Wisconsin Toplines - May 5, 2008

Wisconsin

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 5, 2008

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

14% Excellent

20% Good

14% Fair

51% Poor

2% Not Sure

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

7% Excellent

28% Good

33% Fair

32% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential Election

McCain	47%	McCain	47%
Clinton	43%	Obama	43%
Other	5%	Other	5%
Not sure	5%	Not sure	4%

4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

	Clinton	McCain	Obama
Very Favorable	20%	14%	26%
Somewhat Favorable	26%	44%	25%
Somewhat Unfavorable	22%	23%	19%
Very Unfavorable	30%	17%	29%
Not sure	1%	2%	1%

5* When thinking about how you will vote in the next 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?

46% Economy

15% War in Iraq

6% Immigration

10% National security

8% Health care

2% Social Security

5% Government ethics and corruption

3% Some other issue

3% Not sure

6* We’re just about finished… Currently, there is a federal tax of 18 cents per gallon on gasoline. Proposals have been made for a gas tax holiday that would eliminate the gas tax for the summer. Do you favor or oppose a tax holiday to eliminate the federal gas tax for the summer?

47% Favor

38% Oppose

15% Not sure

7* Two of the three major Presidential candidates favor ending the federal gas tax for the summer. One opposes the federal gas tax holiday. Which candidate is opposed to eliminating the federal gas for the summer?

7% Hillary Clinton

12% John McCain

59% Barack Obama

22% Not sure

8*Does the federal government need more tax revenue to fund important national programs such as highway repairs and health care reform?

39% Yes

43% No

19% Not sure

9* Some people are worried that the next President will raise taxes so much that it will harm the economy. How worried are you that the next President will raise taxes too much?

32% Very worried

29% Somewhat worried

29% Not very worried

9% Not at all worried

1% Not sure

10* Some people are worried that the next President will cut taxes so much that it will harm important government programs. How worried are you that the next President will cut taxes too much?

9% Very worried

26% Somewhat worried

39% Not very worried

22% Not at all worried

4% Not sure

11* A proposal has been made to increase the capital gains tax from 15% to 28%. Do you favor or oppose increasing the capital gains tax to 28%?

20% Favor

59% Oppose

21% Not sure

12* If the capital gains tax is increased to 28%, will that help the economy or hurt the economy?

18% Help

49% Hurt

18% Neither

15% Not sure

13* Do you own more than $5,000 of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds?

62% Yes

31% No

6% Not sure

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