Missouri 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
Excellent	10%	10%
Good	19%	19%
Fair	16%	16%
Poor	55%	55%
Not Sure	0%	0%

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

	10/12	10/5
Excellent	15%	15%
Good	21%	21%
Fair	25%	25%
Poor	37%	37%
Not Sure	3%	3%

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
McCain	47%	47%
Obama	50%	50%
Barr	0%	1%
Nader	1%	1%
McKinney	0%	0%
Not sure	2%	2%

4* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	37%	28%
Somewhat Favorable	22%	27%
Somewhat Unfavorable	14%	23%
Very Unfavorable	28%	21%
Not sure	1%	1%

	Obama Fav/Unfav	McCain Fav/Unfav
10/12	57% / 42%	55% / 44%
10/5	55% / 44%	56% / 42%

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

	10/12	10/5
Obama	45%	47%
McCain	47%	48%
Not sure	7%	5%

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
National Security Issues	18%	20%
Economic Issues	49%	49%
Domestic Issues	12%	9%
Cultural Issues	8%	6%
Fiscal Issues	8%	9%
Not sure	6%	7%

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
Obama	52%	49%
McCain	43%	46%
Not sure	5%	6%

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
Obama	45%	45%
McCain	50%	51%
Not sure	4%	4%

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

	10/12	10/5
Extremely comfortable	33%	31%
Very comfortable	12%	13%
Somewhat comfortable	15%	12%
Not at all comfortable	37%	42%
Not sure	4%	2%

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

	10/12	10/5
Extremely comfortable	22%	24%
Very comfortable	17%	16%
Somewhat comfortable	27%	20%
Not at all comfortable	32%	37%
Not sure	2%	2%

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

	10/12	10/5
Extremely comfortable	35%	33%
Very comfortable	15%	14%
Somewhat comfortable	21%	22%
Not at all comfortable	27%	28%
Not sure	3%	2%

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

	10/12	10/5
Extremely comfortable	24%	29%
Very comfortable	15%	13%
Somewhat comfortable	13%	12%
Not at all comfortable	47%	45%
Not sure	2%	1%

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
Obama	44%	44%
McCain	48%	47%
Not sure	8%	9%

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