Toplines - Pennsylvania General Election - April 24, 2008
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
April 24, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is
performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
14%
Excellent
15% Good
16% Fair
54% Poor
1% Not Sure
2* How do you rate the way that Ed Rendell is performing his role as
Governor? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor?
16%
Excellent
28% Good
26% Fair
28% Poor
2% Not Sure
3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups
McCain |
42% |
McCain |
44% |
|
47% |
Obama |
43% |
Other |
5% |
Other |
7% |
Not sure |
5% |
Not sure |
6% |
4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Very Favorable |
23% |
25% |
18% |
Somewhat Favorable |
26% |
26% |
33% |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
20% |
18% |
27% |
Very Unfavorable |
29% |
28% |
18% |
Not sure |
2% |
3% |
|
5. 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?
48% Economy
18% War in
5% Immigration
8% National security
7% Health care
2% Social Security
7% Government ethics and corruption
3% Some other issue
3% Not sure
6* Who do you trust more on economic issues, Barack Obama, John McCain or
Hillary Clinton?
24% Obama
35% McCain
33%
7% Not sure
7* Okay…
who do you trust more on national security issues?
22% Obama
44% McCain
28%
7% Not sure
8* Fine…
who do you trust more on the War in
26% Obama
42% McCain
27%
6% Not
sure
9* Great…
who do you trust more to reduce corruption in government?
37% Obama
30% McCain
22%
11% Not sure
10* Okay.. who do you trust more on taxes?
29% Obama
35% McCain
27%
9% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence