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Toplines - New Jersey Presidential Election - November 2, 2008

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New Jersey Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 7, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

9% Excellent

17% Good

19% Fair

54% Poor

1% Not sure

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

6% Excellent

25% Good

32% Fair

34% Poor

3% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

42%

Obama

57%

Some Other Candidate

1%

Not sure

1%

4* Favorable Ratings

McCain

Obama

Very favorable

27%

45%

Somewhat favorable

26%

18%

Somewhat unfavorable

20%

11%

Very unfavorable

24%

25%

Not sure

3%

1%

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?

22% National Security Issues

46% Economic Issues

11% Domestic Issues

7% Cultural Issues

9% Fiscal Issues

6% Not sure

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