Kentucky

Survey of Democratic Primary Voters

May 1, 2008

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

6% Excellent

8% Good

13% Fair

73% Poor

1% Not sure

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

10% Excellent

31% Good

41% Fair

15% Poor

3% Not sure

3* Democratic Primary

Clinton	56%
Obama	31%
Not sure	13%

4* Favorables

	Clinton	Obama
Very Favorable	42%	29%
Somewhat Favorable	33%	22%
Somewhat Unfavorable	12%	19%
Very Unfavorable	11%	28%
Not sure	1%	2%

5* Suppose that Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic Presidential Nomination. In the general election campaign against John McCain, how likely are you to vote for Hillary Clinton?

67% Very likely

11% Somewhat likely

7% Not very likely

12% Not at all likely

3% Not sure

6* Suppose that Barack Obama wins the Democratic Presidential Nomination. In the general election campaign against John McCain, how likely are you to vote for Barack Obama?

45% Very likely

10% Somewhat likely

13% Not very likely

27% Not at all likely

3% Not sure

7* When thinking about how you will vote in the Kentucky Presidential primary, which of the following issues is most important—the economy, the War in Iraq, immigration, national security, health care, Social Security, or government ethics and corruption?

59% Economy

16% War in Iraq

3% Immigration

4% National security

6% Health care

5% Social Security

3% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

3% Not sure

8* We’re just about finished… Currently, there is a federal tax of 18 cents per gallon on gasoline. Proposals have been made for a gas tax holiday that would eliminate the gas tax for the summer. Do you favor or oppose a tax holiday to eliminate the federal gas tax for the summer?

55% Favor

34% Oppose

11% Not sure

9* Two of the three major Presidential candidates favor ending the federal gas tax for the summer. One opposes the federal gas tax holiday. Which candidate is opposed to eliminating the federal gas for the summer?

11% Hillary Clinton

10% John McCain

59% Barack Obama

20% Not sure

10*Does the federal government need more tax revenue to fund important national programs such as highway repairs and health care reform?

41% Yes

40% No

19% Not sure

11* Some people are worried that the next President will raise taxes so much that it will harm the economy. How worried are you that the next President will raise taxes too much?

24% Very worried

30% Somewhat worried

32% Not very worried

11% Not at all worried

3% Not sure

12* Some people are worried that the next President will cut taxes so much that it will harm important government programs. How worried are you that the next President will cut taxes too much?

11% Very worried

31% Somewhat worried

40% Not very worried

14% Not at all worried

4% Not sure

13* A proposal has been made to increase the capital gains tax from 15% to 28%. Do you favor or oppose increasing the capital gains tax to 28%?

26% Favor

48% Oppose

25% Not sure

14* If the capital gains tax is increased to 28%, will that help the economy or hurt the economy?

23% Help

39% Hurt

16% Neither

21% Not sure

15* Do you own more than $5,000 of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds?

49% Yes

45% No

5% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence