Oregon Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 14, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

9% Excellent

16% Good

19% Fair

56% Poor

1% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	41%
Obama	54%
Some Other Candidate	2%
Not sure	3%

3* Favorable Ratings

	McCain	Obama
Very favorable	24%	40%
Somewhat favorable	26%	17%
Somewhat unfavorable	24%	13%
Very unfavorable	25%	29%
Not sure	0%	1%

4* In terms of how you will vote for President, are you primarily interested in National Security issues such as the War with Iraq and the War on Terror, Economic issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic Issues like Social Security and Health Care, Cultural issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion, or Fiscal issues such as taxes and government spending?

20% National Security Issues

40% Economic Issues

12% Domestic Issues

6% Cultural Issues

14% Fiscal Issues

8% Not sure

5* Do you agree or disagree with the Economic Rescue Plan passed by Congress recently?

23% Agree

53% Disagree

23% Not sure

6* Will the rescue plan help the economy, hurt the economy or have no impact on the economy?

31% Help

25% Hurt

23% No impact

21% Not sure

7* Given current economic conditions, would tax policy would be best to help spur economic growth? Would it be better to have higher taxes, lower taxes, or the same level of taxes?

14% Higher

47% Lower

28% Keep the same

11% Not sure

8* Suppose taxes were increased on people who make more than $250,000 a year. Would raising taxes for people who make more than $250,000 a year be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

55% Good for the economy

25% Bad

12% No impact

8% Not sure

9* When people sell stocks, bonds, and other assets for a profit, they pay a capital gains tax. Would raising the capital gains tax be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

29% Good for the economy

41% Bad

17% No impact

13% Not sure

10* Is this year’s Presidential election more positive than most, more negative than most, or about the same as most recent elections?

14% More positive

34% More negative

52% About the same
1% Not sure

11* Is it possible for a candidate to win an election without criticizing his opponent?

50% Yes
38% No

12% Not sure

12* Has Barack Obama’s campaign been generally positive, generally negative, or somewhere in between?

51% Generally positive
22% Generally negative

26% Somewhere in between

2% Not sure

13* Has John McCain’s campaign been generally positive, generally negative, or somewhere in between?

21% Generally positive
50% Generally negative

27% Somewhere in between

1% Not sure

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