Georgia Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted August 14, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How do you rate the way that Sonny Perdue is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

20% Excellent

27% Good

35% Fair

16% Poor

2% Not sure

2* In the 2008 election for United States Senator, suppose you had a choice between Democrat Jim Martin and Republican Saxby Chambliss. If the election were held today, would you vote for Democrat Jim Martin or Republican Saxby Chambliss?

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.

4* Does the school year start too early for students in Georgia?

58% Yes

26% No

16% Not sure

5* Recently, one GA County approved spanking in school. Should Georgia schools allow teachers to spank students in school?

41% Yes

46% No

13% Not sure

6* How concerned are you about the drought in the state of Georgia?

53% Very concerned
36% Somewhat concerned

6% Not very concerned
0% Not at all concerned

4% Not sure

7* Are you more concerned or less concerned about the drought as you were last year?

35% More concerned

48% Less concerned

16% About the same

2% Not sure

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