Toplines - Texas Presidential Election - June 2, 2008
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Prior survey
Texas General
Election
Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
June 2, 2008
1* How do you rate
the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
18% Excellent
22% Good
19% Fair
40% Poor
1% Not sure
2* 2008 Presidential General Election
Match-Ups
McCain |
52% |
Obama |
39% |
Other |
6% |
Not sure |
3% |
3* Favorable Ratings
|
Obama |
McCain |
Very
Favorable |
23% |
17% |
Somewhat
Favorable |
19% |
42% |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
17% |
22% |
Very
Unfavorable |
38% |
16% |
Not
sure |
2% |
2% |
4*
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?
40% Economy
16% War in Iraq
13% Immigration
13% National security
5% Health care
3% Social Security
6% Government ethics
and corruption
2% Some other issue
2% Not sure
5*
John McCain recently gave a speech
saying that-- if he is elected President—the United States will win the War in
Iraq during his first term in office. McCain also said that virtually all
combat troops will be home from
44% Win the war
52% Get the troops home
4% Not sure
6* If John McCain is elected President, how likely
is it that the United States will win the War in
30% Very likely
24% Somewhat likely
23% Not very likely
14% Not at all likely
8% Not sure
7*
Okay… if Barack Obama is elected
President, how likely is it that the
5% Very likely
12% Somewhat likely
31% Not very likely
45% Not at all likely
6% Not sure
8*
Fine… If John McCain is elected
President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from
15% Very likely
35% Somewhat likely
27% Not very likely
19% Not at all likely
4% Not sure
9*
Great… If Barack Obama is elected
President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from
32% Very likely
31% Somewhat likely
19% Not very likely
13% Not at all likely
4% Not sure
10*
Some people believe that the federal government has
become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests.
What do you think? Has the federal government become a special interest group?
69%
Yes
13%
No
17%
Not sure
11*
Generally speaking, does the federal government represent the will of the
people?
18%
Yes
69%
No
12%
Not sure
12*
Suppose that every citizen became deeply involved in
politics, supporting candidates and causes they believed in. Would that make
the
69%
Better
11% Worse
11% No impact
9% Not sure
13*
How confident are you that the votes in your state will be accurately counted
this year and that the appropriate candidates will be declared as the winner?
49%
Very confident
32%
Somewhat confident,
13% Not very confident
5% Not at all confident
1%
Not sure
14* Are American elections fair to voters?
53% Yes
32%
No
15%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence