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Survey of 500 Likely Voters
May 14, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
17% Excellent
22% Good
17% Fair
44% Poor
1% Not sure
2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups
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McCain |
53% |
McCain |
50% |
|
|
36% |
Obama |
41% |
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Other |
7% |
Other |
4% |
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Not sure |
4% |
Not sure |
4% |
3* Favorable Ratings
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McCain |
Obama |
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Very Favorable |
14% |
17% |
25% |
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Somewhat Favorable |
26% |
40% |
27% |
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Somewhat Unfavorable |
23% |
28% |
15% |
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Very Unfavorable |
35% |
14% |
31% |
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Not sure |
2% |
2% |
2% |
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?
39% Economy
24% War in
6% Immigration
11% National security
6% Health care
2% Social Security
7% Government ethics and corruption
2% Some other issue
4% Not sure
5* We’re just about finished… 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?
41% Favor
49% Oppose
9% 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
11% John McCain
52% Barack Obama
27% Not sure
7* Does the federal government need more tax revenue to fund important national programs such as highway repairs and health care reform?
32% Yes
53% 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?
31% Very worried
27% Somewhat worried
29% Not very worried
12% Not at all worried
1% 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?
10% Very worried
24% Somewhat worried
41% Not very worried
23% Not at all worried
2% 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%?
18% Favor
64% Oppose
17% Not sure
11* If the capital gains tax is increased to 28%, will that help the economy or hurt the economy?
19% Help
51% Hurt
19% No impact
11% Not sure
12* Do you own more than $5,000 of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds?
60% Yes
34% No
6% Not sure
13* Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are going in the right direction or have they gotten off on the wrong track?
15% Right direction
78% Wrong track
6% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence