Toplines: Florida General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

April 10, 2008

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

14% Excellent

22% Good

17% Fair

45% Poor

1% Not sure

3* How do you rate the way that Charlie Crist his performing his roll as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

16% Excellent

35% Good

29% Fair

16% Poor

4% Not sure

4* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	44%	McCain	53%
Clinton	45%	Obama	38%
Other	9%	Other	7%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	3%

5* Favorable Ratings

	Clinton	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	20%	24%	20%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	18%	42%
Somewhat Unfavorable	17%	27%	25%
Very Unfavorable	30%	29%	13%
Not sure	2%	2%	1%

6* When thinking about how you will vote in the next 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?

38% Economy

19% War in Iraq

8% Immigration

14% National security

10% Health care

2% Social Security

3% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

5% Not sure

7* If Governor Charlie Crist was selected to run as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for John McCain?

30% More likely

31% Less likely

31% No impact

8% Not sure

8* Now that Fidel Castro has been replaced by his brother Raul as President of Cuba, should the United States lift its trade embargo on Cuba?

37% Yes
37% No

26% Not sure

9* With the beginning of the hurricane season coming up, do you expect there to be more hurricanes, less hurricanes, or about the same number of hurricanes as last year?

27% More
6% Less

59% About the same

8% Not sure

10* Predictions indicate that 2008 will be an active hurricane season. Are you better prepared this year, less prepared this year or about the same?

24% More prepared

10% Less prepared

66% About the same

0% Not sure

11* Are yearly prediction of hurricane activity usually right or wrong?

23% Right

52% Wrong

25% Not sure

15* Are relations between white Americans and black Americans better today than they were in the 1960s?

77% Yes

17% No

6% Not sure

16* These days, are relations between white and black Americans getting better or worse?

64% Better

15% Worse

18% Neither

2% Not sure

17* Within the past week, have you shared a meal with a person of a different racial background?

51% Yes

44% No

4% Not sure

18* Within the past week, have you personally witnessed any racial discrimination?

18% Yes

80% No

3% Not sure

19* Is there more discrimination against African-Americans or against women?

50% African Americans

22% Women

28% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence