Mississippi General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 27, 2008

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

22% Excellent

20% Good

15% Fair

41% Poor

2% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	48%	McCain	50%
Clinton	38%	Obama	44%
Other	9%	Other	3%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	3%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Clinton	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	14%	33%	23%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	11%	32%
Somewhat Unfavorable	26%	15%	22%
Very Unfavorable	29%	39%	20%
Not sure	2%	2%	4%

4* When thinking about how you will vote in the presidential election, 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?

51% Economy

14% War in Iraq

6% Immigration

10% National security

6% Health care

2% Social Security

4% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

4% Not sure

6* We’re just about finished… John McCain recently gave a speech saying that-- if he is elected President—the United States will win the War in Iraq during his first term in office. McCain also said that virtually all combat troops will be home from Iraq by the end of his first term in office. If you had to choose just one of those goals as the higher priority, would you rather see the United States win the War in Iraq or get the troops home from Iraq within four years?

45% Win the war

50% Get the troops home

5% Not sure

7* If John McCain is elected President, how likely is it that the United States will win the War in Iraq?

27% Very likely

26% Somewhat likely

20% Not very likely

16% Not at all likely

11% Not sure

8* Okay… if Barack Obama is elected President, how likely is it that the United States will win the War in Iraq?

10% Very likely

16% Somewhat likely

23% Not very likely

43% Not at all likely

8% Not sure

9* Fine… If John McCain is elected President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from Iraq by the end of his first term in office?

14% Very likely

28% Somewhat likely

30% Not very likely

21% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

10* Great… If Barack Obama is elected President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from Iraq by the end of his first term in office?

26% Very likely

26% Somewhat likely

25% Not very likely

15% Not at all likely

8% Not sure

11* Should Hillary Clinton drop out of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination?

33% Yes

51% No
16% Not sure

12* Should Barack Obama drop out of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination?

27% Yes

62% No
11% Not sure

13* Which candidate would do better against John McCain in the general election…Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?

45% Obama
44% Clinton
11% Not sure

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