Toplines - Florida President - June 26, 2008

Toplines

Florida Presidential Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

June 26, 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

20% Good

14% Fair

48% Poor

1% Not sure

2* If the Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama?

McCain	48%
Obama	41%
Other	6%
Not sure	5%

3* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	27%	23%
Somewhat Favorable	17%	34%
Somewhat Unfavorable	13%	20%
Very Unfavorable	40%	18%
Not sure	3%	4%

4*John McCain favors drilling in offshore oil wells to help reduce the price of gas. Barack Obama opposes offshore oil wells and says it would not reduce the price of gas. Should drilling be allowed in offshore oil wells off the coasts of California, Florida, and other states?

59% Yes

32% No

9% Not sure

5* If drilling in offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go down?

23% Very likely

32% Somewhat likely

22% Not very likely

17% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

6* Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson recently said we're on the brink of a second great depression. Do you agree or disagree?

51% Agree

41% Disagree

9% Not sure

7* How likely is it that John McCain will select Charlie Crist as his Vice-Presidential running mate?

9% Very likely

36% Somewhat likely

30% Not very likely

7% Not at all likely

18% Not sure

8* Should we ease travel restrictions to Cuba or do we need to see freedom there first?

46% Yes. Ease travel restrictions

39% No we need to see freedom there first

15% Not sure

9* Which Florida Democrat would make the best running mate for Senator Barack Obama?

18% Former Senator Bob Graham

11% Senator Bill Nelson

4% CFO Alex Sink

5% Bob Butterworth

62% Not sure

10* Which Florida Republican would make the best running mate for Senator John McCain?

21% Jeb Bush

25% Charlie Crist

7% Joe Scarborough

4% St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker

43% Not sure

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