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Toplines - Nevada Presidential Election - April 21, 2008

Nevada General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

April 21, 2008

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

12% Excellent

19% Good

19% Fair

48% Poor

2% Not sure

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

10% Excellent

17% Good

42% Fair

29% Poor

2% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

49%

McCain

48%

Clinton

38%

Obama

43%

Other

10%

Other

5%

Not sure

4%

Not sure

3%

4* Favorable Ratings

Clinton

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

16%

24%

18%

Somewhat Favorable

26%

23%

38%

Somewhat Unfavorable

17%

20%

24%

Very Unfavorable

39%

31%

19%

Not sure

2%

3%

1%

5* When thinking about how you will vote in the 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?

40% Economy

18% War in Iraq

18% Immigration

8% National security

6% Health care

2% Social Security

5% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

3% Not sure

6* Are relations between white Americans and black Americans better today than they were in the 1960s?

74% Yes

14% No

12% Not sure

7* These days, are relations between white and black Americans getting better or worse?

63% Better

15% Worse

20% Neither

2% Not sure

8* Within the past week, have you shared a meal with a person of a different racial background?

54% Yes

39% No

7% Not sure

9* Within the past week, have you personally witnessed any racial discrimination?

15% Yes

80% No

5% Not sure

10* Is there more discrimination against African-Americans or against women?

35% African Americans

35% Women

30% Not sure

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