Toplines - North Carolina Presidential Election - October 26, 2008

North Carolina Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 26, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports for FOX News

1* Right now, how interested are you in the 2008 presidential election?

	10/26	10/19
Extremely Interested	85%	84%
Very Interested	11%	11%
Somewhat Interested	4%	5%
Not at All Interested	1%	1%
Not sure	0%	0%

2* 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?

	10/26	10/19	10/12
McCain	49%	48%	48%
Obama	48%	51%	48%
Barr	1%	0%	1%
Nader	1%	0%	0%
McKinney	0%	0%	0%
Not sure	2%	1%	3%

3* Favorable Ratings

October 26, 2008	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	39%	32%
Somewhat Favorable	13%	27%
Somewhat Unfavorable	12%	18%
Very Unfavorable	35%	22%
Not sure	1%	0%

	Obama Fav/Unfav	McCain Fav/Unfav
10/26	52% / 47%	59% / 40%
10/19	55% / 44%	57% / 42%
10/12	53% / 45%	57% / 41%

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

	10/26	10/19	10/12
McCain	45%	47%	43%
Obama	50%	48%	51%
Not sure	5%	5%	7%

5* 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?

	10/26	10/19	10/12
National Security Issues	21%	18%	21%
Economic Issues	46%	54%	52%
Domestic Issues	10%	9%	9%
Cultural Issues	5%	5%	6%
Fiscal Issues	10%	9%	7%
Not sure	8%	5%	5%

6* 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?

	10/26	10/19	10/12
Barack Obama	48%	51%	48%
John McCain	48%	45%	47%
Not sure	4%	4%	5%

7* 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?

	10/26	10/19	10/12
Barack Obama	42%	44%	43%
John McCain	55%	53%	52%
Not sure	3%	3%	5%

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

	10/26	10/19	10/12
Extremely comfortable	35%	37%	34%
Very comfortable	11%	11%	12%
Somewhat comfortable	10%	9%	10%
Not at all comfortable	42%	40%	43%
Not sure	2%	2%	2%

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

	10/26	10/19	10/12
Extremely comfortable	29%	26%	27%
Very comfortable	16%	15%	16%
Somewhat comfortable	21%	21%	21%
Not at all comfortable	34%	35%	32%
Not sure	1%	3%	4%

10* Which one of the following candidate qualities will be the MOST important in deciding your vote for president this year?

25% He has the right experience

26% He shares my values

11% He cares about people like me

34% He can bring about needed change

4% Not sure

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

	10/26	10/19	10/12
Barack Obama	44%	46%	43%
John McCain	49%	49%	49%
Not sure	7%	5%	8%

12* Every election, the television networks conduct exit polls of people as they leave their polling places on Election Day. If you were asked to participate, how likely is it you would be willing to spend 10 minutes filling out a questionnaire?

42% Very likely

28% Somewhat likely

17% Not very likely

11% Not at all likely

2% Not sure

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