Iowa General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

March 31, 2008

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

16% Excellent

23% Good

14% Fair

45% Poor

1% Not sure

2* How do you rate the way that Chet Culver is performing his role as governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

9% Excellent

32% Good

29% Fair

27% Poor

3% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	51%	McCain	42%
Clinton	36%	Obama	46%
Other	8%	Other	6%
Not sure	5%	Not sure	6%

4* Favorable Ratings for Presidential Candidate

	Clinton	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	15%	29%	15%
Somewhat Favorable	22%	25%	43%
Somewhat Unfavorable	24%	21%	27%
Very Unfavorable	38%	24%	14%
Not sure	1%	1%	2%

5* Favorable Ratings for Senate Candidates

	Harkin	Rathje	Eichhorn
Very Favorable	23%	2%	2%
Somewhat Favorable	31%	15%	13%
Somewhat Unfavorable	16%	19%	17%
Very Unfavorable	23%	5%	5%
Not sure	7%	59%	63%

6. 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?

40% Economy

21% War in Iraq

9% Immigration

9% National security

7% Health care

3% Social Security

6% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

3% Not sure

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

2% Excellent

16% Good

39% Fair

42% Poor

2% Not sure

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

7% Better

75% Worse

13% Staying the same

5% Not sure

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

48% The United States and its allies

20% The terrorists

25% Neither

7% Not sure

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

39% Better

31% Worse

25% Stay about the same

6% Not sure

11. 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?

66% Fair and decent

20% Unfair and discriminatory

14% Not sure

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