Pennsylvania Toplines - August 23, 2007

Pennsylvania

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

August 23, 2007

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

15% Excellent

17% Good

18% Fair

48% Poor

2% Not Sure

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

12% Excellent

29% Good

32% Fair

25% Poor

2% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Pennsylvania: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups
Clinton	45%	Clinton	47%	Clinton	44%	Clinton	49%
Giuliani	44%	Thompson	40%	McCain	40%	Romney	36%
Other	8%	Other	8%	Other	11%	Other	9%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	5%	Not sure	6%	Not sure	6%

4* 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.

	Clinton	Giuliani	Thompson	McCain	Romney
Very Favorable	26%	24%	11%	14%	11%
Somewhat Favorable	28%	36%	33%	40%	26%
Somewhat Unfavorable	13%	20%	28%	25%	31%
Very Unfavorable	30%	15%	13%	16%	18%
Not sure	2%	5%	15%	6%	15%

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

33% More Likely

40% Less Likely

20% No impact

7% Not Sure

6* If Hillary Clinton is elected President, how involved should Bill Clinton be in the administration?

20% Very Involved

29% Somewhat Involved

20% Not Very Involved

27% Not At All Involved

4% Not Sure

7* In terms of how you will vote in the 2008 Presidential election, how important is the candidate's relationship with his or her family?

44% Very Important

35% Somewhat Important

14% Not Very Important

4% Not At All Important

2% Not Sure

8* In terms of how you will vote, which issue is most important, the War in Iraq or the U.S. economy?

43% War in Iraq

43% US Economy

14% Not Sure

9* When it comes to the War in Iraq, should the United States withdraw all combat troops immediately, bring the combat troops home within a year, or stay until the mission is completed?

23% Withdraw Immediately

40% Bring Troops Home Within a Year

32% Stay Until Mission Complete

6% Not Sure

10* Suppose that the U.S. military knew EXACTLY where Osama Bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan. Should the military attack him immediately or wait for permission from the Pakistani government?

64% Attack Immediately

23% Wait for Permission

13% Not Sure

11* When the U.S. troops leave, will the lives of Iraqi Iraq be better or worse than they were when Saddam Hussein was in power?

50% Better

23% Worse

14% No Impact

14% Not Sure

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