Toplines - Virginia Presidential Election - November 2, 2008
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Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot
Virginia
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted November 2, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports for FOX News
1* Right now, how interested are you in the 2008
presidential election?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
|
Extremely Interested |
87% |
86% |
|
Very Interested |
10% |
9% |
|
Somewhat Interested |
3% |
3% |
|
Not at all Interested |
0% |
1% |
|
Not Sure |
0% |
0% |
2* If the
Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John
McCain, Democrat Barack Obama, Libertarian Bob Barr or Independent Ralph Nader?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
McCain |
47% |
47% |
47% |
48% |
47% |
50% |
48% |
49% |
|
Obama |
51% |
51% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
48% |
48% |
47% |
|
Barr |
0% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
|
Nader |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
|
McKinney |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
3*
Favorable Ratings
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
|
Very
Favorable |
46% |
36% |
|
Somewhat
Favorable |
9% |
21% |
|
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
10% |
24% |
|
Very
Unfavorable |
33% |
19% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Obama Fav/Unfav |
McCain |
|
11/2 |
55%/43% |
57%/43% |
|
10/26 |
55%/44% |
55%/44% |
|
10/12 |
54%/45% |
56%/43% |
|
10/5 |
56%/43% |
56%/43% |
|
9/28 |
55%/44% |
55%/44% |
|
9/21 |
52%/45% |
58%/41% |
|
9/14 |
55%/43% |
56%/42% |
|
9/7 |
57%/44% |
59%/40% |
4* Overall, which candidate do you trust
more -- Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Obama |
47% |
47% |
48% |
48% |
47% |
45% |
46% |
44% |
|
McCain |
49% |
47% |
47% |
48% |
49% |
49% |
48% |
50% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
6% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
7% |
8% |
6% |
5* 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?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
National
Security Issues |
21% |
20% |
20% |
26% |
25% |
22% |
28% |
29% |
|
Economic
Issue |
45% |
49% |
48% |
46% |
44% |
45% |
44% |
40% |
|
Domestic
Issues |
10% |
9% |
10% |
8% |
6% |
10% |
9% |
13% |
|
Cultural
Issues |
7% |
8% |
5% |
6% |
7% |
4% |
5% |
5% |
|
Fiscal
Issues |
11% |
10% |
11% |
7% |
13% |
13% |
8% |
8% |
|
Not sure |
6% |
4% |
7% |
7% |
4% |
7% |
6% |
5% |
6* Regardless
of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle the nation’s
economy and jobs….Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Obama |
50% |
51% |
49% |
50% |
50% |
48% |
|
McCain |
47% |
46% |
46% |
46% |
45% |
49% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
3% |
7* Regardless
of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle national
security and the war on terrorism….Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
|
Obama |
45% |
48% |
44% |
45% |
44% |
40% |
|
McCain |
51% |
49% |
52% |
52% |
52% |
56% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
8* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as
president?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
40% |
39% |
37% |
33% |
38% |
33% |
35% |
34% |
|
Very
comfortable |
8% |
9% |
8% |
13% |
9% |
12% |
12% |
11% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
10% |
9% |
13% |
12% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
16% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
40% |
40% |
40% |
40% |
40% |
42% |
40% |
38% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
9* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as
president?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Extremely
comfortable |
30% |
27% |
25% |
24% |
28% |
26% |
29% |
26% |
|
Very
comfortable |
13% |
15% |
17% |
17% |
17% |
18% |
14% |
18% |
|
Somewhat
comfortable |
21% |
21% |
23% |
23% |
16% |
18% |
19% |
22% |
|
Not at
all comfortable |
35% |
35% |
34% |
35% |
37% |
37% |
36% |
32% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
10* Which
one of the following candidate qualities will be the MOST important in deciding
your vote for president this year?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
|
He has
the right experience |
25% |
20% |
|
He
shares my values |
25% |
26% |
|
He cares
about people like me |
10% |
15% |
|
He can
bring about needed change |
35% |
33% |
|
Not Sure |
5% |
5% |
11* If you
had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice
from -- Barack Obama or John McCain?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
9/14 |
9/7 |
|
Obama |
47% |
47% |
46% |
46% |
44% |
42% |
46% |
44% |
|
McCain |
49% |
46% |
48% |
49% |
50% |
51% |
48% |
50% |
|
Not sure |
5% |
7% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
5% |
12* Every
election, the television networks conduct exit polls of people as they leave
their polling places on Election Day. If you were asked to participate,
how likely is it you would be willing to spend 10 minutes filling out a
questionnaire?
|
|
11/2 |
10/26 |
|
Very
Likely |
44% |
44% |
|
Somewhat
Likely |
30% |
29% |
|
Not Very
Likely |
15% |
14% |
|
Not at
all Likely |
9% |
11% |
|
Not Sure |
1% |
2% |
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
