Toplines - Hawaii Presidential Election - September 20, 2008
Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
September 23, 2008
1* How do
you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
11% Excellent
14% Good
15% Fair
59% Poor
0% Not sure
2* How do
you rate the way that Linda Lingle is performing her
role as Governor? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
26% Excellent
26% Good
29% Fair
17% Poor
2% Not sure
3* 2008
Presidential General Election Match-Ups
McCain |
27% |
Obama |
68% |
Other |
2% |
Not sure |
3% |
4*
Favorable Ratings
|
Obama |
McCain |
Biden |
Palin |
Very
Favorable |
49% |
18% |
27% |
20% |
Somewhat
Favorable |
25% |
18% |
25% |
17% |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
9% |
29% |
13% |
16% |
Very
Unfavorable |
16% |
30% |
17% |
43% |
Not sure |
1% |
4% |
8% |
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
12% Domestic Issues
3% Cultural Issues
8% Fiscal Issues
8% Not sure
6* Barack Obama named Joe Biden to be his Vice
Presidential running mate. Was this the right choice for Obama to make?
44% Yes
26% No
30% Not sure
7* John
McCain named Sarah Palin
to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Was this the right choice for McCain
to make?
38% Yes
48% No
13% Not sure
8* In political terms, is Joe
Biden very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal, or
very liberal?
1% Very conservative
9% Somewhat
conservative
37% Moderate
27% Somewhat liberal
16% Very liberal
11% Not Sure
9* In political terms, is Sarah
Palin very conservative, somewhat conservative,
moderate, somewhat liberal, or very liberal?
48% Very conservative
20% Somewhat conservative
12% Moderate
4% Somewhat liberal
6% Very liberal
9% Not Sure
10* When
you vote for President this year, will you be voting with enthusiasm for your
candidate or voting primarily against the other candidate?
69% Voting with enthusiasm for your candidate
19% Voting
primarily against the other candidate
Haweaii12% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence