Rasmussen Reports

Survey of 1,000 Adults

February 18-19, 2008

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

30% Favor

47% Oppose

23% Not sure

2* Should public funding be provided for all Senate and Congressional races?

19% Yes

59% No

22% Not sure

3* Under current law, a Presidential candidate can accept public funding for his or her campaign or the candidate can refuse the public funding and raise money from private donors. Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate who refused public funding and raised money from private donors?

41% More likely

23% Less likely

29% No impact

7% Not sure

4* Last year, John McCain and Barack Obama indicated that they would both accept public funding for a general election campaign if their opponent would do the same. One of these candidates recently re-affirmed his commitment to accept public funding. Did McCain or Obama re-affirm his commitment to accept public funding rather than raising money from private donors?

27% McCain

16% Obama

56% Not sure

5* What matters most in terms of winning elections, having friendly reporters or raising a lot of campaign contributions?

30% Friendly reporters

29% Raising a lot of campaign contributions

40% Not sure

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