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Pennsylvania Primary Toplines - March 24, 2008

Pennsylvania Primary

Survey of 690 Democratic Primary Voters

March 24, 2008

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

2% Excellent

4% Good

14% Fair

79% Poor

1% Not sure

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

16% Excellent

36% Good

33% Fair

13% Poor

3% Not sure

3* Democratic Primary

Clinton

49%

Obama

39%

Not sure

12%

4* Favorables

Clinton

Obama

Very Favorable

38%

39%

Somewhat Favorable

30%

32%

Somewhat Unfavorable

18%

16%

Very Unfavorable

13%

11%

Not sure

1%

2%

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?

61% Very likely

11% Somewhat likely

7% Not very likely

15% Not at all likely

5% 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?

61% Very likely

11% Somewhat likely

11% Not very likely

13% Not at all likely

5% Not sure

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

55% Economy

19% War in Iraq

3% Immigration

3% National security

8% Health care

3% Social Security

4% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

3% Not sure

8* Have you read seen or heard about remarks made by Reverend Jeremiah Wright the pastor for Barack Obama’s church?

87% Yes

10% No
3% Not sure

9* Do the remarks by Wright, make you more or less likely to vote for Barack Obama?

15% More likely

36% Less likely

47% No impact

2% Not sure

10* How concerned are you about Obama’s relationship with his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright?

22% Very concerned
16% Somewhat concerned
35% Not very concerned

25% Not at all concerned

2% Not sure

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

1% Excellent

3% Good

29% Fair

67% Poor

1% Not sure

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

3% Better

88% Worse

5% Staying the same

3% Not sure

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

33% United States and its allies

25% Terrorists

34% Neither

8% Not sure

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

15% Better

43% Worse

33% Stay about the same

10% Not sure

15. 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?

56% Fair and decent

30% Unfair and discriminatory

14% Not sure

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