Virginia

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 8, 2008

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

19% Excellent

17% Good

21% Fair

42% Poor

1% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	47%	McCain	47%
Clinton	41%	Obama	44%
Other	8%	Other	6%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	3%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Clinton	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	16%	31%	20%
Somewhat Favorable	26%	20%	40%
Somewhat Unfavorable	24%	13%	21%
Very Unfavorable	32%	31%	16%
Not sure	2%	4%	3%

4. When thinking about how you will vote in the presidential election, 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?

45% Economy

19% War in Iraq

10% Immigration

9% National security

5% Health care

2% Social Security

5% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

4% Not sure

5* Currently, there is a federal tax of 18 cents per gallon on gasoline. Proposals have been made for a gas tax holiday that would eliminate the gas tax for the summer. Do you favor or oppose a tax holiday to eliminate the federal gas tax for the summer?

50% Favor

43% Oppose

7% Not sure

6* Two of the three major Presidential candidates favor ending the federal gas tax for the summer. One opposes the federal gas tax holiday. Which candidate is opposed to eliminating the federal gas for the summer?

8% Hillary Clinton

9% John McCain

62% Barack Obama

21% Not sure

7*Does the federal government need more tax revenue to fund important national programs such as highway repairs and health care reform?

36% Yes

50% No

14% Not sure

8* Some people are worried that the next President will raise taxes so much that it will harm the economy. How worried are you that the next President will raise taxes too much?

35% Very worried

26% Somewhat worried

28% Not very worried

8% Not at all worried

4% Not sure

9* Some people are worried that the next President will cut taxes so much that it will harm important government programs. How worried are you that the next President will cut taxes too much?

11% Very worried

24% Somewhat worried

35% Not very worried

25% Not at all worried

4% Not sure

10* A proposal has been made to increase the capital gains tax from 15% to 28%. Do you favor or oppose increasing the capital gains tax to 28%?

21% Favor

64% Oppose

15% Not sure

11* If the capital gains tax is increased to 28%, will that help the economy or hurt the economy?

19% Help

53% Hurt

12% Neither

15% Not sure

12* Do you own more than $5,000 of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds?

57% Yes

34% No

8% Not sure

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