Kentucky Toplines - November 1, 2007

Kentucky

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

November 1, 2007

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

19% Excellent

19% Good

17% Fair

44% Poor

1% Not Sure

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

13% Excellent

22% Good

31% Fair

33% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* Election for Governor

Fletcher	40%
Beshear	50%
Other	3%
Not sure	7%

4* Election 2008 Kentucky Senate

McConnell	49%	McConnell	50%
Stumbo	40%	Luallen	37%
Other	6%	Other	4%
Not sure	5%	Not sure	9%

5* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Giuliani	48%	Thompson	46%
Clinton	39%	Clinton	42%
Other	10%	Other	8%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	4%

6* Favorables for Candidates

	Beshear	Fletcher	McConnell	Stumbo	Luallen	Clinton	Giuliani	Thompson
Very Favorable	27%	20%	32%	14%	13%	29%	22%	18%
Somewhat Favorable	31%	25%	26%	29%	28%	17%	33%	31%
Somewhat Unfavorable	21%	21%	18%	20%	21%	11%	19%	20%
Very Unfavorable	12%	29%	16%	21%	10%	38%	19%	17%
Not sure	8%	5%	8%	15%	28%	4%	7%	13%

7* When it comes to the War in Iraq, should the United States withdraw all combat troops immediately, bring the combat troops home within a year, or stay until the mission is completed?

21% Withdraw all combat troops immediately

36% Bring combat troops home within a year

39% Stay until the mission is complete

4% Not sure

8* How important is it for the government to improve its enforcement of the borders and reduce illegal immigration?

76% Very important

14% Somewhat important

5% Not very important

2% Not at all important

2% Not sure

9*How important is it for the government to legalize the status of illegal aliens already in the United States?

25% Very important

24% Somewhat important

18% Not very important

25% Not at all important

8% Not sure

10* If a Kentucky State Highway Patrol Officer pulls someone over for a traffic violation, should the officer automatically check to see if that person is in the country legally?

81% Yes

11% No

8% Not sure

11* If an officer finds that a person pulled over for a traffic violation is an illegal alien, should that person be deported?

67% Yes

12% No

21% Not sure

12* If police officers are required to check the immigration status of every person they pull over, does that create the temptation to discriminate against people based on their name, their accent and the color of their skin?

24% Yes

62% No

14% Not sure

13* Should undocumented immigrants be allowed to get a driver’s license in Kentucky?

8% Yes

81% No

10% Not sure

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