California General Election
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
April 16, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that
George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
10% Excellent
17% Good
19% Fair
54% Poor
0% Not sure
2* How
do you rate the way that Arnold Schwarzenegger is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
7% Excellent
25% Good
32% Fair
34% Poor
1% Not sure
3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups
|
McCain |
42% |
McCain |
43% |
|
|
47% |
Obama |
50% |
|
Other |
6% |
Other |
4% |
|
Not sure |
5% |
Not sure |
3% |
4* Favorable Ratings
|
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
|
Very
Favorable |
23% |
32% |
12% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
25% |
26% |
35% |
|
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
23% |
17% |
28% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
28% |
23% |
20% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
3% |
4% |
5* 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
21% War in
11% Immigration
10% National security
5% Health care
2% Social Security
6% Government
ethics and corruption
2% Some other issue
3% Not sure
6* In terms
of how you will vote in the next Presidential election how important is the
issue of abortion?
29% Very important
25% Somewhat
important
28% Not very important
16% Not at all important
3% Not sure
7* Okay….
In terms of how you will vote in the next Presidential election how important
is the issue of immigration?
49% Very important
28% Somewhat
important
15% Not very important
6% Not at all important
1% Not sure
8* Generally speaking, on the issue of abortion, do you consider
yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
59% Pro-choice
31% Pro-life
10% Not sure
9* Okay… is
John McCain pro-choice or pro-life?
13% Pro-choice
47% Pro-life
40% Not sure
10* Fine….Is Barack
Obama pro-choice or pro-life?
61% Pro-choice
7% Pro-life
33% Not sure
11* Next,
do you favor or oppose granting drivers licenses for illegal immigrants?
24% Favor
61% Oppose
15% Not sure
12* Okay…
does John McCain favor granting drivers licenses to illegal immigrants?
13% Yes
35% No
52% Not sure
13* Okay…
does Barack Obama favor granting drivers licenses to illegal immigrants?
30% Yes
14% No
56% Not sure
14* John
McCain is pro-life on abortion and Barack Obama is pro-choice… knowing this,
are you more likely to vote for John McCain, more likely to vote for Barack
Obama, or does it have no impact on your vote?
26% More
likely to vote for McCain
37% More
likely to vote for Obama
35% No impact
1% Not sure
15* Barack
Obama favors drivers licenses for illegal immigrants and John McCain opposes
drivers licenses for illegal immigrants… knowing this, are you more likely to vote
for John McCain, more likely to vote for Barack Obama, or does it have no
impact on your vote?
40% More
likely to vote for McCain
25% More
likely to vote for Obama
31% No impact
3% Not sure
16* If the
Presidential election were held today, would you vote for Republican John
McCain or Democrat Barack Obama?
44%
McCain
49% Obama
6% Some other
candidate
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence