Wisconsin Toplines - June 5, 2008
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Prior survey
Wisconsin General
Election
Survey of 500 Likely
Voters
June 5, 2008
1* How do you rate
the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or
poor?
15% Excellent
16% Good
17% Fair
51% Poor
1% Not
sure
2* How do you rate the way that Jim Doyle is
performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
12% Excellent
27%
Good
32%
Fair
27%
Poor
1% Not Sure
3* 2008 Presidential General Election
Match-Ups
McCain |
43% |
Obama |
45% |
Other |
6% |
Not sure |
6% |
4* Favorable Ratings
|
Obama |
McCain |
Very
Favorable |
30% |
19% |
Somewhat
Favorable |
25% |
41% |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
19% |
17% |
Very
Unfavorable |
24% |
20% |
Not
sure |
3% |
3% |
5*
John McCain recently gave a speech
saying that-- if he is elected President—the United States will win the War in
Iraq during his first term in office. McCain also said that virtually all
combat troops will be home from
39% Win the war
54% Get the troops home
7% Not sure
6* If John McCain is elected President, how likely
is it that the United States will win the War in Iraq?
28% Very likely
20% Somewhat likely
26% Not very likely
20% Not at all likely
5% Not sure
7*
Okay… if Barack Obama is elected
President, how likely is it that the
5% Very
likely
20% Somewhat likely
37% Not very likely
32% Not at all likely
6% Not sure
8*
Fine… If John McCain is elected
President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from
11% Very likely
27% Somewhat likely
31% Not very likely
25% Not at all likely
6% Not sure
9*
Great… If Barack Obama is elected
President, how likely is it that virtually all combat troops will be home from
31% Very likely
33% Somewhat likely
19% Not very likely
9% Not at
all likely
8% Not sure
10*
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
14%
No
20%
Not sure
11*
Generally speaking, does the federal government represent the will of the
people?
14%
Yes
71%
No
14%
Not sure
12*
Suppose that every citizen became deeply involved in
politics, supporting candidates and causes they believed in. Would that make
the
73%
Better
11% Worse
9% No impact
8% 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?
45%
Very confident
39%
Somewhat confident,
12% Not very confident
3% Not at all confident
0% Not sure
14* Are American elections fair to voters?
50% Yes
31%
No
18%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence