Missouri Toplines - October 10, 2007

Missouri

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

October 10, 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

17% Good

17% Fair

45% Poor

1% Not Sure

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

16% Excellent

25% Good

30% Fair

28% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Matt Blunt or Democrat Jay Nixon?

44% Blunt

43% Nixon

6% Other

7% Not Sure

4* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Missouri: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups
Giuliani	45%	Thompson	44%	Giuliani	44%	Thompson	47%
Clinton	42%	Clinton	44%	Obama	39%	Obama	38%
Other	9%	Other	8%	Other	10%	Other	7%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	5%	Not sure	7%	Not sure	7%

5* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

	Giuliani	Thompson	Clinton	Obama
Very Favorable	17%	15%	26%	19%
Somewhat Favorable	35%	36%	22%	28%
Somewhat Unfavorable	25%	26%	15%	22%
Very Unfavorable	18%	10%	36%	25%
Not sure	6%	13%	2%	7%

6* Favorables for Gubernatorial Candidates

	Blunt	Nixon
Very Favorable	22%	17%
Somewhat Favorable	30%	30%
Somewhat Unfavorable	20%	26%
Very Unfavorable	23%	13%
Not sure	4%	14%

7* Would you favor or oppose an increase in the Missouri State Sales Tax to fund bridge repairs?

28% Favor
51% Oppose
21% Not sure

8* Would you favor or oppose an increase in the Missouri State Sales Tax to fund public education?

40% Favor
49% Oppose
11% Not sure

9* Would you favor or oppose an increase in the Missouri State Sales Tax to fund health care for lower income residents?

40% Favor
46% Oppose
14% Not sure

10* Would you favor or oppose an increase in the Missouri State Sales Tax to fund expanding Interstate 70 to six lanes?

18% Favor
67% Oppose
15% Not sure

11* Should money for highway and bridge improvements come from tolls or higher state sales taxes?

53% Tolls
15% Higher taxes
25% Neither
6% Not sure

12* Should money from union dues be used to support political candidates or political parties?

12% Yes
74% No
14% Not sure

13* If a Missouri 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?

79% Yes
13% No
9% Not sure

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

73% Yes
11% No
16% Not sure

15* 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?

23% Yes
62% No
15% Not sure

16* Should the Catholic Church deny communion to pro-choice politicians?

18% Yes
48% No
34% Not sure

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