North Carolina Primary

Survey of 774 Democratic Primary Voters

April 28, 2008

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

7% Excellent

6% Good

12% Fair

72% Poor

2% Not sure

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

11% Excellent

39% Good

32% Fair

13% Poor

4% Not sure

3* Democratic Primary

Clinton	37%
Obama	51%
Not sure	12%

4* Favorables

	Clinton	Obama
Very Favorable	27%	50%
Somewhat Favorable	35%	21%
Somewhat Unfavorable	19%	14%
Very Unfavorable	17%	14%
Not sure	2%	1%

5* Suppose that Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic Presidential Nomination. In the general election campaign against John McCain, how likely are you to vote for Hillary Clinton?

58% Very likely

12% Somewhat likely

12% Not very likely

14% Not at all likely

3% Not sure

6* Suppose that Barack Obama wins the Democratic Presidential Nomination. In the general election campaign against John McCain, how likely are you to vote for Barack Obama?

67% Very likely

6% Somewhat likely

8% Not very likely

17% Not at all likely

2% Not sure

7. When thinking about how you will vote in the Pennsylvania 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?

52% Economy

18% War in Iraq

4% Immigration

3% National security

9% Health care

5% Social Security

3% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

3% Not sure

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

32% Yes

42% No

26% Not sure

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

20% Yes

62% No

18% Not sure

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

44% Very likely

35% Somewhat likely

12% Not very likely

2% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

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

52% Obama

36% Clinton

11% Not sure

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

62% Obama

27% Clinton

11% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence