Political Tracking Survey Toplines

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

October 22-23, 2007

1* Favorables

	Clinton	Thompson	Giuliani	Obama
Very Favorable	22%	11%	17%	15%
Somewhat Favorable	24%	32%	34%	32%
Somewhat Unfavorable	17%	28%	26%	21%
Very Unfavorable	35%	16%	21%	27%
Not sure	2%	13%	3%	5%

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Giuliani	46%	Thompson	45%
Clinton	44%	Clinton	47%
Other	8%	Other	5%
Not sure	2%	Not sure	3%

3* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

43% United States and its allies

30% Terrorists

22% Neither

5% Not sure

4* Over the next six months, will the situation in Iraq get better or worse?

29% Better

39% Worse

25% Stay about the same

7% Not sure

5* In the long run, will America’s mission in Iraq be judged a success or a failure?

35% Success

49% Failure

16% Not sure

6* Overall, how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

10% Excellent

20% Good

18% Fair

50% Poor

1% Not sure

7* Is the United States today safer than it was before the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

41% Yes

38% No

20% Not sure

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