Michigan

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

October 17, 2007

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

Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

16% Excellent

15% Good

14% Fair

53% Poor

2% Not Sure

2* How do you rate the way that Jennifer Granholm is performing her role as Governor?

Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

9% Excellent

20% Good

26% Fair

42% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Michigan: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups
Clinton	47%	Clinton	50%	Clinton	46%	Clinton	47%
Giuliani	38%	Thompson	37%	McCain	39%	Romney	40%
Other	10%	Other	9%	Other	10%	Other	8%
Not sure	5%	Not sure	4%	Not sure	5%	Not sure	5%

4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

	Clinton	Thompson	Giuliani	Romney	McCain
Very Favorable	25%	9%	18%	18%	16%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	33%	31%	28%	33%
Somewhat Unfavorable	14%	31%	27%	27%	27%
Very Unfavorable	30%	16%	21%	19%	19%
Not sure	1%	11%	3%	8%	5%

5* 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?

27% Withdraw all combat troops immediately

38% Bring combat troops home within a year

32% Stay until the mission is complete

3% Not sure

6* How important is it for Michigan to hold its Presidential Primary early in the campaign process?

16% Very important

27% Somewhat important

35% Not very important

14% Not at all important

7% Not sure

7* Which political party do you trust most to handle Michigan’s economic problems?

42% Democratic

36% Republican
22% Not sure

8* Are labor unions good or bad for the economy?

42% Good

32% Bad

20% Neither

5% Not sure

9* Is free trade good or bad for the economy?

34% Good

40% Bad

16% Neither

10% Not sure

10* Which Presidential candidate’s father was Governor of Michigan?

2% Rudy Giuliani

3% Hillary Clinton

3% Fred Thompson

3% Barack Obama.

65% Mitt Romney

2% John Edwards

0% John McCain

22% Not sure

11* Mitt Romney’s father was governor of Michigan in the 1960s. Does that make you more likely or less likely to vote for Mitt Romney?

16% More likely

25% Less likely

58% No impact

2% Not sure

12* Suppose a candidate for President supports stricter gun control laws. Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for that candidate?

38% More likely

37% Less likely

20% No impact

5% Not sure

13* How likely is it that you would ever vote against a candidate for President because of his or her spouse?

9% Very likely

16% Somewhat likely

46% Not very likely

22% Not at all likely

6% Not sure

14* Before the election, should Presidential candidates reveal to voters who they will select for key positions such as Secretary of State, Attorney General, or Secretary of Defense?

44% Yes

30% No

26% Not sure

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