Toplines - Florida Presidential Election - October 12, 2008
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Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
Florida
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 12, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports For FOX News
1* How do
you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Excellent |
13% |
14% |
12% |
16% |
17% |
14% |
|
Good |
20% |
17% |
15% |
18% |
17% |
21% |
|
Fair |
14% |
15% |
18% |
16% |
16% |
14% |
|
Poor |
52% |
55% |
54% |
50% |
49% |
49% |
|
Not Sure |
1% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
2* How do
you rate the way that Charlie Crist is performing his
role as Governor? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Excellent |
23% |
18% |
18% |
18% |
19% |
23% |
|
Good |
32% |
33% |
29% |
35% |
30% |
34% |
|
Fair |
30% |
33% |
37% |
31% |
35% |
31% |
|
Poor |
14% |
13% |
15% |
16% |
15% |
12% |
|
Not Sure |
1% |
3% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
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?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
McCain |
46% |
45% |
47% |
51% |
49% |
48% |
|
Obama |
51% |
52% |
47% |
46% |
44% |
48% |
|
Barr |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
2% |
0% |
|
Nader |
0% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
2% |
2% |
|
McKinney |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
2% |
5% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
4*
Favorable Ratings
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
|
Very
Favorable |
42% |
31% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
13% |
23% |
|
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
12% |
21% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
31% |
23% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
2% |
|
|
Obama Fav/Unfav |
McCain |
|
10/12 |
55%/43% |
54%/44% |
|
10/5 |
54%/43% |
56%/43% |
|
9/28 |
52%/45% |
59%/37% |
|
9/21 |
50%/48% |
55%/45% |
|
9/14 |
52%/47% |
56%/43% |
|
9/7 |
55%/45% |
61%/37% |
5* Overall, which candidate do you trust
more -- Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Obama |
47% |
47% |
47% |
43% |
44% |
44% |
|
McCain |
48% |
47% |
48% |
52% |
47% |
50% |
|
Not sure |
5% |
6% |
5% |
6% |
9% |
6% |
6* 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?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
National
Security Issues |
19% |
25% |
19% |
23% |
30% |
29% |
|
Economic
Issues |
56% |
49% |
51% |
51% |
42% |
48% |
|
Domestic
Issues |
7% |
10% |
9% |
6% |
13% |
8% |
|
Cultural
Issues |
3% |
3% |
5% |
3% |
5% |
3% |
|
Fiscal
Issues |
9% |
7% |
12% |
10% |
7% |
8% |
|
Not sure |
5% |
6% |
5% |
7% |
3% |
5% |
7* Regardless
of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle the nation’s
economy and jobs….Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Obama |
51% |
51% |
50% |
47% |
|
McCain |
46% |
46% |
43% |
48% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
3% |
7% |
5% |
8* Regardless
of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle national
security and the war on terrorism….Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Obama |
46% |
44% |
43% |
44% |
|
McCain |
50% |
51% |
55% |
53% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
5% |
3% |
3% |
9* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as
president?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
35% |
34% |
31% |
34% |
31% |
33% |
|
Very
comfortable |
10% |
11% |
12% |
8% |
9% |
13% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
13% |
11% |
17% |
9% |
18% |
11% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
39% |
41% |
37% |
45% |
40% |
43% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
|
10* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as
president?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
26% |
27% |
26% |
28% |
25% |
28% |
|
Very
comfortable |
15% |
15% |
14% |
15% |
19% |
17% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
20% |
18% |
20% |
22% |
19% |
22% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
36% |
37% |
37% |
34% |
36% |
30% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
11*
Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Joe Biden as Vice President?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
36% |
38% |
23% |
29% |
|
Very
comfortable |
12% |
10% |
16% |
11% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
18% |
22% |
18% |
13% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
31% |
28% |
38% |
45% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
3% |
5% |
3% |
12*
Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Sarah Palin
as Vice President?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
25% |
29% |
29% |
32% |
|
Very
comfortable |
14% |
12% |
10% |
18% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
10% |
11% |
11% |
6% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
49% |
46% |
45% |
42% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
1% |
4% |
2% |
13* If you
had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice
from -- Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Obama |
46% |
47% |
44% |
40% |
44% |
42% |
|
McCain |
47% |
48% |
47% |
52% |
47% |
51% |
|
Not sure |
7% |
6% |
10% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
