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Toplines - Maine Presidential Election - August 12, 2008
See Article Maine
Survey of 500 Likely Voters 1* How do
you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
9% Excellent 15% Good 16% Fair 59% Poor
1% Not sure 2* If the
Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John
McCain or Democrat Barack Obama?
3*
Favorable Ratings
4* 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? 23%
National Security Issues 41%
Economic Issues 14% Domestic Issues 6% Cultural Issues 8% Fiscal Issues 7% Not sure 5* Is there an urgent national
need to find new sources of energy? 87% Yes 6*Is there an urgent national need
to reduce the amount of energy that Americans consume? 80% Yes 7* Which is more important, finding new sources of energy or
reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume? 56% Finding new sources of energy 8* Will most politicians break the
rules to help people who give them a lot of money? 63%
Yes 9* Which is the bigger problem in politics
today—big campaign contributions or media bias? 46%
Big campaign contributions 10*Do lobbyists and campaign contributors have too much
influence on John McCain’s positions? 44% Yes 11* Do lobbyists and campaign contributors have too much
influence on Barack Obama’s positions? 38% Yes NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |