Toplines: Elections

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

May 30-June 1, 2008

1* Some people believe that the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government become a special interest group?

67% Yes
15% No
17% Not sure

2* Generally speaking, does the federal government represent the will of the people?

17% Yes
68% No
15% Not sure

3* Suppose that every citizen became deeply involved in politics, supporting candidates and causes they believed in. Would that make the United States better or worse?

73% Better
8% Worse
9% No Impact
10% Not sure

4* How confident are you that the votes in your state will be accurately counted this year and that the appropriate candidates will be declared as the winner?

36% Very confident

40% Somewhat confident.
18% Not very confident
5% Not at all confident
2% Not sure

5* Are American elections fair to voters?

51% Yes
30% No
19% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence