Toplines - Colorado Presidential Election - September 7, 2008

Colorado Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted September 7, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

15% Excellent

22% Good

14% Fair

49% Poor

0% Not sure

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

16% Excellent

33% Good

27% Fair

21% Poor

2% Not sure

3* If the Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John McCain, Democrat Barack Obama, Libertarian Bob Barr, Independent Ralph Nader or Green Party candidate Cynthia Ann McKinney?

46% McCain

49% Obama

2% Barr

0% Nader

0% McKinney

2% Not sure

4* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain	Biden	Palin
Very Favorable	36%	30%	30%	41%
Somewhat Favorable	18%	31%	23%	13%
Somewhat Unfavorable	20%	18%	18%	12%
Very Unfavorable	25%	21%	25%	31%
Not sure	2%	1%	4%	3%

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?

25% National Security Issues

44% Economic Issues

13% Domestic Issues

5% Cultural Issues

7% Fiscal Issues

6% Not sure

6* Overall, which candidate do you trust more -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

44% Obama

49% McCain

7% Not sure

7* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as president?

31% Extremely comfortable

12% Very comfortable

15% Somewhat comfortable

40% Not at all comfortable

2% Not sure

8* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as president?

23% Extremely comfortable

20% Very comfortable

25% Somewhat comfortable

30% Not at all comfortable

1% Not sure

9* If you had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice from -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

41% Barack Obama

51% John McCain

7% Not sure

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