Florida Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 12, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports For FOX News

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

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Excellent	13%	14%	12%	16%	17%	14%
Good	20%	17%	15%	18%	17%	21%
Fair	14%	15%	18%	16%	16%	14%
Poor	52%	55%	54%	50%	49%	49%
Not Sure	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%

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

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Excellent	23%	18%	18%	18%	19%	23%
Good	32%	33%	29%	35%	30%	34%
Fair	30%	33%	37%	31%	35%	31%
Poor	14%	13%	15%	16%	15%	12%
Not Sure	1%	3%	1%	0%	1%	0%

3* If the Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John McCain, Democrat Barack Obama, Libertarian Bob Barr, Independent Ralph Nader or Green Party Candidate Cynthia Ann McKinney?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
McCain	46%	45%	47%	51%	49%	48%
Obama	51%	52%	47%	46%	44%	48%
Barr	1%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%
Nader	0%	1%	1%	0%	2%	2%
McKinney	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Not sure	2%	2%	5%	3%	3%	2%

4* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	42%	31%
Somewhat Favorable	13%	23%
Somewhat Unfavorable	12%	21%
Very Unfavorable	31%	23%
Not sure	1%	2%

	Obama Fav/Unfav	McCain Fav/Unfav
10/12	55%/43%	54%/44%
10/5	54%/43%	56%/43%
9/28	52%/45%	59%/37%
9/21	50%/48%	55%/45%
9/14	52%/47%	56%/43%
9/7	55%/45%	61%/37%

5* Overall, which candidate do you trust more -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Obama	47%	47%	47%	43%	44%	44%
McCain	48%	47%	48%	52%	47%	50%
Not sure	5%	6%	5%	6%	9%	6%

6* 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?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
National Security Issues	19%	25%	19%	23%	30%	29%
Economic Issues	56%	49%	51%	51%	42%	48%
Domestic Issues	7%	10%	9%	6%	13%	8%
Cultural Issues	3%	3%	5%	3%	5%	3%
Fiscal Issues	9%	7%	12%	10%	7%	8%
Not sure	5%	6%	5%	7%	3%	5%

7* 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?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21
Obama	51%	51%	50%	47%
McCain	46%	46%	43%	48%
Not sure	4%	3%	7%	5%

8* 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?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21
Obama	46%	44%	43%	44%
McCain	50%	51%	55%	53%
Not sure	4%	5%	3%	3%

9* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as president?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Extremely comfortable	35%	34%	31%	34%	31%	33%
Very comfortable	10%	11%	12%	8%	9%	13%
Somewhat comfortable	13%	11%	17%	9%	18%	11%
Not at all comfortable	39%	41%	37%	45%	40%	43%
Not sure	2%	3%	3%	2%	1%

10* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as president?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Extremely comfortable	26%	27%	26%	28%	25%	28%
Very comfortable	15%	15%	14%	15%	19%	17%
Somewhat comfortable	20%	18%	20%	22%	19%	22%
Not at all comfortable	36%	37%	37%	34%	36%	30%
Not sure	3%	3%	3%	2%	2%	2%

11* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Joe Biden as Vice President?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21
Extremely comfortable	36%	38%	23%	29%
Very comfortable	12%	10%	16%	11%
Somewhat comfortable	18%	22%	18%	13%
Not at all comfortable	31%	28%	38%	45%
Not sure	3%	3%	5%	3%

12* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Sarah Palin as Vice President?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21
Extremely comfortable	25%	29%	29%	32%
Very comfortable	14%	12%	10%	18%
Somewhat comfortable	10%	11%	11%	6%
Not at all comfortable	49%	46%	45%	42%
Not sure	2%	1%	4%	2%

13* If you had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice from -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Obama	46%	47%	44%	40%	44%	42%
McCain	47%	48%	47%	52%	47%	51%
Not sure	7%	6%	10%	8%	9%	7%

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence