Toplines - Tennessee Presidential Election - October 16, 2008

Tennessee Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted October 16, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

12% Excellent

25% Good

15% Fair

46% Poor

1% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	54%
Obama	42%
Some Other Candidate	1%
Not sure	3%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Obama	McCain
Very favorable	32%	32%
Somewhat favorable	13%	31%
Somewhat unfavorable	14%	15%
Very unfavorable	40%	21%
Not sure	1%	1%

4* 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?

19% National Security Issues

44% Economic Issues

9% Domestic Issues

10% Cultural Issues

10% Fiscal Issues

8% Not sure

5* Do you know anyone voting against Barack Obama because of his race?

29% Yes
63% No
9% Not sure

6* Do you agree or disagree with the Economic Rescue Plan passed by Congress recently?

21% Agree
57% Disagree
22% Not sure

7* Will the rescue plan help the economy, hurt the economy or have no impact on the economy?

28% Help
23% Hurt
29% No impact

21% Not sure

8* Given current economic conditions, would tax policy would be best to help spur economic growth? Would it be better to have higher taxes, lower taxes, or the same level of taxes?

8% Higher
60% Lower
26% Keep the same
7% Not sure

9* Suppose taxes were increased on people who make more than $250,000 a year. Would raising taxes for people who make more than $250,000 a year be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

44% Good for the economy

38% Bad

12% No impact

6% Not sure

10* When people sell stocks, bonds, and other assets for a profit, they pay a capital gains tax. Would raising the capital gains tax be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

23% Good for the economy

53% Bad

13% No impact

11% Not sure

11* Has Barack Obama’s campaign been generally positive, generally negative, or somewhere in between?

39% Generally positive
32% Generally negative

27% Somewhere in between

2% Not sure

12* Has John McCain’s campaign been generally positive, generally negative, or somewhere in between?

25% Generally positive
37% Generally negative

37% Somewhere in between

2% Not sure

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