Missouri

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

December 12, 2007

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

17% Excellent

16% Good

18% Fair

48% Poor

1% Not Sure

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

14% Excellent

27% Good

26% Fair

32% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2008 Governor’s Race

Nixon	47%
Blunt	42%
Other	6%
Not sure	5%

4* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Giuliani	39%	Huckabee	45%	Giuliani	42%	Huckabee	45%
Clinton	45%	Clinton	43%	Obama	43%	Obama	41%
Other	12%	Other	9%	Other	10%	Other	9%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	3%	Not sure	5%	Not sure	5%

5* Favorables for Candidates

	Clinton	Huckabee	Giuliani	Obama	Nixon	Blunt
Very Favorable	22%	19%	15%	20%	19%	19%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	34%	30%	32%	31%	30%
Somewhat Unfavorable	15%	23%	30%	22%	27%	19%
Very Unfavorable	32%	13%	20%	22%	12%	29%
Not sure	2%	11%	4%	4%	10%	2%

6* Which of the following Democratic candidates is most in tune with the attitudes and needs of Missouri?

24% Hillary Clinton

17% Barack Obama

17% John Edwards

32% None of the above

9% Not sure

7* Which of the following Republican candidates is most in tune with the attitudes and needs of Missouri?

18% Mike Huckabee

13% Rudy Giuliani

13% John McCain

10% Fred Thompson

10% Mitt Romney

8% Ron Paul

21% None of the above

7% Not sure

8* In terms of how you will vote for President in 2008, which of the following issues is most important—the War in Iraq, the War on Terror, the economy, health care, immigration, the environment, or government ethics and corruption?

26% Economy

19% War in Iraq

14% War on Terror

14% Health care

11% Immigration

8% Government ethics and corruption

3% Environment

2% None of the above

3% Not sure

9* Which Republican Presidential candidate is most likely to win the GOP nomination?

27% Rudy Giuliani

21% Mike Huckabee

13% Mitt Romney

7% Fred Thompson

7% John McCain

4% Ron Paul

1% Tom Tancredo

0% Duncan Hunter

21% Not sure

10* Which Democratic Presidential candidate is most likely to win their party’s nomination?

50% Hillary Clinton

26% Barack Obama

8% John Edwards

1% Bill Richardson

1% Joe Biden

0% Chris Dodd

0% Dennis Kucinich

0% Mike Gravel

12% Not sure

11* This holiday season, will you spend more or less on gifts than you did last year?

20% More

54% Less

25% About the same

2% Not sure

12* How much of your gift shopping will be done online? All of it, most of it, about half, some, or will none of your holiday gift shopping be done online?

50% None

32% Some
10% About half

2% All

6% Most

1% Not sure

13* Should English be the official language of the United States?

92% Yes

6% No

2% Not sure

14* Should a company be allowed to require that its employees speak English while on the job?

82% Yes

11% No

7% Not sure

15* Does negative campaign advertising by a candidate make you more or less likely to vote for that candidate?

8% More likely

61% Less likely

26% No impact
5% Not sure

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