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