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Utah Toplines - December 5, 2007

Utah

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

December 5, 2007

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

19% Excellent

34% Good

17% Fair

29% Poor

0% Not Sure

2* How do you rate the way that John Huntsman, Jr. is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

28% Excellent

40% Good

23% Fair

7% Poor

2% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Romney

74%

Romney

72%

Romney

74%

Giuliani

62%

Huckabee

60%

Clinton

21%

Obama

24%

Edwards

21%

Clinton

26%

Clinton

26%

Other

4%

Other

3%

Other

3%

Other

10%

Other

10%

Not sure

2%

Not sure

1%

Not sure

2%

Not sure

2%

Not sure

4%

4* Favorables

Clinton

Huckabee

Giuliani

Obama

Romney

Edwards

Very favorable

11%

10%

9%

15%

61%

10%

Somewhat favorable

17%

41%

42%

34%

20%

33%

Somewhat Unfavorable

20%

24%

31%

30%

10%

28%

Very Unfavorable

50%

9%

14%

17%

8%

24%

Not sure

1%

15%

4%

3%

1%

5%

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?

13% Withdraw all combat troops immediately

32% Bring combat troops home within a year

51% Stay until the mission is complete

4% Not sure


6* Was the initial decision to go to war in Iraq a mistake?

38% Yes

47% No

15% Not sure

7* Utah’s Presidential Primary is scheduled for February 5. Will the Utah primary make much of a difference in terms of who wins the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations?

17% Yes

64% No

18% Not sure

8* Should Utah public schools randomly test student athletes for illegal substances such as drugs and alcohol?

74% Yes

17% No

9% Not sure

9* Should student athletes be suspended from games and other school activities if they test positive for illegal substances such as drugs and alcohol?

88% Yes

8% No

4% Not sure

10* If a family speaks only Spanish, should Utah schools be required to communicate with that family in Spanish?

18% Yes

72% No

9% Not sure

11* Do you favor or oppose a proposal to ban junk food in school vending machines?

53% Favor

38% Oppose

10% Not sure

12* Would you favor or oppose an initiative requiring taxpayer approval for all property tax increases that exceed the rate of inflation?

68% Favor

19% Oppose

13% Not sure


13* How serious a problem is Global Warming?

31% Very serious

33% Somewhat serious

23% Not very serious

11% Not at all serious

3% Not sure

14* Is Global Warming caused primarily by human activity or by long term planetary trends?

32% Human activity

47% Long-term planetary trends

6% Some other reason

15% Not sure

15* This holiday season, will you spend more or less on gifts than you did last year?

22% More than last year

47% Less than last year

30% About the same

1% Not sure

16*How important is it to recycle?

67% Very important

27% Somewhat important

4% Not very important

1% Not at all important

1% Not sure

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