Toplines - Texas Presidential Election - August 21, 2008

Texas Survey of 500 Likely Voters
By Rasmussen Reports
August 21, 2008

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President?

22% Excellent
21% Good
17% Fair
38% Poor
1% Not Sure

2* Presidential Election

3* Favorables for Presidential Election

4* In terms of how you will vote for President, are you primarily interested in National Security issues such as the War with Iraq and the War on Terror, Economic issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic Issues like Social Security and Health Care, Cultural issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion, or Fiscal issues such as taxes and government spending?

33% National Security Issues
39% Economic Issues
11% Domestic Issues
4% Cultural Issues
8% Fiscal Issues
5% Not sure

5* Is there an urgent national need to find new sources of energy?

78% Yes
11% No
10% Not Sure

6*Is there an urgent national need to reduce the amount of energy that Americans consume?

63% Yes
26% No
10% Not Sure

7* Which is more important, finding new sources of energy or reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume?

64% Finding new sources of energy
26% Reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume
10% Not sure

8* Will most politicians break the rules to help people who give them a lot of money?

61% Yes
19% No
20% Not Sure

9* Which is the bigger problem in politics today—big campaign contributions or media bias?

33% Big campaign contributions
57% Media bias
9% Not sure

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