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Toplines - Missouri Presidential Election - October 12, 2008

Missouri Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted
October 12, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports For FOX News

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

10/12

10/5

Excellent

10%

10%

Good

19%

19%

Fair

16%

16%

Poor

55%

55%

Not Sure

0%

0%

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

10/12

10/5

Excellent

15%

15%

Good

21%

21%

Fair

25%

25%

Poor

37%

37%

Not Sure

3%

3%

3* If the Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John McCain, Democrat Barack Obama, Libertarian Bob Barr, Independent Ralph Nader or Green Party Candidate Cynthia Ann McKinney?

10/12

10/5

McCain

47%

47%

Obama

50%

50%

Barr

0%

1%

Nader

1%

1%

McKinney

0%

0%

Not sure

2%

2%

4* Favorable Ratings

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

37%

28%

Somewhat Favorable

22%

27%

Somewhat Unfavorable

14%

23%

Very Unfavorable

28%

21%

Not sure

1%

1%

Obama Fav/Unfav

McCain
Fav/Unfav

10/12

57% / 42%

55% / 44%

10/5

55% / 44%

56% / 42%


5* Overall, which candidate do you trust more -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

10/12

10/5

Obama

45%

47%

McCain

47%

48%

Not sure

7%

5%

6* 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?

10/12

10/5

National Security Issues

18%

20%

Economic Issues

49%

49%

Domestic Issues

12%

9%

Cultural Issues

8%

6%

Fiscal Issues

8%

9%

Not sure

6%

7%

7* Regardless of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle the nation’s economy and jobs….Barack Obama or John McCain?

10/12

10/5

Obama

52%

49%

McCain

43%

46%

Not sure

5%

6%

8* Regardless of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle national security and the war on terrorism….Barack Obama or John McCain?

10/12

10/5

Obama

45%

45%

McCain

50%

51%

Not sure

4%

4%

9* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as president?

10/12

10/5

Extremely comfortable

33%

31%

Very comfortable

12%

13%

Somewhat comfortable

15%

12%

Not at all comfortable

37%

42%

Not sure

4%

2%


10* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as president?

10/12

10/5

Extremely comfortable

22%

24%

Very comfortable

17%

16%

Somewhat comfortable

27%

20%

Not at all comfortable

32%

37%

Not sure

2%

2%

11* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Joe Biden as Vice President?

10/12

10/5

Extremely comfortable

35%

33%

Very comfortable

15%

14%

Somewhat comfortable

21%

22%

Not at all comfortable

27%

28%

Not sure

3%

2%

12* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Sarah Palin as Vice President?

10/12

10/5

Extremely comfortable

24%

29%

Very comfortable

15%

13%

Somewhat comfortable

13%

12%

Not at all comfortable

47%

45%

Not sure

2%

1%

13* If you had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice from -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

10/12

10/5

Obama

44%

44%

McCain

48%

47%

Not sure

8%

9%

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence