Introduces response section; caller reads statements about each candidate and asks whether they make me more likely, somewhat likely, less likely, or somewhat less likely to vote for them.

-- Dee Margo is a businessman and a community leader in El Paso.

-- Eliot Shapleigh is "a lawyer who has served in the Texas Senate for 10 years."

-- Dee Margo "believes it is important to be involved in the community" so he started the Border Fund, which raised $25,000 for charities, including Operation Noel.

-- "As a Republican with bipartisan support" Dee Margo will be able to work with the leadership in Austin better then his opponent.

-- Eliot Shapleigh "has not been effective" in getting funding for key projects such as the medical school.

-- As a state senator Dee Margo would be dedicated to UTEP.

-- Dee Margo’s "successful career in the insurance industry" makes him more likely to be able to deal with health care issues.

-- Eliot Shapleigh has been critical of UTEP (reads press clippings, including one where Shapleigh was critical of university President Diana Natalicio, calling her a “queen bee”)

-- Eliot Shapleigh is so difficult to get along with even his Democratic colleagues will not endorse him.

-- The majority of Eliot Shapleigh’s campaign money comes from special interests from outside the district.

-- Eliot Shapleigh opposed a voter-approved change to the Texas constitution for "traditional marriage."

-- Dee Margo has bipartisan support.

-- Eliot Shapleigh repeatedly tried to impose the "burden of a state income tax.”

-- Dee Margo helped Fort Bliss increase troops.

-- Eliot Shapleigh’s temperament has been criticized; the El Paso Times called him "intimidating and confrontational," and he was removed from the Senate Finance Committee.

-- As someone with 30 years experience in business Dee Margo knows keeping taxes low is the best way to grow the economy.

-- Dee Margo was endorsed by Sheriff Leo Samaniego.

-- Eliot Shapleigh voted against legislation to require a girl under 17 to get consent from a parent or guardian before abortion.

-- Dee Margo will secure more resources for law enforcement to fight smuggling and drugs in our neighborhoods.

-- Because he has been in the insurance industry for 30 years, critics say Dee Margo would favor the insurance industry.

-- In an attempt to change the focus from "his failure to secure funding" for the medical school, Eliot Shapleigh said his opponent, "who is not involved in government," is the person responsible for state funds not being available for the medical school.

-- Because property taxes increased year after year Dee Margo wants to lower the annual increase from 10 percent to five percent a year.

-- Eliot Shapleigh opposed recent medical malpractice reform passed by Texas voters to reduce frivolous lawsuits.

Now that you have had a chance to hear more about the candidates, for which of the following would you vote, Eliot Shapleigh, Democrat, or Dee Margo, Republican?

Asks demographic questions such as age, education, race/ethnicity, political leanings ("very liberal, liberal, moderate, somewhat conservative, very conservative"), income, employment status

Asks one more question: should abortion be legal for any reason any time for any reason, any reason during first three months, legal only in case of protecting mothers health or incest, or never?

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