Toplines - New Mexico Presidential Election - October 13, 2008

New Mexico Survey of 700 Likely Voters
Conducted October 13, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

9% Excellent

18% Good

15% Fair

56% Poor

2% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	42%
Obama	55%
Some Other Candidate	1%
Not sure	3%

3* Favorable Ratings

	McCain	Obama
Very favorable	28%	46%
Somewhat favorable	26%	13%
Somewhat unfavorable	15%	13%
Very unfavorable	29%	27%
Not sure	2%	1%

4* 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?

20% National Security Issues

45% Economic Issues

9% Domestic Issues

9% Cultural Issues

11% Fiscal Issues

8% Not sure

5* Do you agree or disagree with the Economic Rescue Plan passed by Congress recently?

22% Agree

54% Disagree

24% Not sure

6* Will the rescue plan help the economy, hurt the economy or have no impact on the economy?

36% Help

26% Hurt

23% No impact

15% Not sure

7* Given current economic conditions, would tax policy would be best to help spur economic growth? Would it be better to have higher taxes, lower taxes, or the same level of taxes?

11% Higher

46% Lower

31% Keep the same

13% Not sure

8* Suppose taxes were increased on people who make more than $250,000 a year. Would raising taxes for people who make more than $250,000 a year be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

52% Good for the economy

29% Bad

13% No impact

7% Not sure

9* When people sell stocks, bonds, and other assets for a profit, they pay a capital gains tax. Would raising the capital gains tax be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

31% Good for the economy

50% Bad

12% No impact

7% Not sure

10* Is this year’s Presidential election more positive than most, more negative than most, or about the same as most recent elections?

11% More positive

35% More negative

51% About the same

3% Not sure

11* Is it possible for a candidate to win an election without criticizing his opponent?

49% Yes
41% No
10% Not sure

12* Has Barack Obama’s campaign been generally positive, generally negative, or somewhere in between?

49% Generally positive
21% generally negative

30% Somewhere in between

0% Not sure

13* Has John McCain’s campaign been generally positive, generally negative, or somewhere in between?

14% Generally positive
56% Generally negative

29% Somewhere in between

0% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence