Michigan Survey of 700 Likely Voters
Conducted August 7, 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?

14% Excellent

19% Good

14% Fair

53% Poor

1% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Candidate	Without Leaners	With Leaners
McCain	40%	45%
Obama	47%	49%
Other	5%	2%
Not sure	8%	4%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	36%	22%
Somewhat Favorable	18%	33%
Somewhat Unfavorable	20%	22%
Very Unfavorable	25%	21%
Not sure	2%	3%

4* 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?

18% National Security Issues

52% Economic Issues

10% Domestic Issues

6% Cultural Issues

8% Fiscal Issues

7% Not sure

5* Which Presidential candidate would be best for the domestic automobile industry…John McCain or Barack Obama?

43% McCain

44% Obama

13% Not Sure

6* Which Presidential Candidate would be better for the oil industry?

57% McCain

26% Obama

17% Not Sure

7* Which is more important, finding new sources of energy or reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume?

63% Finding new sources of energy
29% Reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume
9% Not Sure

8* What is more likely to reduce the amount of energy Americans consume?

44% High gas prices
35% Gov’t regulation
20% Not sure

9* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Cindy McCain?

18% Very favorable

32% Somewhat favorable

18% Somewhat unfavorable

13% Very unfavorable

19% Not sure

10* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Michele Obama?

28% Very favorable

24% Somewhat favorable

16% Somewhat unfavorable

24% Very unfavorable

8% Not sure

11* Is John McCain too old to be President?

33% Yes

59% No

8% Not Sure

12* Is Barack Obama too inexperienced to be President?

43% Yes

47%No

10% Not Sure

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