Toplines: Election 2008

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

June 15, 2008

1* Some people say that there’s not all that much difference between what Barack Obama and John McCain would actually do as President. Do you agree or disagree?

14% Agree

77% Disagree

9% Not sure

2* What is the most likely outcome of this year’s election—a landslide victory for Obama? A modest victory for Obama? A modest victory for McCain? A landslide for McCain? Or is it too close to call?

13% Obama landslide

31% Modest Obama victory

22% Modest McCain victory

5% McCain landslide

26% Too close to call

3% Not sure

3* Was the election campaign between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton be exciting, boring, or somewhere in between?

37% Exciting

21% Boring

39% Somewhere in between

3% Not sure

4* Okay… will the election campaign between Barack Obama and John McCain be exciting, boring, or somewhere in between?

29% Exciting

16% Boring

51% Somewhere in between

4% Not sure

5* Thinking of today only, how much time have you spent talking with family and friends about politics and the election?

21% None

18% Less than 15 minutes

23% 15 minutes to a half hour

14% Half hour to an hour

22% More than an hour

2% Not sure

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