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Toplines - New York Presidential Election - October 14, 2008
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1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is
performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor? 11% Excellent 13% Good 15% Fair 60% Poor 1% Not sure 2* How do you rate the way that David Paterson is
performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor? 12% Excellent 38% Good 37% Fair 11% Poor 2% Not sure 3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups
4*
Favorable Ratings
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? 24%
National Security Issues 43%
Economic Issues 14%
Domestic Issues 3% Cultural Issues 10%
Fiscal Issues 5% Not sure 6* How
likely are you to watch the final Presidential debate on Wednesday night? 70% Very likely
4% Not at all likely
1% Not sure 7* In
terms of how you will vote how important are the performances of the candidates
in the debates? 28% Very important 37% Somewhat
important 27% Not very important
8% Not at all important
0% Not sure 8* How
confident are you in Governor Paterson’s ability to steer the state through the it’s current financial problems? 14% Very confident 49% Somewhat
confident 24% Not very confident
7% Not at all confident 5% Not sure 9* Who would you most like to see run for Governor in
2010…David Paterson, Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo or Hillary Clinton?
20%
4% Not sure 10* Do you
agree or disagree with the Economic Rescue Plan passed by Congress recently? 32% Agree 40% Disagree 29% Not sure 11* Will
the rescue plan help the economy, hurt the economy or have no impact on the
economy?
40% Help 19% Hurt 21% No impact 19% Not sure 12* Suppose taxes were increased on people who make more than
$250,000 a year. Would raising taxes for people who make more than $250,000 a
year be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the
economy? 52% Good for the economy 27% Bad 14% No impact 6% Not sure 13* Has Barack Obama’s campaign been generally positive, generally
negative, or somewhere in between? 47% Generally positive 34% Somewhere in between 2% Not sure 14* Has John McCain’s campaign been generally positive, generally
negative, or somewhere in between? 21% Generally positive 30% Somewhere in between 1% Not sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |