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Toplines - Oregon Presidential Election - June 11, 2008

Oregon General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

June 11, 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

20% Good

14% Fair

53% Poor

1% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

38%

Obama

46%

Other

9%

Not sure

7%

3* Favorable Ratings

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

32%

15%

Somewhat Favorable

23%

35%

Somewhat Unfavorable

15%

29%

Very Unfavorable

28%

18%

Not sure

3%

3%

4* Should Barack Obama select Hillary Clinton as his Vice-Presidential running mate?

27% Yes

53% No

20% Not sure

5* Is John McCain too old to be President?

26% Yes

65% No

8% Not sure

6*Is Barack Obama too inexperienced to be President?

41% Yes

48% No

11% Not sure

7* When it comes to the situation in Iraq, which is the more important goal for the next president to accomplish during his first term…winning the war or getting the troops home?

40% Winning the war

51% Getting the troops home

8% Not sure

8* Fine… If John McCain is elected President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from Iraq by the end of his first term in office?

5% Very likely

20% Somewhat likely

32% Not very likely

34% Not at all likely

9% Not sure

9* Okay… If Barack Obama is elected President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from Iraq by the end of his first term in office?

26% Very likely

36% Somewhat likely

22% Not very likely

10% Not at all likely

6% Not sure

10* Some people believe that the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government become a special interest group?

71% Yes
12% No
17% Not sure

11* Generally speaking, does the federal government represent the will of the people?

15% Yes
70% No
15% Not sure

12* How confident are you that the votes in your state will be accurately counted this year and that the appropriate candidates will be declared as the winner?

48% Very confident

37% Somewhat confident

8% Not very confident

5% Not at all confident

2% Not sure

13* Are American elections fair to voters?

44% Yes

37% No

19% Not sure

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