North Carolina

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

December 19, 2007

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

23% Excellent

19% Good

19% Fair

39% Poor

1% Not Sure

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

11% Excellent

34% Good

33% Fair

18% Poor

3% Not Sure

3* 2008 Senate Election

Dole	55%
Hagan	35%
Other	4%
Not sure	6%

4* 2008 Governor Election

McCrory	42%	McCrory	42%
Moore	39%	Perdue	39%
Other	6%	Other	6%
Not sure	13%	Not sure	13%

5* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Giuliani	44%	Huckabee	46%	McCain	45%	Romney	40%
Clinton	39%	Clinton	39%	Clinton	40%	Clinton	42%
Other	13%	Other	12%	Other	11%	Other	14%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	2%	Not sure	4%	Not sure	4%

6* Favorables for Candidates

	Clinton	Huckabee	Giuliani	Romney	McCain	Hagan	Dole
Very Favorable	19%	15%	11%	11%	14%	4%	28%
Somewhat Favorable	23%	37%	38%	32%	38%	24%	30%
Somewhat Unfavorable	14%	24%	22%	30%	26%	24%	19%
Very Unfavorable	41%	11%	22%	14%	11%	15%	16%
Not sure	3%	13%	7%	13%	10%	33%	6%

7* What's more important, going to church or going to a Nascar race?

84% Going to church
7% Going to a Nascar race
9% Not sure

8* If you had an extra ticket for a big ACC basketball match-up, which presidential candidate would you invite for an afternoon of hoops and candid political conversation?

15% John Edwards
13% Mike Hucakbee
19% Barack Obama
15% Hillary Clinton
10% Rudy Giuliani
8% Mitt Romney
12% Some other candidate
6% Not sure

9* Should the Federal Government aid Americans who took out sub-prime loans on homes and now face foreclosure because they can't afford the payment?

21% Yes

44% No

35% Not sure

10* Are leaders of the environmental movement truly concerned about saving the planet or do they have some other political agenda?

27% They’re truly concerned about saving the planet
54% They have some other political agenda
19% Not sure

11* Is today's generation of people between 18 and 29-years-old more politically engaged or less politically engaged than their parents?

19% More politically engaged
65% Less politically engaged
16% Not sure

12* Should the government put tariffs on foreign goods to protect American manufacturing jobs?

59% Yes

23% No

18% Not sure

13* Should English be the official language of the United States?

91% Yes

6% No

3% Not sure

14* Should a company be allowed to require that its employees speak English while on the job?

83% Yes

12% No

5% Not sure

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