Toplines: Campaign Finance

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

April 14-15, 2008

1* Generally speaking, do you favor or oppose public funding of Presidential campaigns?

31% Favor
52% Oppose

17% Not sure

2* How Likely is John McCain to accept public funding in the Presidential election this year?

31% Very likely

26% Somewhat likely

11% Not very likely

4% Not at all likely

28% Not sure

3* How Likely is Barack Obama to accept public funding in the Presidential election this year?

41% Very likely

18% Somewhat likely

12% Not very likely

8% Not at all likely

21% Not sure

4* Suppose John McCain refused to accept public funding, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

36% More likely

19% Less likely

42% No impact

3% Not sure

5* Suppose Barack Obama refused to accept public funding, would you be more or less likely to vote for him?

25% More likely

22% Less likely

49% No impact

4% Not sure

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