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Toplines - Virginia Presidential Election - September 28, 2008
See Article Virginia
Survey of 500 Likely Voters 1* How do
you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor? 14% Excellent 20% Good 13% Fair 51% Poor 1% Not
sure 2* How do
you rate the way that Tim Kaine is performing his
role as Governor? Excellent,
good, fair, or poor? 16% Excellent 26% Good 31% Fair 24% Poor
4% 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 47% McCain 50% Obama
0% Barr 1%
Nader
1% McKinney
1% Not sure 4*
Favorable Ratings
5* 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? 25%
National Security Issues 44%
Economic Issues 6% Domestic Issues 7% Cultural Issues 13% Fiscal
Issues 4% Not sure 6* Overall, which candidate do you trust
more -- Barack Obama or John McCain? 47% Obama 49% McCain 5% Not sure 7* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as
president? 38% Extremely comfortable 9% Very comfortable 10% Somewhat comfortable 40% Not at
all comfortable 4% Not sure 8* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as
president? 28% Extremely comfortable 17% Very
comfortable 16% Somewhat comfortable 37% Not at
all comfortable 2% Not sure 9*
Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Joe Biden as Vice President? 30% Extremely comfortable 16% Very
comfortable 19% Somewhat comfortable 33% Not at
all comfortable 3% Not
sure 10* * Regardless of how you would vote,
how comfortable would you be with Sarah Palin as Vice President? 26% Extremely comfortable 13% Very
comfortable 12% Somewhat comfortable 45% Not at
all comfortable 4% Not sure 11* Regardless
of how you might vote, which candidate do you trust more to handle the nations
economy and jobs….Barack Obama or John McCain? 50% Barack
Obama 12* 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? 44% Barack
Obama 13* If you
had to make the toughest decision of your life, who would you rather get advice
from -- Barack Obama or John McCain? 44% Barack
Obama 50% John
McCain 6% Not sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |