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Pennsylvania Toplines - October 24, 2007

Pennsylvania

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

October 24, 2007

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

14% Excellent

16% Good

15% Fair

54% Poor

0% Not Sure

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

12% Excellent

33% Good

31% Fair

22% Poor

2% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Clinton

52%

Clinton

52%

Clinton

48%

Clinton

54%

Giuliani

39%

Thompson

36%

McCain

38%

Huckabee

31%

Other

7%

Other

9%

Other

10%

Other

10%

Not sure

3%

Not sure

3%

Not sure

4%

Not sure

5%

4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

Clinton

Thompson

Giuliani

Huckabee

McCain

Very Favorable

29%

8%

20%

11%

13%

Somewhat Favorable

28%

36%

35%

25%

40%

Somewhat Unfavorable

14%

27%

21%

25%

21%

Very Unfavorable

27%

17%

21%

19%

19%

Not sure

2%

13%

4%

19%

7%


5* When it comes to the War in Iraq, should the United States withdraw all combat troops immediately, bring the combat troops home within a year, or stay until the mission is completed?


26% Withdraw all combat troops immediately

39% Bring combat troops home within a year

32% Stay until the mission is complete

4% Not sure

6* How important is it for the government to improve its enforcement of the borders and reduce illegal immigration?

68% Very important

19% Somewhat important

10% Not very important

1% Not at all important

2% Not sure

7* How important is it for the government to legalize the status of illegal aliens already in the United States?

25% Very important

28% Somewhat important

21% Not very important

19% Not at all important

8% Not sure

8* A proposal has been made to ban smoking in all public buildings including restaurants, bars and slot parlors? Do you favor or oppose the proposal to ban smoking in all public places?

58% Favor
34% Oppose
7% Not sure

9* Another proposal has been made to ban the use of handheld wireless devices while driving a vehicle in Pennsylvania? Do you favor or oppose the proposal to ban the use of handheld wireless devices?

69% Favor
23% Oppose
8% Not sure

10* If they use a hands-free system, should people be allowed to talk on a cell phone while driving?

61% Yes

31% No

8% Not sure

11* Should people be allowed to eat fast food meals while driving?

37% Yes

50% No

12% Not sure

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