Tennessee Toplines - November 7, 2007

Tennessee

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

November 7, 2007

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

21% Excellent

19% Good

14% Fair

44% Poor

1% Not Sure

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

17% Excellent

36% Good

29% Fair

16% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2010 Election for Governor

Frist	54%	Blackburn	40%
Ford	38%	Ford	42%
Other	5%	Other	10%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	9%

4* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Thompson	53%	Thompson	56%	Thompson	53%	Giuliani	45%	Romney	42%
Clinton	41%	Obama	33%	Edwards	37%	Clinton	42%	Clinton	43%
Other	4%	Other	8%	Other	7%	Other	10%	Other	11%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	3%	Not sure	3%	Not sure	4%	Not sure	5%

5* Favorables

	Clinton	Thompson	Giuliani	Romney	Obama	Edwards	Ford	Frist	Blackburn
Very Favorable	25%	30%	17%	9%	14%	13%	22%	28%	13%
Somewhat Favorable	20%	33%	36%	35%	25%	33%	21%	32%	28%
Somewhat Unfavorable	12%	18%	23%	28%	22%	22%	20%	20%	21%
Very Unfavorable	40%	14%	19%	16%	33%	27%	29%	16%	19%
Not sure	3%	5%	5%	13%	6%	4%	8%	5%	19%

6* In terms of how you will vote in the 2010 Governor’s race which issue is most important…state sales tax on food, illegal immigration, unemployment and jobs, farm subsidies or assistance for people who have defaulted on subprime mortgages?

44% Illegal immigration
26% Unemployment and jobs

18% Sales tax on food

4% Some other issue

2% Farm subsidies

2% Assistance for people who have defaulted on subprime mortgages

2% Not sure

7* Do you favor or oppose using tax dollars to build professional sports stadiums in Tennessee?

15% Favor

72% Oppose

13% Not sure

8* Do you favor or oppose using tax dollars to build college sports stadiums in Tennessee?

25% Favor

61% Oppose

14% Not sure

9* If a Tennessee police officer pulls someone over for a traffic violation, should the officer automatically check to see if that person is in the country legally?

80% Yes

12% No

8% Not sure

10* If an officer finds that a person pulled over for a traffic violation is an illegal immigrant, should that person be deported?

75% Yes

11% No

14% Not sure

11* If police officers are required to check the immigration status of every person they pull over, does that create the temptation to discriminate against people based on their name, their accent and the color of their skin?

22% Yes

66% No

11% Not sure

12* Should undocumented immigrants be allowed to get drivers’ licenses?

10% Yes

84% No

7% Not sure

13* Which Democratic Presidential candidate is most likely to win the White House if nominated?

43% Hillary Clinton

11% Barack Obama

14% John Edwards

32% Not sure

14* Which Republican Presidential candidate is most likely to win the White House if nominated?

28% Rudy Giuliani

8% Mitt Romney

33% Fred Thompson

7% John McCain

24% Not sure

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