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Toplines - Tennessee President - June 24, 2008

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Tennessee

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

June 24, 2008

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

19% Excellent

19% Good

15% Fair

47% Poor

0% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

51%

Obama

36%

Other

5%

Not sure

8%

3* Favorable Ratings

McCain

Obama

Very Favorable

22%

22%

Somewhat Favorable

38%

20%

Somewhat Unfavorable

24%

17%

Very Unfavorable

13%

38%

Not sure

3%

3%

4* If Phil Bredesen is selected to run as the Democrats Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for Barack Obama for President?

25% More likely

29% Less likely

40% No impact

6% Not sure

5* Would you personally be willing to vote for an African American President?

77% Yes

11% No

12% Not sure

6* What about your family, friends and co-workers? Would most of them be willing to vote for an African American President?

57% Yes

16% No

26% Not sure

7* How important is it to you that the candidates pick a southerner as a Vice Presidential running mate?

13% Very important

17% Somewhat important

39% Not very important

28% Not at all important

3% Not sure

8* When it comes to the situation in Iraq, which is the more important goal for the next president to accomplish during his first term…winning the war or getting the troops home?

44% Winning the war

48% Getting the troops home

7% Not sure

9*John McCain favors drilling in offshore oil wells to help reduce the price of gas. Barack Obama opposes offshore oil wells and says it would not reduce the price of gas. Should drilling be allowed in offshore oil wells off the coasts of California, Florida, and other states?

66% Yes

20% No

14% Not sure

10* If drilling in offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go down?

24% Very likely

34% Somewhat likely

25% Not very likely

8% Not at all likely

10% Not sure

11* Is free trade good or bad for the United States economy?

37% Good

28% Bad

16% Neither

20% Not sure

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