Toplines - Colin Powell - October 17, 2008

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Toplines - Colin Powell - October 17, 2008

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

1* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Colin Powell?

35% Very favorable
45% Somewhat favorable
11% Somewhat unfavorable
4% Very unfavorable
5% Not sure

2* How likely is it that Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama for President?

14% Very likely
28% Somewhat likely
26% Not very likely
6% Not at all likely
27% Not sure

3* How likely is it that Colin Powell will endorse John McCain for President?

9% Very likely
26% Somewhat likely
31% Not very likely
9% Not at all likely
26% Not sure

4* If Powell endorses one of the candidates, how likely is that to have an influence on the way that you will vote?

5% Very likely
7% Somewhat likely
26% Not very likely
57% Not at all likely
5% Not sure

5* Would Colin Powell make a better President than either Barack Obama or John McCain?

23% Yes
43% No
34% Not sure

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