West Virginia Primary

Survey of 840 Democratic Primary Voters

May 4, 2008

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

6% Excellent

8% Good

14% Fair

71% Poor

1% Not sure

2* How do you rate the way that Joe Manchin III is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

20% Excellent

33% Good

28% Fair

17% Poor

1% Not sure

3* Democratic Primary

Clinton	56%
Obama	27%

4* Favorables

	Clinton	Obama	Wright
Very Favorable	43%	24%	2%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	24%	10%
Somewhat Unfavorable	13%	23%	20%
Very Unfavorable	14%	27%	47%
Not sure	2%	3%	21%

5* Suppose that Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic Presidential Nomination. In the general election campaign against John McCain, how likely are you to vote for Hillary Clinton?

64%Very likely

8% Somewhat likely

8% Not very likely

18% Not at all likely

3% Not sure

6* Suppose that Barack Obama wins the Democratic Presidential Nomination. In the general election campaign against John McCain, how likely are you to vote for Barack Obama?

45% Very likely

11% Somewhat likely

12% Not very likely

28% Not at all likely

3% Not sure

7. When thinking about how you will vote in the West Virginia Presidential primary, 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?

55% Economy

18% War in Iraq

3% Immigration

4% National security

8% Health care

3% Social Security

4% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

4% Not sure

8* How closely have you followed recent news stories about comments made by Barack Obama’s former Pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright?

45% Very closely

33% Somewhat closely

15% Not very closely

5% Not at all

2% Not sure

9* Pastor Wright recently held a press conference and shared many of his controversial views. Barack Obama then publicly denounced Wright and said his relationship with the Pastor has changed. Do you believe that Obama was surprised by the views of his former Pastor?

29% Yes

53% No

18% Not sure

10* Generally speaking, do you agree or disagree with Pastor Wright’s view of the United States and its government?

7% Agree

72% Disagree

21% Not sure

11* How likely is it that Barack Obama shares some of Pastor Wright’s controversial views about the United States?

28% Very likely

29% Somewhat likely

23% Not very likely

10% Not at all

10% Not sure

12* Did Barack Obama denounce Pastor Wright’s comments because he was outraged or because it was politically convenient?

26% Outraged

61% Politically convenient

13% Not sure

13* In terms of how you will vote for President, how important are comments made by friends and associates of the candidate?

15% Very important

39% Somewhat important

31% Not very important

13% Not at all important

1% Not sure

14* In terms of how you will vote for President, how important is a candidates faith and religion?

28% Very important

33% Somewhat important

23% Not very important

13% Not at all important

2% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence