Toplines - Connecticut Presidential Election - September 16, 2008
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Prior Survey
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Survey of 500 Likely Voters
September 16, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role
as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
12% Excellent
15% Good
13% Fair
59% Poor
1% Not sure
2* How do you
rate the way that Jodi Rell is performing his role as
Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
23% Excellent
35% Good
28% Fair
12% Poor
2% Not sure
3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups
McCain |
41% |
Obama |
53% |
Other |
0% |
Not sure |
5% |
4* Favorable Ratings
|
Obama |
McCain |
Biden |
Palin |
Very Favorable |
39% |
26% |
28% |
32% |
Somewhat Favorable |
22% |
28% |
30% |
14% |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
17% |
21% |
18% |
15% |
Very Unfavorable |
20% |
23% |
19% |
36% |
Not sure |
1% |
2% |
5% |
3% |
5* In terms of how you will vote for President, are you primarily
interested in National Security issues such as the War with Iraq and the War on
Terror, Economic issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic Issues like
Social Security and Health Care, Cultural issues such as same-sex marriage and
abortion, or Fiscal issues such as taxes and government spending?
26% National Security
Issues
48% Economic Issues
8% Domestic Issues
5% Cultural Issues
8% Fiscal Issues
6% Not sure
6* Barack Obama named Joe
Biden to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Was this the right choice for
Obama to make?
36%
Yes
39% No
25% Not sure
7* John McCain named Sarah
Palin to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Was this the right choice for
McCain to make?
44%
Yes
45% No
11% Not sure
8* In political terms, is Joe Biden very conservative, somewhat
conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal, or very liberal?
1% Very conservative
9% Somewhat conservative
36% Moderate
27% Somewhat liberal
21% Very liberal
6% Not sure
9* In political terms, is
Sarah Palin very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal, or very liberal?
57%
Very
conservative
25% Somewhat conservative
8% Moderate
3% Somewhat liberal
3% Very liberal
3% Not sure
10* When you vote for President this
year, will you be voting with enthusiasm for your candidate or voting primarily
against the other candidate?
68% Voting with enthusiasm for your
candidate
25%
Voting primarily against the other candidate
7% Not sure
NOTE:
Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of
confidence