Colorado Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted September 28, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

12% Excellent

23% Good

16% Fair

48% Poor

1% Not sure

2* How do you rate the way that Bill Ritter is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

13% Excellent

31% Good

29% Fair

25% Poor

1% Not sure

3* If the Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John McCain, Democrat Barack Obama, Libertarian Bob Barr or Independent Ralph Nader

48% McCain

49% Obama

0% Barr

1% Nader

0% McKinney

2% Not sure

4* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	35%	30%
Somewhat Favorable	20%	27%
Somewhat Unfavorable	17%	22%
Very Unfavorable	27%	19%
Not sure	1%	1%

5* In terms of how you will vote for President, are you primarily interested in National Security issues such as the War with Iraq and the War on Terror, Economic issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic Issues like Social Security and Health Care, Cultural issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion, or Fiscal issues such as taxes and government spending?

24% National Security Issues

47% Economic Issues

10% Domestic Issues

6% Cultural Issues

9% Fiscal Issues

5% Not sure

6* Overall, which candidate do you trust more -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

44% Obama

49% McCain

7% Not sure

7* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as president?

31% Extremely comfortable

11% Very comfortable

19% Somewhat comfortable

37% Not at all comfortable

2% Not sure

8* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as president?

22% Extremely comfortable

18% Very comfortable

23% Somewhat comfortable

36% Not at all comfortable

1% Not sure

9* In November Amendment 48 entitled “Definition of a Person” will be on the ballot. This amendment to the Colorado constitution defines a person as-- “any human being from the moment of fertilization”. If the election were held today would you vote for or against this amendment?

39% For

50% Against

11% Not sure

10* Do you believe that life begins at conception, or at birth, or somewhere in between?

41% At conception

22% At birth

33% Somewhere in between

4% Not sure

11* Regardless of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle the nations economy and jobs….Barack Obama or John McCain?

47% Barack Obama
47% John McCain
6% Not sure

12* Regardless of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle national security and the war on terrorism….Barack Obama or John McCain?

42% Barack Obama
53% John McCain
5% Not sure

13* If you had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice from -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

43% Barack Obama

47% John McCain

10% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence