Toplines: Oil Drilling

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

June 18, 2008

1* John McCain favors drilling in offshore oil wells to help reduce the price of gas. Barack Obama opposes offshore oil wells and says it would not reduce the price of gas. Should drilling be allowed in offshore oil wells off the coasts of California, Florida, and other states?

62% Yes

27% No

12% Not sure

2* If drilling in offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go down?

21% Very likely

34% Somewhat likely

26% Not very likely

12% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

3* Should the federal government spend 150 billion dollars over ten years on research for renewable and green energy sources?

56% Yes

23% No

21% Not sure

4* Should more nuclear power plants be built in the United States?

51% Yes

33% No

17% Not sure

5* What is more important, reducing the price of gas and oil or protecting the environment?

47% Reducing the price of gas and oil

39% Protecting the environment

14% Not sure

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