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Toplines - Florida Presidential Election - October 26, 2008

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Florida Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 26, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports for FOX News

1* Right now, how interested are you in the 2008 presidential election?

10/26

10/19

Extremely Interested

86%

83%

Very Interested

11%

12%

Somewhat Interested

2%

4%

Not at All Interested

1%

1%

Not sure

0%

1%

2* 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?

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

McCain

47%

49%

46%

45%

47%

51%

49%

48%

Obama

51%

48%

51%

52%

47%

46%

44%

48%

Barr

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

2%

0%

Nader

0%

1%

0%

1%

1%

0%

2%

2%

McKinney

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Not sure

1%

2%

2%

2%

5%

3%

3%

2%

3* Favorable Ratings

October 26, 2008

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

43%

35%

Somewhat Favorable

12%

22%

Somewhat Unfavorable

12%

18%

Very Unfavorable

33%

23%

Not sure

1%

2%

Obama Fav/Unfav

McCain
Fav/Unfav

10/26

55%/45%

57%/41%

10/19

53%/45%

58%/41%

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%

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

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

Obama

48%

45%

47%

47%

47%

43%

44%

44%

McCain

48%

47%

48%

47%

48%

52%

47%

50%

Not sure

4%

8%

5%

6%

5%

6%

9%

6%

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?

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

National Security Issues

22%

22%

19%

25%

19%

23%

30%

29%

Economic Issues

53%

50%

56%

49%

51%

51%

42%

48%

Domestic Issues

6%

10%

7%

10%

9%

6%

13%

8%

Cultural Issues

5%

4%

3%

3%

5%

3%

5%

3%

Fiscal Issues

8%

8%

9%

7%

12%

10%

7%

8%

Not sure

5%

5%

5%

6%

5%

7%

3%

5%

6* 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?

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

Obama

52%

47%

51%

51%

50%

47%

McCain

46%

47%

46%

46%

43%

48%

Not sure

2%

6%

4%

3%

7%

5%

7* 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?

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

Obama

45%

41%

46%

44%

43%

44%

McCain

52%

55%

50%

51%

55%

53%

Not sure

3%

4%

4%

5%

3%

3%

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

10/19

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

Extremely comfortable

37%

34%

35%

34%

31%

34%

31%

33%

Very comfortable

11%

9%

10%

11%

12%

8%

9%

13%

Somewhat comfortable

10%

15%

13%

11%

17%

9%

18%

11%

Not at all comfortable

41%

38%

39%

41%

37%

45%

40%

43%

Not sure

1%

4%

2%

3%

3%

2%

1%

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

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

Extremely comfortable

28%

28%

26%

27%

26%

28%

25%

28%

Very comfortable

16%

12%

15%

15%

14%

15%

19%

17%

Somewhat comfortable

21%

24%

20%

18%

20%

22%

19%

22%

Not at all comfortable

35%

31%

36%

37%

37%

34%

36%

30%

Not sure

1%

4%

3%

3%

3%

2%

2%

2%

10* Which one of the following candidate qualities will be the MOST important in deciding your vote for president this year?

23% He has the right experience

20% He shares my values

14% He cares about people like me

38% He can bring about needed change

5% Not sure

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

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

Obama

45%

45%

46%

47%

44%

40%

44%

42%

McCain

49%

48%

47%

48%

47%

52%

47%

51%

Not sure

6%

7%

7%

6%

10%

8%

9%

7%

12* Every election, the television networks conduct exit polls of people as they leave their polling places on Election Day. If you were asked to participate, how likely is it you would be willing to spend 10 minutes filling out a questionnaire?

47% Very likely

27% Somewhat likely

14% Not very likely

11% Not at all likely

1% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence