New York

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

April 29, 2008

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

10% Excellent

11% Good

14% Fair

64% Poor

2% Not sure

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

8% Excellent

34% Good

37% Fair

12% Poor

9% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Clinton	60%	Obama	52%
McCain	31%	McCain	35%
Other	6%	Other	10%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	3%

4* Favorables for Candidates

	Clinton	McCain	Obama
Very Favorable	29%	9%	26%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	41%	32%
Somewhat Unfavorable	18%	27%	24%
Very Unfavorable	22%	20%	17%
Not sure	2%	2%	2%

5* 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?

48% Economy

19% War in Iraq

4% Immigration

6% National security

6% Health care

3% Social Security

7% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

7% Not sure

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

32% Yes

55% No

13% Not sure

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

20% Yes

65% No

15% Not sure

8* How likely is it that the Democratic Presidential Nomination contest will remain unsettled until the Convention?

52% Very likely

30% Somewhat likely

10% Not very likely

1% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

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

36% Obama

47% Clinton

17% Not sure

10* Regardless of who you want to win the nomination, who do you think will win the Democratic Presidential Nomination, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?

43% Obama

40% Clinton

17% Not sure

11*We’re just about finished… Are relations between white Americans and black Americans better today than they were in the 1960s?

71% Yes

17% No

12% Not sure

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

51% Better

25% Worse

21% Neither

3% Not sure

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

55% Yes

41% No

4% Not sure

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

18% Yes

77% No

5% Not sure

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

44% African Americans

27% Women

30% Not sure

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