From May 6 to the 7 the Hays Research group conducted a scientific survey in the State of Alaska. 403 respondents took part in the "Opinion Counts" survey and were asked questions concerning Don Young, Sarah Palin and Ted Stevens.

Respondents were also asked, "head to head questions between the three Republican primary candidates for Alaska's sole Congressional seat," as stated in the survey results.

After being read a short list of public figures, respondents were asked to rate each of the aforementioned statesmen. U.S. Representative Republican Don Young received a mostly "unfavorable" response.

Republican Governor Sarah Palin received mostly "very favorable" marks.

Opinions seemed to lean towards "somewhat favorable" for U.S. Senator Ted Stevens.

The head-to-head revealed that come November Don Young may face a serious competitor for the only U.S. Representative seat.

The survey, which was conducted via telephone, included "Opinion Counts" questions, which are individual customer purchased questions. There was a +/- 4.88-percent error of margin in the results, which suggest that if every Alaskan resident with a working telephone who had voted in at least two of the last local or state elections, 95-percent would have most likely yielded the same results with a 4.88-percent difference in either direction. Of course this also suggest that every possible voter would have knowledge of the same "public figures" given by the pollsters.

For more information on the results, the survey methods, or the Hays Research Group, visit the survey.