Toplines - Iowa General Election - May 13, 2008

Iowa

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 13, 2008

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

14% Excellent

19% Good

18% Fair

48% Poor

1% Not sure

2* How do you rate the way that Chet Culver is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

8% Excellent

27% Good

33% Fair

30% Poor

2% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	45%	McCain	42%
Clinton	42%	Obama	44%
Other	9%	Other	8%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	5%

4* Favorable Ratings

	Clinton	McCain	Obama
Very Favorable	18%	15%	23%
Somewhat Favorable	27%	36%	30%
Somewhat Unfavorable	22%	27%	20%
Very Unfavorable	29%	20%	25%
Not sure	3%	2%	2%

5* When thinking about how you will vote in the presidential election, which of the following issues is most important—the economy, the War in Iraq, immigration, national security, health care, Social Security, or government ethics and corruption?

43% Economy

17% War in Iraq

7% Immigration

10% National security

10% Health care

3% Social Security

7% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

3% Not sure

6* We’re just about finished… Currently, there is a federal tax of 18 cents per gallon on gasoline. Proposals have been made for a gas tax holiday that would eliminate the gas tax for the summer. Do you favor or oppose a tax holiday to eliminate the federal gas tax for the summer?

42% Favor

48% Oppose

11% Not sure

7* Two of the three major Presidential candidates favor ending the federal gas tax for the summer. One opposes the federal gas tax holiday. Which candidate is opposed to eliminating the federal gas for the summer?

8% Hillary Clinton

12% John McCain

54% Barack Obama

25% Not sure

8* Does the federal government need more tax revenue to fund important national programs such as highway repairs and health care reform?

34% Yes

51% No

15% Not sure

9* Some people are worried that the next President will raise taxes so much that it will harm the economy. How worried are you that the next President will raise taxes too much?

31% Very worried

29% Somewhat worried

31% Not very worried

7% Not at all worried

2% Not sure

10* Some people are worried that the next President will cut taxes so much that it will harm important government programs. How worried are you that the next President will cut taxes too much?

9% Very worried

23% Somewhat worried

40% Not very worried

24% Not at all worried

4% Not sure

11* A proposal has been made to increase the capital gains tax from 15% to 28%. Do you favor or oppose increasing the capital gains tax to 28%?

19% Favor

61% Oppose

21% Not sure

12* If the capital gains tax is increased to 28%, will that help the economy or hurt the economy?

17% Help

50% Hurt

19% No impact

14% Not sure

13* Do you own more than $5,000 of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds?

63% Yes

30% No

6% Not sure

14* Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are going in the right direction or have they gotten off on the wrong track?

11% Right direction

84% Wrong track

5% Not sure

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