Virginia Toplines - March 26, 2008

Virginia

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

March 26, 2008

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

19% Excellent

21% Good

14% Fair

46% Poor

1% Not Sure

2* 2008 Presidential Election

McCain	58%	McCain	52%
Clinton	36%	Obama	41%
Other	4%	Other	3%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	4%

3* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

	Clinton	McCain	Obama
Very Favorable	16%	19%	32%
Somewhat Favorable	21%	45%	21%
Somewhat Unfavorable	24%	25%	19%
Very Unfavorable	37%	9%	28%
Not sure	2%	2%	1%

4* 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?

38% Economy

21% War in Iraq

9% Immigration

14% National security

9% Health care

2% Social Security

4% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

1% Not sure

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

1% Excellent

16% Good

45% Fair

37% Poor

0% Not sure

6* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

9% Better

70% Worse

16% Staying the same

5% Not sure

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

57% United States and its allies

20% Terrorists

19% Neither

4% Not sure

8* Over the next six months, will the situation in Iraq get better or worse?

40% Better

31% Worse

22% Stay about the same

8% Not sure

9* 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?

69% Fair and decent

21% Unfair and discriminatory

10% Not sure

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