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Toplines - Montana Presidential Election - July 1, 2008

Montana General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

July 1, 2008

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

18% Excellent

19% Good

14% Fair

48% Poor

1% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

43%

Obama

48%

Other

4%

Not sure

5%

4* Favorable Ratings

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

32%

24%

Somewhat Favorable

25%

34%

Somewhat Unfavorable

16%

24%

Very Unfavorable

25%

16%

Not sure

1%

2%

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

29% Yes

52% No

19% Not sure

6* Is John McCain too old to be President?

25% Yes

68% No

7% Not sure

7*Is Barack Obama too inexperienced to be President?

42% Yes

48% 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?

44% Winning the war

50% Getting the troops home

6% Not sure

9* 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?

66% Yes

17% No

17% Not sure

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

19% Yes

69% No

12% Not sure

11*John McCain favors drilling in offshore oil wells to help reduce the price of gas. Barack Obama opposes offshore oil wells and says it would not reduce the price of gas. Should drilling be allowed in offshore oil wells off the coasts of California, Florida, and other states?

66% Yes

25% No

9% Not sure

12* If drilling in offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go down?

21% Very likely

30% Somewhat likely

32% Not very likely

12% Not at all likely

4% Not sure

13* Is free trade good or bad for the United States economy?

40% Good

29% Bad

19% Neither

12% Not sure

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