Toplines - VPs - June 6, 2008
Toplines: VPs
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
June 6, 2008
1* Should John McCain reach across party lines to pick Senator Joseph
Lieberman as his Vice-Presidential running mate?
18% Yes
42% No
40% Not sure
2* Suppose that Barack Obama picked Hillary Clinton as his
running mate and John McCain picked Joe Lieberman. If the election were held
today would you vote for Barack Obama as President and Hillary Clinton as Vice
President or for John McCain as President and Joe Lieberman as Vice President?
46%
Obama and Clinton
44%
McCain and Lieberman
10%
Not sure
3* How
important is it for McCain to seek a much-younger running mate to counter
questions about his age?
18% Very important
29% Somewhat important
39% Not very important
9% Not at all important
5% Not sure
4* Given the historic nature of the Obama candidacy, should
McCain pick a woman or minority as his running mate?
13% Yes
47% No
40% Not sure
5* In
terms of how you will vote for President this year, how important are the Vice
Presidential candidates?
36% Very important
45% Somewhat important
15% Not very important
2% Not at all important
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
