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Toplines - Pennsylvania Democratic Primary - April 20, 2008
Survey of 722 Democratic Primary
Voters April 20, 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 10% Fair 83% 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? 22%
Excellent 34% Good 32% Fair 11% Poor 1% Not sure 3* Democratic Primary
4* Favorables
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? 71% Very likely 9% Somewhat likely 5% Not very likely 11% 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? 64% Very
likely 12% Somewhat likely 9% Not very likely 13% 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? 51% Economy 23% War in
2% Immigration
2% National security
7% Health care
3% Social Security
8% Government ethics and corruption
2% Some other issue
2% Not sure 8* How closely did you follow news
stories about the debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack
Obama? 52%
Very closely 11% Yes 10* If Barack Obama is nominated by the
Democrats how likely is it that he will be elected President?
46% Very likely 29%
Somewhat likely 12%
Not very likely 8% Not at all likely 4% Not sure 11* If
Hillary Clinton is nominated by the Democrats how likely is it that he will be
elected President?
50% Very likely
30% Somewhat likely
11% Not very likely 6% Not at all likely 3% Not sure 12* Okay….if Barack
Obama is nominated by the Democrats how likely is it
that John McCain will be elected President?
19% Very
likely 23%
Somewhat likely 38%
Not very likely 17%
Not at all likely 4% Not sure 13* if Hillary Clinton is nominated
by the Democrats how likely is it that John McCain will be elected President?
13% Very likely
25% Somewhat likely
38% Not very likely
19% Not at all likely 4% Not sure 14* Superdelegates are party leaders and Members of Congress
who vote at the Democratic Convention but not selected by primaries and
caucuses. Ultimately, since neither Obama nor Clinton
will have a majority of pledged delegates, the Superdelegates
will select the Party’s Presidential nominee. Is it a good idea for the
Democrats to have Superdelegates? 18% Yes 15* Suppose that Barack Obama wins the most pledged delegates, the most states, and
the popular vote over Hillary Clinton. But, then something happens to convince Superdelegates that Hillary Clinton would have a better
chance of beating John McCain. In that case, should the Superdelegates
honor the results of the primaries and select Obama
or should they vote for 54% Honor the results of the
primaries 37% Vote for 10% Not sure 16* In
political terms is Barack Obama
conservative, moderate or liberal? 7% Conservative 17* In
political terms is Hillary Clinton conservative, moderate or liberal? 11%
Conservative 18* Generally speaking, how would you
rate the
0% Excellent 5% Excellent NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |