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Toplines - Obama's Speech - March 19-20, 2008

Toplines: Obama Speech

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

March 19-20, 2008

1* We’re just about finished… how closely have you followed news stories about Barack Obama’s speech on race and national unity?

50% Very closely
32% Somewhat closely

13% Not very closely

3% Not at all

2% Not sure

2* Have you seen or heard at least part of Obama’s speech?

84% Yes

10% No

5% Not sure

3* How do you rate Obama’s speech? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

30% Excellent
21% Good
26% Fair

21% Poor

1% Not sure

4* How concerned are you about Obama’s relationship with his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright?

42% Very concerned
14% Somewhat concerned
19% Not very concerned

21% Not at all concerned

4% Not sure

5* Was Barack Obama’s speech racially divisive, unifying, or neither?

21% Divisive
30% Unifying

37% Neither

13% Not sure

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