Toplines - Candidate Ideology - May 26-27, 2008

Toplines: Ideology & Party Lines

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

May 26-27, 2008

1* We’re just about finished… In political terms, is Barack Obama very liberal, somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat conservative, or very conservative?

39% Very liberal

33% Somewhat liberal

19% Moderate

2% Somewhat conservative

1% Very conservative

5% Not sure

2* Okay… what about John McCain? Is John McCain very liberal, somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat conservative, or very conservative?

4% Very liberal

13% Somewhat liberal

31% Moderate

33% Somewhat conservative

12% Very conservative

7% Not sure

3* Fine… If Barack Obama is elected President, how likely is it that he will reach across party lines and work effectively with both Republicans and Democrats?

29% Very likely

23% Somewhat likely

23% Not very likely

19% Not at all likely

6% Not sure

4* Great…If John McCain is elected President, how likely is it that he will reach across party lines and work effectively with both Republicans and Democrats?

22% Very likely

41% Somewhat likely

20% Not very likely

12% Not at all likely

6% Not sure

5* Okay… regardless of who you want to win the White House this November, who do you think will win—John McCain or Barack Obama?

48% John McCain

39% Barack Obama

14% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence