Toplines - Labor Day - August 28-29, 2008

National Telephone Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 28-29, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you consider Labor Day to be one of our nation’s most important holidays, one of the least important, or somewhere in between?

20% Most important

17% Least important

61% Somewhere in between

2% Not sure

2*Will you attend a barbecue with family and friends on Labor Day Weekend?

45% Yes

38% No

17% Not sure

3*Will you attend a Labor Day Parade?

7% Yes

85% No

8% Not sure

4*When you celebrate Labor Day, do you celebrate it as a holiday honoring the contribution of workers in society or as the unofficial end of the summer?

33% Honor workers

54% Unofficial end of summer

12% Not sure

5*Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Labor Unions?

19% Very favorable

36% Somewhat favorable

25% Somewhat unfavorable

10% Very unfavorable

10% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence