Toplines: Candidates’ Wives

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

June 9, 2008

1* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Laura Bush?

39% Very favorable

36% Somewhat favorable

13% Somewhat unfavorable

8% Very unfavorable

5% Not sure

2* Okay… what about Cindy McCain?

17% Very favorable

32% Somewhat favorable

19% Somewhat unfavorable

10% Very unfavorable

22% Not sure

3* Great… what about Michelle Obama?

24% Very favorable

24% Somewhat favorable

17% Somewhat unfavorable

25% Very unfavorable

10% Not sure

4* Fine… In terms of how you will vote for President this year, how important is your perception of the candidate’s wife?

22% Very important

39% Somewhat important

27% Not very important

11% Not at all important

2% Not sure

5* If Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain are campaigning for their husbands, should they receive the same media scrutiny as other senior campaign officials.

53% Yes

33% No

15% Not sure

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