Virginia Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 12, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports for FOX News

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

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Excellent	13%	12%	14%	13%	15%	14%
Good	18%	20%	20%	23%	22%	20%
Fair	19%	17%	13%	15%	14%	15%
Poor	49%	51%	51%	48%	49%	50%
Not Sure	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%

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

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Excellent	17%	16%	16%	18%	17%	20%
Good	28%	28%	26%	29%	30%	32%
Fair	31%	33%	31%	32%	30%	28%
Poor	21%	20%	24%	20%	20%	20%
Not Sure	3%	2%	4%	3%	3%	1%

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	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
McCain	47%	48%	47%	50%	48%	49%
Obama	50%	50%	50%	48%	48%	47%
Barr	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%
Nader	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%
McKinney	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%
Not sure	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%

4* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	40%	29%
Somewhat Favorable	14%	27%
Somewhat Unfavorable	14%	19%
Very Unfavorable	31%	24%
Not sure	1%	1%

	Obama Fav/Unfav	McCain Fav/Unfav
10/12	54%/45%	56%/43%
10/5	56%/43%	56%/43%
9/28	55%/44%	55%/44%
9/21	52%/45%	58%/41%
9/14	55%/43%	56%/42%
9/7	57%/44%	59%/40%

5* Overall, which candidate do you trust more -- Barack Obama or John McCain?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Obama	48%	48%	47%	45%	46%	44%
McCain	47%	48%	49%	49%	48%	50%
Not sure	5%	5%	5%	7%	8%	6%

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	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
National Security Issues	20%	26%	25%	22%	28%	29%
Economic Issues	48%	46%	44%	45%	44%	40%
Domestic Issues	10%	8%	6%	10%	9%	13%
Cultural Issues	5%	6%	7%	4%	5%	5%
Fiscal Issues	11%	7%	13%	13%	8%	8%
Not sure	7%	7%	4%	7%	6%	5%

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	10/5	9/28	9/21
Obama	49%	50%	50%	48%
McCain	46%	46%	45%	49%
Not sure	4%	4%	5%	3%

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	10/5	9/28	9/21
Obama	44%	45%	44%	40%
McCain	52%	52%	52%	56%
Not sure	4%	3%	4%	4%

9* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as president?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Extremely comfortable	37%	33%	38%	33%	35%	34%
Very comfortable	8%	13%	9%	12%	12%	11%
Somewhat comfortable	13%	12%	10%	11%	11%	16%
Not at all comfortable	40%	40%	40%	42%	40%	38%
Not sure	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%

10* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as president?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Extremely comfortable	25%	24%	28%	26%	29%	26%
Very comfortable	17%	17%	17%	18%	14%	18%
Somewhat comfortable	23%	23%	16%	18%	19%	22%
Not at all comfortable	34%	35%	37%	37%	36%	32%
Not sure	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%

11* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Joe Biden as Vice President?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21
Extremely comfortable	34%	32%	30%	31%
Very comfortable	14%	16%	16%	15%
Somewhat comfortable	21%	20%	19%	19%
Not at all comfortable	30%	29%	33%	32%
Not sure	2%	4%	3%	2%

12* Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Sarah Palin as Vice President?

	10/12	10/5	9/28	9/21
Extremely comfortable	28%	28%	26%	28%
Very comfortable	13%	12%	13%	16%
Somewhat comfortable	11%	12%	12%	10%
Not at all comfortable	46%	47%	45%	45%
Not sure	2%	2%	4%	1%

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	10/5	9/28	9/21	9/14	9/7
Obama	46%	46%	44%	42%	46%	44%
McCain	48%	49%	50%	51%	48%	50%
Not sure	6%	6%	6%	8%	6%	5%

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence