Ohio - General Election Toplines - May 15, 2008

Ohio

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 15, 2008

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

16% Excellent

17% Good

16% Fair

51% Poor

0% Not sure

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

17% Excellent

31% Good

34% Fair

16% Poor

3% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	43%	McCain	45%
Clinton	50%	Obama	44%
Other	5%	Other	5%
Not sure	2%	Not sure	5%

4* Favorable Ratings

	Clinton	McCain	Obama
Very Favorable	27%	17%	23%
Somewhat Favorable	26%	36%	24%
Somewhat Unfavorable	21%	23%	18%
Very Unfavorable	25%	22%	34%
Not sure	1%	3%	1%

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?

55% Economy

11% War in Iraq

6% Immigration

14% National security

8% Health care

2% Social Security

3% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

1% Not sure

6* We’re just about finished… Currently, there is a federal tax of 18 cents per gallon on gasoline. Proposals have been made for a gas tax holiday that would eliminate the gas tax for the summer. Do you favor or oppose a tax holiday to eliminate the federal gas tax for the summer?

51% Favor

42% Oppose

7% Not sure

7* Two of the three major Presidential candidates favor ending the federal gas tax for the summer. One opposes the federal gas tax holiday. Which candidate is opposed to eliminating the federal gas for the summer?

8% Hillary Clinton

15% John McCain

49% Barack Obama

28% Not sure

8* Does the federal government need more tax revenue to fund important national programs such as highway repairs and health care reform?

26% Yes

61% No

13% Not sure

9* Some people are worried that the next President will raise taxes so much that it will harm the economy. How worried are you that the next President will raise taxes too much?

38% Very worried

29% Somewhat worried

26% Not very worried

5% Not at all worried

2% Not sure

10* Some people are worried that the next President will cut taxes so much that it will harm important government programs. How worried are you that the next President will cut taxes too much?

8% Very worried

28% Somewhat worried

43% Not very worried

20% Not at all worried

2% Not sure

11* A proposal has been made to increase the capital gains tax from 15% to 28%. Do you favor or oppose increasing the capital gains tax to 28%?

22% Favor

64% Oppose

14% Not sure

12* If the capital gains tax is increased to 28%, will that help the economy or hurt the economy?

20% Help

55% Hurt

16% No impact

9% Not sure

13* Do you own more than $5,000 of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds?

46% Yes

54% No

14* Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are going in the right direction or have they gotten off on the wrong track?

13% Right direction

81% Wrong track

6% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence