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Toplines - Ohio Presidential Election - October 14, 2008

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Oregon Survey of 700 Likely Voters
Conducted October 14, 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?

12% Excellent

20% Good

18% Fair

50% 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?

16% Excellent

34% Good

33% Fair

15% Poor

2% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

49%

Obama

49%

Some Other Candidate

1%

Not sure

1%

4* Favorable Ratings

McCain

Obama

Very favorable

29%

38%

Somewhat favorable

28%

16%

Somewhat unfavorable

18%

19%

Very unfavorable

24%

27%

Not sure

0%

1%

5* In November a proposed constitutional amendment will be on the ballot that would authorize the building of a privately owned casino near Wilmington, Ohio. Taxes generated by the Casino would be distributed among the 88 county governments in Ohio. If the election were held today would you vote for or against this amendment?

44% For
48% Against
7% Not sure

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?

19% National Security Issues

49% Economic Issues

10% Domestic Issues

8% Cultural Issues

9% Fiscal Issues

6% Not sure

7* Has the recent downturn in the economy forced you to cut back on spending?

66% Yes
30% No
5% Not sure

8* Generally speaking, are elections fair to voters?

52% Yes
32% No
16% Not sure

9* How confident are you that your vote will be counted on November 4th?

53% Very confident
34% Somewhat confident
11% Not very confident

2% Not at all confident

1% Not sure

10*Does one person’s vote really matter?

83% Yes
12% No
5% Not sure

11* Should voters be required to show photo identification such as a driver’s license before being allowed to vote?

80% Yes
14% No
6% Not sure

12* What happens more often—that people are prevented from voting who should be allowed to vote or that people are allowed to vote who are not eligible to vote?

28% People are prevented from voting who should be allowed to vote

45% People are allowed to vote who are not eligible

275 Not sure

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

46% Generally positive
25% Generally negative

29% Somewhere in between

0% Not sure

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

27% Generally positive
45% Generally negative

28% Somewhere in between

0% Not sure

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