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Toplines - Tennessee Presidential Race - April 3, 2008

Tennessee General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

April 3, 2008

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

17% Excellent

24% Good

15% Fair

43% Poor

1% Not sure

2* How do you rate the way Phil Bredesen is performing his role as governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

9% Excellent

32% Good

29% Fair

27% Poor

3% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

52%

McCain

58%

Clinton

38%

Obama

31%

Other

6%

Other

7%

Not sure

3%

Not sure

4%

4* Favorable Ratings for Presidential Candidate

Clinton

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

20%

23%

20%

Somewhat Favorable

25%

16%

45%

Somewhat Unfavorable

22%

19%

18%

Very Unfavorable

32%

40%

14%

Not sure

2%

2%

3%


5. When thinking about how you will vote in the presidential election, which of the following issues is most important—the economy, the War in Iraq, immigration, national security, health care, Social Security, or government ethics and corruption?

45% Economy

14% War in Iraq

9% Immigration

12% National security

7% Health care

3% Social Security

5% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

3% Not sure

6. Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

2% Excellent

15% Good

38% Fair

45% Poor

0% Not sure

7. Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

10% Better

72% Worse

11% Staying the same

6% Not sure

8. Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

54% United States and its allies

17% Terrorists

21% Neither

7% Not sure

9. Over the next six months, will the situation in Iraq get better or worse?

38% Better

33% Worse

22% Stay about the same

7% Not sure

10. Some people say that American society is generally fair and decent. Others say it is basically unfair and discriminatory. Which do you believe is more accurate?

62% Fair and decent

26% Unfair and discriminatory

12% Not sure

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