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Toplines - North Carolina Presidential Election - October 12, 2008
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Carolina Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters 1* How do
you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor? 10/12 12% Excellent 19% Good 19% Fair 50% Poor
0% Not sure 2* How do
you rate the way that Mike Easley is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor? 10/12
9% Excellent 27% Good 35% Fair 27% Poor
2% Not sure 3* If the
Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John
McCain, Democrat Barack Obama, Libertarian Bob Barr or Independent Ralph Nader 10/12 48% McCain 48% Obama
1% Barr
0% Nader
0% McKinney
3% Not sure 4*
Favorable Ratings
Obama Fav/Unfav McCain
Fav/Unfav 10/12 53%/45% 57%/41% 5* Overall, which candidate do you trust
more -- Barack Obama or John McCain? 10/12 43% Obama 51% McCain 7% Not sure 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 21%
National Security Issues 52%
Economic Issues 9% Domestic Issues 6% Cultural Issues 7% Fiscal Issues 5% Not
sure 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 48% Barack
Obama 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 43% Barack
Obama 9* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as
president? 10/12 34% Extremely comfortable 12% Very
comfortable 10% Somewhat comfortable 43% Not at
all comfortable 2% Not sure 10* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as
president? 10/12 27% Extremely comfortable 16% Very
comfortable 21% Somewhat comfortable 32% Not at
all comfortable 4% Not sure 11* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Joe Biden as Vice President? 10/12 29% Extremely comfortable 14% Very
comfortable 21% Somewhat comfortable 34% Not at
all comfortable 3% Not sure 12* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Sarah Palin as Vice President? 10/12 30% Extremely comfortable 13% Very
comfortable 13% Somewhat comfortable 40% Not at
all comfortable 3% Not sure 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 43% Barack
Obama 49% John
McCain 8% Not sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |