Connecticut

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

September 27, 2007

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

13% Excellent

14% Good

18% Fair

55% Poor

1% Not Sure

2* How do you rate the way that Jodi Rell is performing her role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

24% Excellent

40% Good

26% Fair

9% Poor

2% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Connecticut: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups
Clinton	46%	Clinton	54%	Clinton	54%
Giuliani	40%	Thompson	32%	Romney	31%
Other	8%	Other	9%	Other	9%
Not sure	5%	Not sure	5%	Not sure	6%

4* Suppose John McCain ran for President as an Independent and Joe Lieberman was his Vice Presidential running mate. If you had a choice between Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Rudy Giuliani, and an Independent ticket of John McCain and Joe Lieberman, for whom would you vote?

42% Clinton

29% Giuliani

19% McCain

10% Not sure

5* Favorables

	Clinton	Thompson	Giuliani	Romney	McCain	Lieberman
Very Favorable	27%	7%	23%	12%	16%	19%
Somewhat Favorable	30%	36%	35%	29%	38%	34%
Somewhat Unfavorable	18%	27%	23%	29%	24%	20%
Very Unfavorable	24%	14%	16%	19%	16%	24%
Not sure	1%	16%	3%	11%	5%	3%

7* How likely is it that Chris Dodd will be elected President of the United States in 2008?

2% Very likely

8% Somewhat likely

39% Not very likely

46% Not at all likely

5% Not sure

8* How likely is it that Chris Dodd will be nominated as Vice-President?

5% Very likely

26% Somewhat likely

34% Not very likely

25% Not at all likely

10% Not sure

9* Did Connecticut Voters make the right decision sending Senator Joe Lieberman back to Washington as an Independent?

47% Yes

38% No

15% Not sure

10* Would it be good or bad for America if there were more independent candidates elected to the United States Senate?

58% Good

14% Bad

18% Neither

10% Not sure

11* Within the next 25 years, how likely is it that a third party candidate will be elected President?

17% Very likely

35% Somewhat likely

35% Not very likely

8% Not at all likely

6% Not sure

12* Suppose that Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic Presidential nomination. Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for Clinton if Republican Jodi Rell was selected as her Vice Presidential running mate?

21% More likely

33% Less likely

36% No impact

10% Not sure

13* If Joe Lieberman was selected to run as the Democrats Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate?

19% More likely

40% Less likely

32% No impact

9% Not sure

14* If Joe Lieberman was selected to run as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for the Republican Presidential candidate?

25% More likely

39% Less likely

29% No impact

8% Not sure

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