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Massachusetts Presidential Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

June 30, 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

10% Good

14% Fair

64% Poor

1% Not sure

2* If the Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama?

McCain	33%
Obama	53%
Other	4%
Not sure	10%

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.

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	36%	17%
Somewhat Favorable	31%	40%
Somewhat Unfavorable	16%	25%
Very Unfavorable	15%	15%
Not sure	1%	3%

4* Should Barack Obama select Hillary Clinton as his Vice-Presidential running mate?

36% Yes

48% No

16% Not sure

5* Is John McCain too old to be President?

27% Yes

65% No

7% Not sure

6*Is Barack Obama too inexperienced to be President?

36% Yes

54% No

10% Not sure

7* When it comes to the situation in Iraq, which is the more important goal for the next president to accomplish during his first term…winning the war or getting the troops home?

24% Winning the war

64% Getting the troops home

11% Not sure

8* Some people believe that the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government become a special interest group?

61% Yes

18% No

21% Not sure

9* Generally speaking, does the federal government represent the will of the people?

18% Yes

69% No

13% Not sure

10*John McCain favors drilling in offshore oil wells to help reduce the price of gas. Barack Obama opposes offshore oil wells and says it would not reduce the price of gas. Should drilling be allowed in offshore oil wells off the coasts of California, Florida, and other states?

50% Yes

40% No

11% Not sure

11* If drilling in offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go down?

16% Very likely

30% Somewhat likely

31% Not very likely

18% Not at all likely

5% Not sure

12* Is free trade good or bad for the United States economy?

42% Good

23% Bad

22% Neither

13% Not sure

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