Wednesday, August 27, 2008
McCain-Obama: Perceptions of Candidates
McCain
Obama
Links
Politically Conservative
68%
12%
A , C , T
Politically Liberal
4%
61%
A , C , T
Iraq Priority: Troops Home
15%
79%
A, C , T
Iraq Priority: Finish Job
75%
10%
A, C , T
Better Leader
46%
38%
A, C , T
Values Closest to Your Own
46%
39%
A, C , T
Candidates' Wives Favorable
50%
55%
A, C , T
Too Old to be President
22%
N/A
A , C , T
Too Inexperienced
N/A
44%
A , C , T
Same Policies as Bush
53%
N/A
A, C , T
Offers Big Govt Solutions
N/A
45%
A, C , T
Govt Spending Will Go Up
32%
52%
A, C , T
Govt Spending Will Go Down
21%
23%
A, C , T
Taxes Will Go Up
20%
54%
A, C , T
Taxes Will Go Down
8%
9%
A, C , T
Views Society As Fair
65%
43%
A , C , T
Views Society As Unfair
14%
44%
A , C , T
select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trends www.rasmussenreports.com
McCain-Obama: Trust on Issues
McCain
Obama
Links
Economy
48%
42%
C , T
National Security
52%
41%
C , T
Energy
43%
46%
C , T
Ethics
41%
47%
C , T
Iraq
46%
43%
C , T
Immigration
39%
38%
C , T
Environment
36%
51%
C , T
Balance Federal Budget
42%
40%
C , T
Negotiate Trade Agreements
40%
42%
C , T
Taxes
43%
40%
C , T
Social Security
40%
40%
C , T
Healthcare
41%
45%
C , T
Education
35%
48%
C , T
Abortion
39%
41%
C , T
Trust on Issues - By Party
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America's Political Mood
Results
Links
Partisan Identification
Dem +8%
A , C, T
Generic Congressional Ballot
Dem +11%
A , C , T
Congress: Excellent/Good
9%
A , C , T
Supreme Court: Excellent/Good
32%
A , C , T
The US is on the Wrong Track
75%
A , C , T
America's Best Days in Future
45%
A , C , T
Bush Job Approval
33%
A , C, T
select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trendswww.rasmussenreports.com
National Tracking: War On Terror
Results
Links
US is Winning the War On Terror
54%
A , C , T
War In Iraq Will be Seen a Success
38%
A , C , T
US is Safer than before 9/11/2001
41%
A , C , T
In 6 months, Iraq Will be Better
48%
A , C , T
Want Troops Home Within a Year
58%
A , C , T
Top Priority: Get Troops Home
52%
A , C , T
Top Priority: Win the War in Iraq
38%
A , C , T
select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trendswww.rasmussenreports.com
National Tracking: Immigration
Yes
No
Gov't Doing Enough to Secure the Borders?
14%
74%
Possible to End Illegal Immigration?
42%
44%
Control of the Border is Most Important?
69%
21%
See article , crosstabs , or trends www.rasmussenreports.com
Most Popular Governor
Ex/Gd
Poor
Links
John Hoeven (R)
72%
6%
A , C , T
Least Popular Governor
Ex/Gd
Poor
Links
Rod Blagojevich (D)
13%
60%
A , C , T
select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trends www.rasmussenreports.com
NOTE: Data on this page is the most current polling data. Since articles are not written for every survey the article linked may be for a prior survey.