Telephone Survey of 500 Likely Voters
By Rasmussen Reports
August 20, 2008

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President?

8%Excellent,
15%Good
14%Fair
63%Poor
0%Not sure

2* How do you rate the way that Arnold Schwarzenegger is performing his role as Governor?

9%Excellent
19%Good
38%Fair
32%Poor
2%Not Sure

3* If the Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama?

4* Favorables for Presidential Election

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?

29% National Security Issues
38% Economic Issues
11% Domestic Issues
6% Cultural Issues
13% Fiscal Issues
4% Not sure

6* Is there an urgent national need to find new sources of energy?

80% Yes
10% No
10% Not Sure

7*Is there an urgent national need to reduce the amount of energy that Americans consume?

70% Yes
21% No
9% Not Sure

8* Which is more important, finding new sources of energy or reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume?

59% Finding new sources of energy
35% Reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume
6% Not sure

9* Will most politicians break the rules to help people who give them a lot of money?

61% Yes
15% No
24% Not Sure

10* Which is the bigger problem in politics today—big campaign contributions or media bias?

41% Big campaign contributions
51% Media bias
8% Not sure

11*Do lobbyists and campaign contributors have too much influence on John McCain’s positions?

44% Yes
29% No
27% Not Sure

12* Do lobbyists and campaign contributors have too much influence on Barack Obama’s positions?

38% Yes
35% No
27% Not Sure

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