Missouri Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 26, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports for FOX News

1* Right now, how interested are you in the 2008 presidential election?

	10/26	10/19
Extremely Interested	81%	82%
Very Interested	14%	11%
Somewhat Interested	3%	5%
Not at all Interested	1%	2%
Not Sure	0%	1%

2* 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?

	10/26	10/19	10/12	10/5
McCain	47%	44%	47%	47%
Obama	48%	49%	50%	50%
Barr	1%	1%	0%	1%
Nader	2%	2%	1%	1%
McKinney	0%	1%	0%	0%
Not sure	3%	4%	2%	2%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	40%	32%
Somewhat Favorable	13%	25%
Somewhat Unfavorable	12%	22%
Very Unfavorable	35%	18%
Not sure	1%	2%

	Obama Fav/Unfav	McCain Fav/Unfav
10/26	53% / 47%	57% / 40%
10/19	55% / 43%	55% / 43%
10/12	57% / 42%	55% / 44%
10/5	55% / 44%	56% / 42%

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

	10/26	10/19	10/12	10/5
Obama	46%	47%	45%	47%
McCain	48%	46%	47%	48%
Not sure	5%	6%	7%	5%

5* 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?

	10/26	10/19	10/12	10/5
National Security Issues	16%	18%	18%	20%
Economic Issues	48%	46%	49%	49%
Domestic Issues	10%	11%	12%	9%
Cultural Issues	9%	7%	8%	6%
Fiscal Issues	11%	10%	8%	9%
Not sure	6%	8%	6%	7%

6* 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?

	10/26	10/19	10/12	10/5
Obama	48%	50%	52%	49%
McCain	46%	43%	43%	46%
Not sure	6%	6%	5%	6%

7* 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?

	10/26	10/19	10/12	10/5
Obama	43%	44%	45%	45%
McCain	54%	51%	50%	51%
Not sure	3%	5%	4%	4%

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

	10/26	10/19	10/12	10/5
Extremely comfortable	36%	34%	33%	31%
Very comfortable	9%	13%	12%	13%
Somewhat comfortable	11%	11%	15%	12%
Not at all comfortable	42%	39%	37%	42%
Not sure	2%	2%	4%	2%

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

	10/26	10/19	10/12	10/5
Extremely comfortable	23%	23%	22%	24%
Very comfortable	20%	17%	17%	16%
Somewhat comfortable	22%	22%	27%	20%
Not at all comfortable	33%	35%	32%	37%
Not sure	2%	3%	2%	2%

10* Which one of the following candidate qualities will be the MOST important in deciding your vote for president this year?

20% He has the right experience

28% He shares my values

12% He cares about people like me

33% He can bring about needed change

7% Not sure

11* If you had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice from -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

	10/26	10/19	10/12	10/5
Obama	43%	46%	44%	44%
McCain	50%	47%	48%	47%
Not sure	7%	7%	8%	9%

12* Every election, the television networks conduct exit polls of people as they leave their polling places on Election Day. If you were asked to participate, how likely is it you would be willing to spend 10 minutes filling out a questionnaire?

40% Very likely

29% Somewhat likely

20% Not very likely

9% Not at all likely

2% Not sure

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