Virginia Toplines - January 2, 2008

Virginia

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

January 2, 2008

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

22% Excellent

24% Good

13% Fair

41% Poor

0% 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

35% Good

31% Fair

16% Poor

2% Not Sure

3* 2008 Virginia Senate Election

Warner	53%
Gilmore	38%
Other	5%
Not sure	4%

4* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Romney	44%	McCain	49%	Romney	41%	McCain	45%
Clinton	43%	Clinton	38%	Obama	47%	Obama	43%
Other	10%	Other	9%	Other	8%	Other	10%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	4%	Not sure	3%	Not sure	3%

5* Favorables for Presidential & Senatorial Candidates

	Clinton	Romney	Obama	McCain	Warner	Gilmore
Very Favorable	21%	9%	29%	18%	31%	12%
Somewhat Favorable	26%	42%	27%	47%	32%	33%
Somewhat Unfavorable	15%	29%	24%	22%	22%	27%
Very Unfavorable	38%	13%	18%	9%	10%	20%
Not sure	1%	7%	2%	4%	5%	8%

6* How much will early presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire impact your decision on which candidate to support? Very much, somewhat, not at all

3% Very much

29% Somewhat

65% Not at all

3% Not sure

7* More than 25 states will hold primaries or caucuses before the Virginia primary on February 12. Will the Virginia primary make much of a difference in terms of who wins the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations?

23% Yes

44% No

33% Not sure

8* When thinking about how you will vote in the next 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?

23% Economy

23% War in Iraq

16% Immigration

16% National security

9% Health care

2% Social Security

6% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

3% Not sure

9* Should Virginia's Abusive Driver Fees be repealed in 2008?

64% Yes

21% No

15% Not sure

10* Should English be the official language of the United States?

84% Yes

12% No

4% Not sure

11* Should a company be allowed to require that it’s employees speak English while on the job?

74% Yes

15% No

11% Not sure

12* Is requiring workers to speak English a form of racism and bigotry?

15% Yes

78% No

7% Not sure

13* Should election ballots and other official government documents be printed in English only or should they be printed in both English and Spanish?

55% English only

39% Both English and Spanish

6% Not sure

14* How important is it for people living in the United States to speak and understand English?

82% Very important

17% Somewhat important

1% Not very important

0% Not at all important

0% Not sure

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