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South Carolina Democratic Toplines - December 16, 2007

South Carolina

Survey of 417 Likely Democratic Primary Voters

December 16, 2007

1* South Carolina Democratic Primary

Clinton	33%
Obama	33%
Edwards	17%
Richardson	2%
Biden	4%
Dodd	1%
Kucinich	0%
Gravel	2%
Not sure	8%

2* Favorables

	Clinton	Obama	Edwards	Richardson	Biden	Kucinich
Very Favorable	45%	46%	34%	8%	14%	8%
Somewhat Favorable	36%	29%	38%	27%	23%	13%
Somewhat Unfavorable	9%	15%	11%	32%	30%	34%
Very Unfavorable	7%	8%	10%	14%	18%	24%
Not sure	2%	3%	6%	20%	15%	21%

3* When thinking about how you will vote in the South Carolina 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?

37% Economy

30% War in Iraq

12% Health care

6% Immigration

3% National security

5% Social Security

3% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

3% Not sure

4* How many of the Presidential candidates have you met or seen in person this year?

62% None

21% One

9% Two

8% More than two

0% Not sure

5* Which political party is most likely to win the Presidential Election in 2008?

7% Republican

81% Democratic

12% Not sure

6* In terms of determining how you will vote for President, how important is a candidates faith and religion?

31% Very important

24% Somewhat important

29% Not very important

15% Not at all important

2% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence