Toplines - Ohio Presidential Election - October 12, 2008
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Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
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 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Excellent |
12% |
10% |
9% |
11% |
17% |
11% |
|
Good |
18% |
18% |
24% |
23% |
18% |
24% |
|
Fair |
20% |
22% |
16% |
18% |
13% |
17% |
|
Poor |
49% |
49% |
52% |
47% |
50% |
48% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
2* How do you
rate the way that Ted Strickland is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Excellent |
11% |
12% |
14% |
17% |
13% |
13% |
|
Good |
38% |
32% |
28% |
28% |
29% |
36% |
|
Fair |
32% |
34% |
38% |
36% |
41% |
36% |
|
Poor |
17% |
18% |
17% |
17% |
16% |
14% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
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 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
McCain |
47% |
48% |
48% |
50% |
48% |
51% |
|
Obama |
49% |
47% |
47% |
46% |
45% |
44% |
|
Barr |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
|
Nader |
1% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
3% |
4% |
2% |
6% |
3% |
4*
Favorable Ratings
|
October
12, 2008 |
Obama |
McCain |
|
Very Favorable |
37% |
29% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
16% |
26% |
|
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
16% |
23% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
30% |
21% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
1% |
|
|
Obama
Fav/Unfav |
McCain
Fav/Unfav |
|
10/12 |
53% /
46% |
55% /
44% |
|
10/5 |
53% /
45% |
55% / 43% |
|
9/28 |
52% /
44% |
55% /
41% |
|
9/21 |
50% /
49% |
56% /
42% |
|
9/14 |
51% /
48% |
55% /
45% |
|
9/7 |
50% /
48% |
63% /
35% |
5* Overall, which candidate do you trust
more -- Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Obama |
45% |
45% |
41% |
43% |
42% |
41% |
|
McCain |
48% |
49% |
50% |
49% |
48% |
54% |
|
Not sure |
8% |
7% |
9% |
8% |
10% |
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 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
National
Security Issues |
18% |
17% |
20% |
23% |
23% |
24% |
|
Economic
Issues |
49% |
52% |
50% |
48% |
45% |
47% |
|
Domestic
Issues |
9% |
12% |
7% |
8% |
13% |
10% |
|
Cultural
Issues |
7% |
4% |
8% |
8% |
5% |
7% |
|
Fiscal
Issues |
9% |
10% |
9% |
6% |
9% |
7% |
|
Not sure |
8% |
5% |
7% |
7% |
5% |
6% |
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 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Barack
Obama |
50% |
48% |
46% |
49% |
|
John
McCain |
45% |
45% |
46% |
47% |
|
Not sure |
5% |
6% |
8% |
4% |
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 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Barack
Obama |
43% |
42% |
38% |
41% |
|
John
McCain |
52% |
53% |
55% |
55% |
|
Not sure |
5% |
5% |
7% |
4% |
9*
Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack
Obama as president?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
32% |
28% |
29% |
30% |
30% |
29% |
|
Very
comfortable |
12% |
13% |
9% |
11% |
8% |
13% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
15% |
17% |
19% |
12% |
17% |
16% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
39% |
40% |
40% |
45% |
41% |
42% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
3% |
1% |
10*
Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain
as president?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
23% |
24% |
26% |
24% |
24% |
25% |
|
Very
comfortable |
16% |
15% |
18% |
16% |
15% |
22% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
24% |
24% |
17% |
21% |
23% |
26% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
33% |
35% |
34% |
36% |
36% |
25% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
2% |
5% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
11*
Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Joe Biden as Vice President?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
32% |
31% |
24% |
28% |
|
Very
comfortable |
13% |
14% |
15% |
9% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
22% |
26% |
21% |
23% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
29% |
27% |
34% |
34% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
2% |
6% |
6% |
12*
Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Sarah Palin as Vice President?
|
|
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
28% |
28% |
28% |
31% |
|
Very
comfortable |
15% |
14% |
15% |
14% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
11% |
15% |
11% |
14% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
42% |
41% |
41% |
36% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
2% |
5% |
5% |
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 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Barack
Obama |
45% |
42% |
41% |
39% |
41% |
38% |
|
John
McCain |
46% |
47% |
50% |
52% |
51% |
54% |
|
Not sure |
9% |
11% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
9% |
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
