National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 24, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of William Ayers?

2% Very favorable
11% Somewhat favorable
24% Somewhat unfavorable
38% Very unfavorable
25% Not sure

2* By continuing to criticize Barack Obama about his relationship with William Ayers, is John McCain helping or hurting his campaign?

28% Helping
50% Hurting
15% No impact
6% Not sure

3* Has Barack Obama told the complete truth to the American people about his relationship with Ayers?

41% Yes

42% No

18% Not sure

4* In terms of how you will vote how important is Obama’s relationship with Ayers?

24% Very important
15% Somewhat important
27% Not very important
30% Not at all important
4% Not sure

5* If Barack Obama is elected President how much influence will William Ayers have on policies of the Obama administration? A lot, a little, hardly any, none at all

15% A lot

18% A little

14% Hardly any

45% None at all
9% Not sure

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