Toplines - Mississippi Presidential Election - June 24, 2008
Mississippi General Election
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
June 25, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is
performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
20%
Excellent
19% Good
14% Fair
46% Poor
2% Not sure
2* 2008
Presidential General Election Match-Ups
|
McCain |
50% |
|
Obama |
44% |
|
Other |
3% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
3*
Favorable Ratings
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
|
Very
Favorable |
36% |
23% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
12% |
35% |
|
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
14% |
13% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
37% |
24% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
4% |
4* Should Barack Obama select Hillary Clinton as his Vice-Presidential
running mate?
34%
Yes
46% No
20%
Not sure
5* Is John McCain too old to be President?
28%
Yes
65% No
6% Not sure
6*Is Barack Obama too inexperienced to be
President?
51%
Yes
44% No
5% Not
sure
10* When it comes to the situation in
46% Winning
the war
50% Getting
the troops home
4% Not sure
25* 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?
66% Yes
15% No
19% Not sure
26* Generally speaking,
does the federal government represent the will of the people?
14% Yes
68% No
18% Not sure
11*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?
65% Yes
21% No
13% Not sure
12* If drilling in
offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go
down?
29% Very likely
35% Somewhat
likely
19% Not very likely
11% Not at all likely
7% Not sure
13* Is
free trade good or bad for the
37%
Good
31%
Bad
12%
Neither
19%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
