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Toplines - Virginia Presidential Election - September 7, 2008
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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 15% Fair 50% 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? 20% Excellent 32% Good 28% Fair 20% Poor
1% Not sure 3* If the
Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican John
McCain, Democrat Barack Obama, Libertarian Bob Barr, Independent Ralph Nader or
Green Party candidate Cynthia Ann McKinney? 49% McCain 47% Obama
1% Barr
1% Nader
0%
2% 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? 29%
National Security Issues 40%
Economic Issues 13%
Domestic Issues 5% Cultural Issues 8% Fiscal Issues 5% Not
sure 6* Overall, which candidate do you trust
more -- Barack Obama or John McCain? 44% Obama 50% McCain 6% Not sure 7* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as
president? 34% Extremely comfortable 11% Very
comfortable 16% Somewhat comfortable 38% Not at
all comfortable 2% Not sure 8* Regardless
of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John McCain as
president? 26% Extremely comfortable 18% Very
comfortable 22% Somewhat comfortable 32% Not at
all comfortable 2% Not sure 9* 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 5% Not sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |