Ohio Toplines - August 8, 2007

Ohio

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

August 8, 2007

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

19% Excellent

20% Good

16% Fair

45% Poor

1% Not Sure

2* How do you rate the way that Ted Strickland is performing his roll as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

17% Excellent

35% Good

32% Fair

13% Poor

3% Not Sure

3* In thinking about the next Presidential election, suppose you had a choice between Republican Rudy Giuliani and Democrat Hillary Clinton. If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Rudy Giuliani or Democrat Hillary Clinton?

44% Giuliani

43% Clinton

10% Other

3% Not Sure

4* Okay, what if the Republicans nominated Fred Thompson? If the next Presidential election were held today would you vote for Republican Fred Thompson or Democrat Hillary Clinton?

43% Thompson

44% Clinton

10% Other

3% Not Sure

5* Fine…What if the Republicans nominated John McCain. If the next Presidential election were held today would you vote for Republican John McCain or Democrat Hillary Clinton?

41% McCain

44% Clinton

11% Other

4% Not Sure

6* Fine what if the Republicans nominated Mitt Romney? If the next Presidential election were held today would you vote for Republican Mitt Romney or Democrat Hillary Clinton?

36% Romney

48% Clinton

10% Other

6% Not Sure

7*

I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.
CANDIDATE	VERY FAVORABLE	SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE	SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE	VERY UNFAVORABLE	NOT SURE
HILLARY CLINTON	25%	25%	14%	34%	2%
FRED THOMPSON	14%	33%	23%	16%	15%
RUDY GIULIANI	20%	32%	22%	20%	5%
MITT ROMNEY	12%	28%	27%	20%	14%
JOHN McCAIN	14%	33%	26%	21%	6%

8* If Governor Stickland was selected to run as the Democrats Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate?

29% More Likely

31% Less Likely

34% No Impact

6% Not Sure

9* If Senator Voinovich was selected to run as the Republicans Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for the Republican Presidential candidate?

23% More Likely

40% Less Likely

32% No Impact

5% Not Sure

10* Has Mitt Romney been unfairly picked on because of his Mormon faith?

37% Yes

38% No

26% Not Sure

11* Fine. Is Barack Obama experienced enough to be Commander-in-Chief?

28% Yes

57% No

15% Not Sure

12* Great. How likely is it that John McCain will be elected the next President of the United States?

3% Very Likely

20% Somewhat Likely

48% Not very likely

25% Not at all likely

4% Not Sure

13* Okay. does it help or hurt a Presidential candidate to be endorsed by Hollywood celebrities?

19% Help

36% Hurt

39% No Impact

6% Not Sure

14* Think for a moment about the War in Iraq-Should we fight on or leave as soon as possible?

40% Fight On

49% Leave ASAP

10% Not Sure

15* On a different topic. would you be willing to pay higher taxes if the money collected would be used for bridge repairs and other infrastructure improvements?

27% Yes

58% No

15% Not Sure

16* Suppose the government raised taxes and said that the extra money would be used for bridge repairs and infrastructure improvements. Do you believe that the money would actually be spent on bridge repairs and infrastructure improvements or would it be used for other purposes?

11% Spent On Repairs

78% Other Purposes

11% Not Sure

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