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New Hampshire Toplines - March 16, 2008

New Hampshire

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

March 16, 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

14% Good

20% Fair

54% Poor

0% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

47%

McCain

46%

Clinton

41%

Obama

43%

Other

7%

Other

6%

Not sure

5%

Not sure

5%

3* Favorable Ratings

Clinton

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

24%

30%

22%

Somewhat Favorable

26%

28%

41%

Somewhat Unfavorable

19%

22%

24%

Very Unfavorable

30%

19%

11%

Not sure

1%

1%

1%

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?

50% Economy

17% War in Iraq

6% Immigration

9% National security

7% Health care

2% Social Security

5% Government ethics and corruption

3% Some other issue

2% Not sure

5. Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

1% Excellent

9% Good

35% Fair

54% Poor

1% Not sure

6. Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

6% Better

80% Worse

9% Staying the same

5% Not sure

7. Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

46% United States and its allies

24% Terrorists

25% Neither

4% Not sure

8. Over the next six months, will the situation in Iraq get better or worse?

34% Better

32% Worse

26% Stay about the same

9% Not sure

9. Some people say that American society is generally fair and decent. Others say it is basically unfair and discriminatory. Which do you believe is more accurate?

69% Fair and decent

20% Unfair and discriminatory

11% Not sure

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