Toplines - Biden as VP - August 23, 2008

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Toplines - Biden as VP - August 23, 2008

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
By Rasmussen Reports
August 17, 2008

1*Earlier today, Barack Obama named Joe Biden to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Was this the right choice for Obama to make?

39% Yes
25% No
35% Not sure

2* With Joe Biden as his running mate, are you more likely or less likely to vote for Barack Obama?

32% More likely
32% Less likely

30% No impact
5% Not sure

3* If necessary, is Joe Biden ready to be President?

39% Yes
35% No
26% Not sure

4*In political terms, is Joe Biden very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal, or very liberal?

3% Very conservative
7% Somewhat conservative

33% Moderate
25% Somewhat liberal
18% Very liberal

15% Not sure

62-29*Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of Joe Biden?

20% Very favorable
28% Somewhat favorable
19% Somewhat unfavorable
19% Very unfavorable
15% Not familiar with Joe Biden
3% Not sure

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