Texas

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

June 25, 2008

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

20% Excellent

21% Good

15% Fair

42% Poor

2% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	48%
Obama	39%
Other	6%
Not sure	7%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	27%	26%
Somewhat Favorable	23%	35%
Somewhat Unfavorable	14%	19%
Very Unfavorable	34%	15%
Not sure	3%	4%

4* Should Barack Obama select Hillary Clinton as his Vice-Presidential running mate?

33% Yes

45% No

22% Not sure

5* Is John McCain too old to be President?

26% Yes

69% No

5% Not sure

6* Is Barack Obama too inexperienced to be President?

53% Yes

39% No

8% Not sure

7* When it comes to the situation in Iraq, which is the more important goal for the next president to accomplish during his first term…winning the war or getting the troops home?

44% Winning the war

48% Getting the troops home

7% Not sure

8* John McCain favors drilling in offshore oil wells to help reduce the price of gas. Barack Obama opposes offshore oil wells and says it would not reduce the price of gas. Should drilling be allowed in offshore oil wells off the coasts of California, Florida, and other states?

69% Yes

22% No

9% Not sure

9* If drilling in offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go down?

26% Very likely

33% Somewhat likely

24% Not very likely

10% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

10* Is free trade good or bad for the United States economy?

42% Good

29% Bad

14% Neither

15% Not sure

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