Toplines: Better Off

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

May 12-13, 2008

1* Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are going in the right direction or have they gotten off on the wrong track?

15% Right Direction

79% Wrong Track

5% Not sure

2* Are you personally better off than you were four years ago?

37% Yes

53% No
10% Not sure

3* What about the nation… is the United States better off than it was four years ago?

16% Yes

76% No
8% Not sure

4* Looking to the future, will you be better off in four years than you are today?

37% Yes

16% No
46% Not sure

5* Will the United States be better off in four years than it is today?

30% Yes

19% No
51% Not sure

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