North Carolina

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

October 17, 2007

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

20% Excellent

18% Good

16% Fair

46% Poor

1% Not Sure

2* How do you rate the way that Mike Easley is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

10% Excellent

37% Good

33% Fair

19% Poor

2% Not Sure

3* In the 2008 Election for the U.S. Senate suppose you had a choice between Republican Elizabeth Dole and Democrat Mike Easley. If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Elizabeth Dole or Democrat Mike Easley?

42% Dole

50% Easley

3% Some other candidate

4% Not sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Giuliani	44%	Thompson	44%	McCain	43%	Romney	41%
Clinton	43%	Clinton	44%	Clinton	43%	Clinton	46%
Other	10%	Other	10%	Other	11%	Other	10%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	2%	Not sure	3%	Not sure	4%

4* Favorables for Candidates

	Clinton	Thompson	Giuliani	Romney	McCain	Dole	Easley
Very Favorable	26%	16%	23%	12%	15%	28%	22%
Somewhat Favorable	20%	34%	28%	30%	34%	25%	36%
Somewhat Unfavorable	14%	26%	23%	26%	25%	19%	20%
Very Unfavorable	37%	15%	20%	21%	19%	22%	18%
Not sure	3%	9%	5%	12%	7%	6%	4%

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?

22% Withdraw all combat troops immediately

33% Bring combat troops home within a year

41% Stay until the mission is complete

4% Not sure

6) Should North Carolina move its Presidential primary to an earlier date to play a bigger role in presidential politics?

39% Yes

43% No

18% Not sure

7) How much does it matter what date North Carolina chooses to hold its Presidential Primary

24% Very much

36% Somewhat

24% Not very much

8% Not at all

9% Not sure

8) In terms of how you will vote for President in 2008, which of the following is the most important issue?

24% Economy

21% War on Terror

18% War in Iraq

11% Immigration

9% Healthcare

5% Other

4% Environment

8% Not sure

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

71% Very important

17% Somewhat important

8% Not very important

2% Not at all important

2% Not sure

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

28% Very important

20% Somewhat important

20% Not very important

25% Not at all important

7% Not sure

11) Suppose North Carolina had to choose between deporting as many illegal immigrants as it can or accepting those who are here already but blocking more illegal immigrants from entering the state. Which would you choose?

53% Deporting as many illegal immigrants as it can

37% Accepting those who are here already

10% Not sure

12) State and local governments often use tax breaks and other economic incentives to attract businesses and jobs. Should governments offer tax breaks and economic incentives to attract businesses?

53% Yes

29% No

18% Not sure

13) Are tax breaks and other economic incentives offered to businesses Too generous or not generous enough?

52% Too generous

21% Not generous enough

16% About right

10% Not sure

14) When it comes to separation of Church and State, does government go too far in regulating expressions of God and faith in public, not far enough, or is it about right.

66% Too far

12% Not far enough

18% About right

4% Not sure

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