
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
April 9, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is
performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
10%
Excellent
17% Good
20% 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?
10%
Excellent
31% Good
31% Fair
25% Poor
2% Not Sure
3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups
|
McCain |
38% |
McCain |
39% |
|
|
47% |
Obama |
47% |
|
Other |
9% |
Other |
8% |
|
Not sure |
6% |
Not sure |
6% |
4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates
|
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
|
Very Favorable |
25% |
29% |
12% |
|
Somewhat Favorable |
28% |
28% |
38% |
|
Somewhat Unfavorable |
20% |
19% |
33% |
|
Very Unfavorable |
25% |
22% |
15% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
2% |
2% |
4. 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?
45%
Economy
20% War in
5%
Immigration
8%
National security
7% Health
care
2% Social
Security
6%
Government ethics and corruption
2% Some other issue
5% Not
sure
5* Are relations between white Americans and black Americans better today
than they were in the 1960s?
78%
Yes
9% No
13% Not sure
6* These days, are relations between white and
black Americans getting better or worse?
62%
Better
16%
Worse
18%
Neither
4% Not
sure
7* Within the past week, have you shared a meal
with a person of a different racial background?
44%
Yes
51% No
4% Not sure
8* Within the past week, have you personally
witnessed any racial discrimination?
17% Yes
79% No
4% Not sure
9* Is there more discrimination against
African-Americans or against women?
45%
African Americans
28%
Women
27%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence