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Alabama General Election Toplines - April 2, 2008

Alabama General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

April 2, 2008

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

21% Excellent

21% Good

14% Fair

42% Poor

0% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain

51%

McCain

55%

Clinton

40%

Obama

37%

Other

7%

Other

6%

Not sure

2%

Not sure

3%

3* Favorable Ratings

Clinton

Obama

McCain

Very Favorable

23%

28%

23%

Somewhat Favorable

23%

11%

37%

Somewhat Unfavorable

16%

20%

22%

Very Unfavorable

35%

39%

14%

Not sure

3%

3%

4%

4. When thinking about how you will vote in the presidential election, which of the following issues is most important—the economy, the War in Iraq, immigration, national security, health care, Social Security, or government ethics and corruption?

46% Economy

16% War in Iraq

8% Immigration

14% National security

5% Health care

2% Social Security

4% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

3% Not sure

5. How closely have you followed recent news stories on Don Siegleman?

33% Very closely
42% Somewhat closely
18% Not very closely
6% Not at all
1% Not sure

6. How likely is it that the prosecution of former governor Don Siegelman was politically motivated?

32% Very likely
27% Somewhat likely
21% Not very likely
11% Not at all likely
9% Not sure

7. Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable opinion of Don Siegleman?

13% Very favorable
28% Somewhat favorable
27% Somewhat unfavorable
26% Very unfavorable
6% Not sure

8. Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

3% Excellent

15% Good

40% Fair

42% Poor

1% Not sure

9. Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

12% Better

67% Worse

15% Staying the same

6% Not sure

10. Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

52% The United States and its allies

21% The terrorists

18% Neither

9% Not sure

11. Over the next six months, will the situation in Iraq get better or worse?

37% Better

35% Worse

17% Stay about the same

11% Not sure

12. Some people say that American society is generally fair and decent. Others say it is basically unfair and discriminatory. Which do you believe is more accurate?

58% Fair and decent

31% Unfair and discriminatory

11% Not sure

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