Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
September 9, 2008
1* How do you
rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
16% Excellent
27% Good
16% Fair
41% Poor
0% Not sure
3* 2008
Presidential General Election Match-Ups
|
McCain |
64% |
|
Obama |
33% |
|
Other |
0% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
4*
Favorable Ratings
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Biden |
Palin |
|
Very
Favorable |
25% |
40% |
18% |
56% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
20% |
31% |
25% |
16% |
|
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
20% |
16% |
21% |
11% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
35% |
12% |
31% |
17% |
|
Not sure |
0% |
2% |
5% |
0% |
5* In terms
of how you will vote for President, are you primarily interested in National
Security issues such as the War with Iraq and the War on Terror, Economic
issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic Issues like Social Security and Health Care, Cultural issues such as
same-sex marriage and abortion, or Fiscal issues such as taxes and government
spending?
29% National Security Issues
36% Economic Issues
11% Domestic Issues
7% Cultural Issues
11% Fiscal Issues
6% Not sure
6* Barack Obama named
Joe Biden to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Was this the right choice
for Obama to make?
33% Yes
38% No
29% Not sure
7* John McCain
named Sarah Palin to be his Vice Presidential running
mate. Was this the right choice for McCain to make?
64%
Yes
28% No
7% Not sure
8* In political terms, is Joe Biden very conservative, somewhat
conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal, or very liberal?
1% Very conservative
6% Somewhat
conservative
31% Moderate
31% Somewhat
liberal
20% Very liberal
10% Not sure
9* In political terms, is Sarah Palin very
conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal, or very
liberal?
49% Very conservative
33% Somewhat
conservative
11% Moderate
2% Somewhat
liberal
3% Very liberal
3% Not sure
10* When you vote for President this year, will you be
voting with enthusiasm for your candidate or voting primarily against the other
candidate?
75%
Voting with enthusiasm for your candidate
19% Voting primarily against the
other candidate
6% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence