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Toplines - Ohio Presidential Election - October 26, 2008

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Ohio 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

81%

81%

Very Interested

11%

10%

Somewhat Interested

5%

7%

Not at All Interested

3%

1%

Not sure

1%

7%

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

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

McCain

45%

49%

47%

48%

48%

50%

48%

51%

Obama

49%

47%

49%

47%

47%

46%

45%

44%

Barr

1%

0%

0%

1%

0%

1%

0%

0%

Nader

0%

1%

1%

1%

0%

1%

1%

1%

McKinney

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Not sure

4%

2%

3%

3%

4%

2%

6%

3%

3* Favorable Ratings

October 19, 2008

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

37%

31%

Somewhat Favorable

15%

25%

Somewhat Unfavorable

13%

18%

Very Unfavorable

32%

23%

Not sure

2%

3%

Obama Fav/Unfav

McCain Fav/Unfav

10/26

52% / 45%

56% / 41%

10/19

55% / 43%

58% / 42%

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%

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

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

McCain

43%

48%

45%

45%

41%

43%

42%

41%

Obama

47%

44%

48%

49%

50%

49%

48%

54%

Not sure

10%

8%

8%

7%

9%

8%

10%

5%

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

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

National Security Issues

18%

18%

18%

17%

20%

23%

23%

24%

Economic Issues

46%

48%

49%

52%

50%

48%

45%

47%

Domestic Issues

11%

12%

9%

12%

7%

8%

13%

10%

Cultural Issues

8%

7%

7%

4%

8%

8%

5%

7%

Fiscal Issues

10%

10%

9%

10%

9%

6%

9%

7%

Not sure

7%

6%

8%

5%

7%

7%

5%

6%

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

10/5

9/28

9/21

Barack Obama

49%

48%

50%

48%

46%

49%

John McCain

45%

46%

45%

45%

46%

47%

Not sure

6%

6%

5%

6%

8%

4%

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

10/5

9/28

9/21

Barack Obama

41%

43%

43%

42%

38%

41%

John McCain

54%

52%

52%

53%

55%

55%

Not sure

5%

5%

5%

5%

7%

4%

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

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

Extremely comfortable

36%

33%

32%

28%

29%

30%

30%

29%

Very comfortable

7%

9%

12%

13%

9%

11%

8%

13%

Somewhat comfortable

15%

15%

15%

17%

19%

12%

17%

16%

Not at all comfortable

40%

39%

39%

40%

40%

45%

41%

42%

Not sure

3%

4%

3%

2%

3%

2%

3%

1%

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

10/26

10/19

10/12

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

Extremely comfortable

26%

23%

23%

24%

26%

24%

24%

25%

Very comfortable

14%

18%

16%

15%

18%

16%

15%

22%

Somewhat comfortable

23%

23%

24%

24%

17%

21%

23%

26%

Not at all comfortable

35%

32%

33%

35%

34%

36%

36%

25%

Not sure

2%

4%

4%

2%

5%

3%

3%

2%

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

21% He has the right experience

25% He shares my values

16% He cares about people like me

29% He can bring about needed change

8% 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

10/5

9/28

9/21

9/14

9/7

Barack Obama

44%

45%

45%

42%

41%

39%

41%

38%

John McCain

46%

48%

46%

47%

50%

52%

51%

54%

Not sure

10%

7%

9%

11%

9%

9%

8%

9%

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?

46% Very likely

25% 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