Missouri General Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 6, 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

19% Good

16% Fair

49% Poor

0% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	45%	McCain	47%
Clinton	43%	Obama	41%
Other	8%	Other	8%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	4%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Clinton	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	17%	23%	17%
Somewhat Favorable	28%	23%	38%
Somewhat Unfavorable	21%	20%	26%
Very Unfavorable	32%	33%	19%
Not sure	2%	2%	2%

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?

45% Economy

14% War in Iraq

8% Immigration

9% National security

7% Health care

2% Social Security

9% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

4% Not sure

5* We’re just about finished… Currently, there is a federal tax of 18 cents per gallon on gasoline. Proposals have been made for a gas tax holiday that would eliminate the gas tax for the summer. Do you favor or oppose a tax holiday to eliminate the federal gas tax for the summer?

50% Favor

40% Oppose

9% Not sure

6* Two of the three major Presidential candidates favor ending the federal gas tax for the summer. One opposes the federal gas tax holiday. Which candidate is opposed to eliminating the federal gas for the summer?

9% Hillary Clinton

12% John McCain

59% Barack Obama

20% Not sure

7*Does the federal government need more tax revenue to fund important national programs such as highway repairs and health care reform?

31% Yes

52% No

17% Not sure

8* Some people are worried that the next President will raise taxes so much that it will harm the economy. How worried are you that the next President will raise taxes too much?

37% Very worried

28% Somewhat worried

23% Not very worried

9% Not at all worried

3% Not sure

9* Some people are worried that the next President will cut taxes so much that it will harm important government programs. How worried are you that the next President will cut taxes too much?

10% Very worried

22% Somewhat worried

40% Not very worried

23% Not at all worried

4% Not sure

10* A proposal has been made to increase the capital gains tax from 15% to 28%. Do you favor or oppose increasing the capital gains tax to 28%?

17% Favor

67% Oppose

16% Not sure

11* If the capital gains tax is increased to 28%, will that help the economy or hurt the economy?

17% Help

58% Hurt

16% Neither

9% Not sure

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