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Toplines - Pennsylvania General Election - April 24, 2008

Pennsylvania

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%

Clinton

47%

Obama

43%

Other

5%

Other

7%

Not sure

5%

Not sure

6%

4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

Clinton

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 Iraq

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% Clinton

7% Not sure

7* Okay… who do you trust more on national security issues?

22% Obama
44% McCain

28% Clinton

7% Not sure

8* Fine… who do you trust more on the War in Iraq, Barack Obama, John McCain or Hillary Clinton?

26% Obama
42% McCain

27% Clinton

6% Not sure

9* Great… who do you trust more to reduce corruption in government?

37% Obama
30% McCain

22% Clinton

11% Not sure

10* Okay.. who do you trust more on taxes?

29% Obama
35% McCain

27% Clinton

9% Not sure

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