National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 14, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Which Democratic candidate would do better against John McCain in the general election…Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?

45% Obama

38% Clinton

18% Not sure

2* How would you rate the way that Hillary Clinton has conducted herself since quitting the Democratic presidential race…Excellent, Good, Fair or Poor?

20% Excellent

34% Good

29% Fair

13% Poor

5% Not sure

3* It was announced by the Clinton and Obama campaigns today that Hillary Clinton’s name will be placed in nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Will this help or hurt Barack Obama’s efforts to unify the Democratic Party?

33% Help

40% Hurt

16% No Impact

11% Not sure

4* How likely is it that Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination for President?

7% Very likely

15% Somewhat likely

38% Not very likely

33% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

5* Do have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Hillary Clinton?

22% Very favorable

27% Somewhat favorable

23% Somewhat unfavorable

26% Very unfavorable

2% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence