West Virginia Primary

Survey of 702 Democratic Primary Voters

March 13, 2008

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

7% Excellent

8% Good

12% Fair

72% Poor

1% Not sure

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

23% Excellent

34% Good

28% Fair

14% Poor

1% Not sure

3* Democratic Primary

Clinton	55%
Obama	27%

4* Favorables

	Clinton	Obama
Very Favorable	42%	23%
Somewhat Favorable	30%	30%
Somewhat Unfavorable	17%	21%
Very Unfavorable	11%	24%
Not sure	1%	2%

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?

64% Very likely

9% Somewhat likely

9% Not very likely

16% Not at all likely

2% 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?

43% Very likely

11% Somewhat likely

14% Not very likely

27% Not at all likely

5% Not sure

7. When thinking about how you will vote in the West Virginia 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

17% War in Iraq

3% Immigration

5% National security

9% Health care

5% Social Security

5% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

3% Not sure

8* What is more important, creating economic growth or reducing the income gap between rich and poor?

39% Creating economic growth

53% Reducing the income gap between rich and poor

7% Not sure

9* Which candidate has received better treatment from the media—Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?

58% Obama

16% Clinton

26% Not sure

10* Which candidate would do better against John McCain in the general election?

31% Obama

48% Clinton

20% Not sure

11* Regardless of who you want to win, who do you think will win the Democratic Presidential Nomination?

47% Obama

35% Clinton

18% Not sure

12* How closely have you followed recent news stories about comments made by Geraldine Ferraro?

40% Very closely

27% Somewhat closely

21% Not very closely

11% Not at all

1% Not sure

13* Ferraro said that Obama has reached his status as frontrunner in the Presidential race only because he is black. Do you agree?

33% Yes

53% No

13% Not sure

14* Ferraro also said that Obama has had it easy because of a “very sexist media.” Do you agree?

43% Yes

42% No

15% Not sure

15* Are Ferraro’s comments racist?

27% Yes

54% No

19% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence