Wednesday, September 24, 2008
McCain-Obama: Perceptions of Candidates
McCain
Obama
Links
Politically Conservative
68%
10%
A , C , T
Politically Liberal
5%
67%
A , C , T
Iraq Priority: Troops Home
9%
12%
A, C , T
Iraq Priority: Finish Job
84%
12%
A, C , T
Better Leader
49%
41%
A, C , T
Values Closest to Your Own
50%
42%
A, C , T
Candidates' Wives Favorable
52%
55%
A, C , T
Too Old to be President
29%
N/A
A , C , T
Too Inexperienced
N/A
46%
A , C , T
Same Policies as Bush
49%
N/A
A, C , T
Offers Big Govt Solutions
N/A
46%
A, C , T
Govt Spending Will Go Up
34%
55%
A, C , T
Govt Spending Will Go Down
29%
18%
A, C , T
Taxes Will Go Up
24%
45%
A, C , T
Taxes Will Go Down
10%
20%
A, C , T
Views Society As Fair
68%
47%
A , C , T
Views Society As Unfair
16%
45%
A , C , T
select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trends www.rasmussenreports.com
McCain-Obama: Trust on Issues
McCain
Obama
Links
Economy
42%
51%
C , T
National Security
48%
46%
C , T
Energy
44%
48%
C , T
Ethics
44%
49%
C , T
Iraq
45%
46%
C , T
Immigration
40%
43%
C , T
Environment
37%
54%
C , T
Balance Federal Budget
43%
47%
C , T
Negotiate Trade Agreements
43%
47%
C , T
Taxes
48%
43%
C , T
Social Security
43%
45%
C , T
Healthcare
42%
49%
C , T
Education
40%
48%
C , T
Abortion
43%
41%
C , T
Trust on Issues - By Party
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America's Political Mood
Results
Links
Partisan Identification
Dem +6%
A , C, T
Generic Congressional Ballot
Dem +6%
A , C , T
Congress: Excellent/Good
11%
A , C , T
Supreme Court: Excellent/Good
32%
A , C , T
The US is on the Wrong Track
73%
A , C , T
America's Best Days in Future
44%
A , C , T
Bush Job Approval
34%
A , C, T
select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trendswww.rasmussenreports.com
National Tracking: War On Terror
Results
Links
US is Winning the War On Terror
55%
A , C , T
War In Iraq Will be Seen a Success
41%
A , C , T
US is Safer than before 9/11/2001
46%
A , C , T
In 6 months, Iraq Will be Better
48%
A , C , T
Want Troops Home Within a Year
58%
A , C , T
Top Priority: Get Troops Home
47%
A , C , T
Top Priority: Win the War in Iraq
42%
A , C , T
select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trendswww.rasmussenreports.com
National Tracking: Immigration
Yes
No
Gov't Doing Enough to Secure the Borders?
14%
74%
Possible to End Illegal Immigration?
42%
44%
Control of the Border is Most Important?
69%
21%
See article , crosstabs , or trends www.rasmussenreports.com
Most Popular Governor
Ex/Gd
Poor
Links
Bobby Jindal (R)
77%
3%
A , C , T
Least Popular Governor
Ex/Gd
Poor
Links
Rod Blagojevich (D)
12%
60%
A , C , T
select above: A for article, C for crosstabs, T for trends www.rasmussenreports.com
NOTE: Data on this page is the most current polling data. Since articles are not written for every survey the article linked may be for a prior survey.