Arkansas Toplines - June 12, 2008

Arkansas General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

June 12, 2008

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

16% Excellent

15% Good

14% Fair

54% Poor

0% Not sure

2* How do you rate the way that Mike Beebe is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

24% Excellent

41% Good

26% Fair

7% Poor

1% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	48%
Obama	39%
Other	8%
Not sure	5%

4* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	25%	21%
Somewhat Favorable	20%	36%
Somewhat Unfavorable	18%	19%
Very Unfavorable	36%	21%
Not sure	2%	3%

5* Should Barack Obama select Hillary Clinton as his Vice-Presidential running mate?

42% Yes

38% No

20% Not sure

6* Is John McCain too old to be President?

27% Yes

67% No

6% Not sure

7*Is Barack Obama too inexperienced to be President?

56% Yes

33% No

10% Not sure

8* When it comes to the situation in Iraq, which is the more important goal for the next president to accomplish during his first term…winning the war or getting the troops home?

39% Winning the war

52% Getting the troops home

9% Not sure

9* Fine… If John McCain is elected President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from Iraq by the end of his first term in office?

11% Very likely

22% Somewhat likely

35% Not very likely

25% Not at all likely

6% Not sure

10* Okay… If Barack Obama is elected President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from Iraq by the end of his first term in office?

30% Very likely

33% Somewhat likely

20% Not very likely

11% Not at all likely

6% Not sure

11* Some people believe that the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government become a special interest group?

70% Yes
10% No
20% Not sure

12* Generally speaking, does the federal government represent the will of the people?

12% Yes
74% No
14% Not sure

13* How confident are you that the votes in your state will be accurately counted this year and that the appropriate candidates will be declared as the winner?

42% Very confident

40% Somewhat confident

12% Not very confident

3% Not at all confident

2% Not sure

14* Are American elections fair to voters?

46% Yes

37% No

17% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.