Toplines - New York General Election - April 29, 2008
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
April 29, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that
George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
10% Excellent
11% Good
14% Fair
64% Poor
2% Not sure
2* How do you rate the way that David
Patterson is performing his role as Governor?
Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
8% Excellent
34% Good
37% Fair
12% Poor
9% Not sure
3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups
|
|
60% |
Obama |
52% |
|
McCain |
31% |
McCain |
35% |
|
Other |
6% |
Other |
10% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
Not sure |
3% |
4* Favorables for Candidates
|
|
|
McCain |
Obama |
|
Very
Favorable |
29% |
9% |
26% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
29% |
41% |
32% |
|
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
18% |
27% |
24% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
22% |
20% |
17% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
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?
48% Economy
19% War in
4% Immigration
6% National
security
6% Health care
3% Social Security
7% Government
ethics and corruption
1% Some other issue
7% Not sure
6* Should Hillary Clinton drop out of the race for the Democratic
Presidential nomination?
32% Yes
55% No
13% Not sure
7* Should Barack Obama
drop out of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination?
20% Yes
65% No
15% Not sure
8* How
likely is it that the Democratic Presidential Nomination contest will remain
unsettled until the Convention?
52% Very likely
30% Somewhat likely
10% Not very likely
1% Not
at all likely
7% Not
sure
9* Which candidate would do better against John McCain in the
general election…Barack Obama
or Hillary Clinton?
36% Obama
47%
17% Not sure
10*
Regardless of who you want to win the nomination, who do you think will win the
Democratic Presidential Nomination, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?
43% Obama
40%
17% Not sure
11*We’re just about finished… Are relations between white
Americans and black Americans better today than they were in the 1960s?
71% Yes
17% No
12% Not sure
12* These days, are relations between white and
black Americans getting better or worse?
51% Better
25% Worse
21% Neither
3% Not sure
13* Within the past week, have you shared a meal
with a person of a different racial background?
55% Yes
41% No
4% Not sure
14* Within the past week, have you personally
witnessed any racial discrimination?
18% Yes
77% No
5% Not sure
15* Is there more discrimination against
African-Americans or against women?
44% African Americans
27% Women
30%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
