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Texas Toplines - October 31, 2007

Texas

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

October 31 – November 1, 2007

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

23% Excellent

20% Good

16% Fair

39% Poor

1% Not Sure

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

11% Excellent

30% Good

28% Fair

30% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Giuliani

50%

Thompson

47%

McCain

50%

Romney

42%

Clinton

39%

Clinton

41%

Clinton

39%

Clinton

43%

Other

8%

Other

9%

Other

8%

Other

10%

Not sure

3%

Not sure

3%

Not sure

3%

Not sure

5%

4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

Clinton

Thompson

Giuliani

McCain

Romney

Very Favorable

25%

15%

20%

15%

14%

Somewhat Favorable

18%

38%

38%

35%

33%

Somewhat Unfavorable

14%

25%

21%

26%

26%

Very Unfavorable

41%

13%

19%

19%

19%

Not sure

2%

9%

2%

5%

9%

5* If Governor Rick Perry was selected to run as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for the Republican Presidential candidate?

25% More Likely

43% Less Likely

26% No Impact

6% Not Sure

6* Which Republican candidate did Governor Rick Perry endorse for President?

42% Rudy Giuliani

8% Fred Thompson

8% John McCain

4% Mitt Romney

3% Mike Huckabee

2% Ron Paul

0% Tom Tancredo

0% Duncan Hunter

33% Not sure

7* Governor Rick Perry recently endorsed Rudy Giuliani for President. Does this make you more or less likely to vote for Rudy Giuliani for President?

17% More likely

35% Less likely

45% No impact

3% Not sure

8* When Kay Bailey Hutchison retires from the Senate, should she run for Governor of Texas?

49% Yes

34% No

17% Not sure

9* If a Texas State Highway Patrol Officer pulls someone over for a traffic violation, should the officer automatically check to see if that person is in the country legally?

75% Yes

19% No

6% Not sure

10*If an officer finds that a person pulled over for a traffic violation is an illegal alien, should that person be deported?

66% Yes

17% No

16% Not sure

11*If police officers are required to check the immigration status of every person they pull over, does that create the temptation to discriminate against people based on their name, their accent and the color of their skin?

32% Yes

56% No

12% Not sure

12* The U.S. Supreme Court will rule next year on whether administering the death penalty via lethal injection constitutes “cruel and unusual” punishment. Should Texas halt all death penalty executions until the Supreme Court reaches a decision?

27% Yes

63% No

10% Not sure

13*Should Texas continue to build toll roads?

31% Yes

53% No

16% Not sure

14* If toll roads are built in Texas, should foreign companies be allowed to invest in, build, or run those toll roads?

12% Yes

78% No

10% Not sure

15* Should the Federal Government aid those in Texas who took out sub-prime loans on homes and now face foreclosure because they can't afford the payment?

17% Yes

60% No

23% Not sure

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