Maryland

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

October 24, 2007

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

16% Excellent

16% Good

13% Fair

54% Poor

1% Not Sure

2* How do you rate the way that Martin O’Malley is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

9% Excellent

25% Good

33% Fair

30% Poor

4% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Maryland: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups
Clinton	46%	Clinton	49%	Clinton	47%	Clinton	52%
Giuliani	41%	Thompson	37%	McCain	40%	Huckabee	31%
Other	9%	Other	10%	Other	9%	Other	11%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	4%	Not sure	4%	Not sure	6%

4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

	Clinton	Thompson	Giuliani	Huckabee	McCain
Very Favorable	25%	10%	23%	9%	15%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	38%	32%	30%	34%
Somewhat Unfavorable	14%	26%	24%	27%	30%
Very Unfavorable	30%	15%	16%	16%	16%
Not sure	2%	11%	5%	18%	6%

5. When it comes to the War in Iraq, should the United States withdraw all combat troops immediately, bring the combat troops home within a year, or stay until the mission is completed?

25% Withdraw all combat troops immediately

42% Bring combat troops home within a year

29% Stay until the mission is complete

4% Not sure

6. How important is it for the government to improve its enforcement of the borders and reduce illegal immigration?

64% Very important

19% Somewhat important

13% Not very important

2% Not at all important

1% Not sure

7*How important is it for the government to legalize the status of illegal aliens already in the United States?

25% Very important

29% Somewhat important

24% Not very important

18% Not at all important

4% Not sure

8* A proposal has been made to legalize slot machines as a way to raise revenue for the state of Maryland. Do you favor or oppose the legalization of slot machines?

60% Favor

30% Oppose

10% Not sure

9* Should the state of Maryland provide financial assistance to Maryland's horse racing industry?

28% Yes

55% No

17% Not sure

10* The state government is currently projecting a significant budget deficit. The Governor has proposed raising the state sales tax to 6% to cover the deficit and balance the state budget. Do you favor or oppose raising the state sales tax to balance the budget?

27% Favor

66% Oppose

  7% Not sure

11* Will a White House wedding for Jenna Bush improve the image of President Bush?

10% Yes

73% No

17% Not sure

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