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Wisconsin Toplines - October 3, 2007

Wisconsin

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

October 3, 2007

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

20% Excellent

16% Good

17% Fair

46% Poor

0% Not Sure

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

9% Excellent

29% Good

29% Fair

32% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Wisconsin: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups

Clinton

43%

Clinton

44%

Clinton

43%

Clinton

45%

Giuliani

42%

Thompson

41%

McCain

40%

Romney

35%

Other

11%

Other

12%

Other

12%

Other

14%

Not sure

4%

Not sure

3%

Not sure

4%

Not sure

5%

4* Favorables

Clinton

Thompson

Giuliani

Romney

McCain

Very Favorable

23%

16%

18%

7%

13%

Somewhat Favorable

28%

34%

34%

33%

37%

Somewhat Unfavorable

15%

28%

29%

29%

31%

Very Unfavorable

32%

11%

15%

19%

13%

Not sure

2%

12%

4%

13%

6%


5* Now that Tommy Thompson is out of the Presidential race, should he run for the U.S Senate against Herb Kohl, make another run for governor or just go quietly into the political goodnight?

20% Run for Senate

21% Run for Governor

55% Go quietly into the political goodnight

4% Not sure

6* If Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold was selected to run as the Democrats Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate?

35% More likely

38% Less likely

24% No impact

3% Not sure

7* With 25 state primaries being held before Wisconsin, does Wisconsin's presidential primary matter?

64% Yes

21% No

15% Not sure

8* Would you favor or oppose having a national primary day when all state primaries and caucuses are held?

64% Favor

14% Oppose

22% Not sure

9* A Republican candidate for President has not won the state of Wisconsin since 1984. Which Republican candidate has the best chance of breaking that streak?

26% Giuliani

21% Thompson

6% Romney

15% McCain

11% Some other candidate

15% None of the above

6% Not sure

10* Which Democrat is has the best chance of keeping alive the party’s winning streak?

36% Clinton

20% Obama

14% Edwards

8% Some other candidate

6% All of the above

8% None of the above

7% Not sure


11* If you had $1000 to spend, would you buy a plate at a fundraising luncheon and the chance to meet your favorite Presidential candidate -OR- would you buy great seats to Brett Favre's final Packers game?

19% Fundraising luncheon

66% Great seats to Brett Favre’s final Packer’s game

15% Not sure

12* Two months before the presidential election, Harley Davidson will celebrate its 105th Anniversary. It's an event that draws upwards of a quarter of a million people. Which candidate would seem most out of place at that celebration?

47% Hillary Clinton

9% Rudy Giuliani

9% Barack Obama

4% Fred Thompson

3% John Edwards

6% Mitt Romney

2% John McCain

19% Not sure

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