From The Hotline Latest Edition for Thursday, April 17,2008

NORTH CAROLINA (5/6 PRIMARY)

Go Whalers!

Thu. Apr. 17, 2008


A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll; conducted 4/10-14 by Interviewing Service of America, Inc.; surveyed 691; margin of error +/- 4% (release, 4/17).

Regardless Of Your WH '08 Choice, Which Candidate ___?

-                                       All       Men       Women
-                                       Cli Oba   Cli Oba   Cli Oba
Would best handle health care           48% 28%   47% 30%   49% 26%
Better understands trade issues         44  29    43  28    45  29
Better understands U.S. economic issues 37  39    29  45    42  35
Would make best mil. commander-in-chief 28  45    23  51    32  40
Would change the ways of Washington     19  54    15  55    22  54
Has better foreclosure crisis solutions 19  28    16  37    21  21
Has more honesty and integrity          16  51    11  58    20  47

Which Issue/Problem Is The Top Priority For WH Candidates To Address?

-              All Men Wom Wht Blk
Economy        56% 61% 53% 61% 44%
Iraq           43  44  42  41  47
Health care    23  17  27  24  20
Immigration     6   6   6   8  --
Terrorism       6   6   6   7   4
Environment     4   5   4   5   4
Education       4   4   4   4   5
Social issues   3   2   4   3   4
Other/none      9   7  13   7  15

Is The U.S. Economy Doing Well/Badly?

-              All Men Wom Wht Blk
Very well       3%  3%  2%  2%  4%
Fairly well    11  11  11   9  16
Fairly badly   30  24  35  33  23
Very badly     54  61  49  55  54

Will The U.S. Economy Play An Important Role In Your WH '08 Choice?

-           All Men Wom Wht Blk
Yes         84% 81% 85% 84% 82%
No          14  17  12  14  14

Is The U.S. In An Economic Recession?

-           All Men Wom Wht Blk
Yes         81% 86% 78% 82% 80%
No          14   9  17  13  17

Has Free Int'l Trade Generally Helped/Hurt The U.S. Economy?

-           All Men Wom Wht Blk
Helped      14% 22   9% 13% 16%
Hurt        61  61  61  63  57
No diff.     9   7  10   9   9

All In All, Was The Situation In Iraq Worth Going To War Over?

-       All Men Wom Wht Blk
Yes     13% 16% 12% 17%  4%
No      83  82  83  78  94