Toplines: North Carolina 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?

16% Excellent

17% Good

20% Fair

47% Poor

1% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	51%	McCain	47%
Clinton	40%	Obama	47%
Other	6%	Other	3%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	3%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Clinton	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	14%	32%	20%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	22%	39%
Somewhat Unfavorable	20%	16%	23%
Very Unfavorable	34%	28%	15%
Not sure	3%	2%	3%

4* 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?

41% Economy

19% War in Iraq

10% Immigration

10% National security

6% Health care

2% Social Security

5% Government ethics and corruption

2% Some other issue

5% Not sure

5* Okay…in terms of how you will vote in the North Carolina governor election which of the following issues is most important….the economy and jobs, education, healthcare or immigration?

53% Economy and jobs

17% Education

9% Healthcare

18% Immigration

1% Some other issue

1% Not sure

6* Is it a negative ad when one candidate accurately describes the position of another candidate?

22% Yes

56% No

22% Not sure

7* Do negative campaign advertisements make you more or less likely to vote for the candidate who produced the ad?

7% More likely

57% Less likely

28% No impact

8% Not sure

8* Do the remarks by Reverend Jeremiah Wright, make you more or less likely to vote for Barack Obama?

10% More likely

47% Less likely

38% No impact

5% Not sure

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

77% Yes

9% No

14% Not sure

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

56% Better

15% Worse

19% Neither

10% Not sure

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

55% Yes

41% No

4% Not sure

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

23% Yes

76% No

2% Not sure

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

41% African Americans

25% Women

33% Not sure

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