Conducted 4/30-5/3 by FD; surveyed 803 RVs; margin of error +/- 3% (release, 5/9).
WH '08 General Election Matchups
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Dem H. Clinton 46% 11% 35% 81% 41% 7% 24% 80% 40% 6% 78% J. McCain 43 84 47 11 50 89 56 14 48 84 16 Undec 8 5 16 5 7 3 16 4 9 7 7
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Dem B. Obama 47% 13% 33% 82% 44% 10% 34% 78% 48% 11% 84% J. McCain 43 82 44 12 46 85 46 15 40 82 8 Undec 7 4 17 4 8 4 14 6 9 5 6
- Now 3/31 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem H. Clinton 44% 9% 33% 77% 39% 7% 26% 76% J. McCain 42 84 40 11 46 87 47 13 R. Nader 4 1 10 5 5 1 8 4 Undec 8 5 17 5 7 4 14 5
- Now 3/31 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem B. Obama 45% 13% 32% 81% 41% 9% 32% 74% J. McCain 40 80 38 10 45 84 44 15 R. Nader 5 1 11 4 3 2 5 2 Undec 7 4 19 3 8 4 14 7
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Generic Dem 49% 11% 42% 85% 46% 11% 30% 86% 46% 9% 36% 87% Generic GOP 35 77 27 6 38 81 34 6 35 79 32 5 Neither 4 3 7 1 5 3 15 2 5 3 13 2 Undec 12 9 24 8 10 6 21 6 14 8 20 6
Fav/Unfav
- Now GOP Ind Dem 3/31 2/17 B. Obama 52%/39% 33%/58% 44%/44% 72%/20% 56%/37% 57%/33% B. Clinton 49 /47 17 /81 46 /50 76 /20 45 /51 55 /41 J. McCain 48 /39 76 /18 57 /29 24 /62 58 /32 56 /30 H. Clinton 46 /48 20 /77 44 /49 69 /26 43 /53 54 /40 G. Bush 32 /63 62 /36 32 /63 9 /87 36 /61 38 /58 R. Nader 24 /48 19 /57 33 /40 25 /46 22 /46 na
Regardless Of Your WH '08 Choice, Who Has The Best Chances In Nov.?
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Generic Dem 53% 29% 51% 76% 50% 29% 37% 76% 56% 33% 48% 82% Generic GOP 32 55 30 15 33 53 35 14 25 49 25 10 Neither 2 2 1 1 3 2 8 * 3 4 3 1 Undec 13 14 18 9 14 15 20 9 16 14 23 7
Direction Of U.S.
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Right dir. 14% 27% 13% 5% 17% 31% 17% 5% 21% 38% 12% 10% Wrong dir. 75 56 74 90 74 57 74 89 69 49 79 83
Bush As POTUS
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Approve 33% 64% 28% 11% 35% 67% 34% 11% 39% 70% 44% 11% Disapprove 63 34 62 87 62 32 61 88 57 26 55 86
Congress Job Approval
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Approve 18% 13% 12% 23% 23% 22% 20% 27% 28% 30% 22% 31% Disapprove 75 82 78 68 72 75 75 66 63 64 72 59
Bush Handling Iraq
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Approve 30% 60% 30% 7% 34% 68% 32% 7% 36% 68% 39% 8% Disapprove 65 35 63 91 63 29 63 91 60 30 60 90
Bush Handling Economy
- Now 3/31 2/17 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Approve 27% 52% 28% 5% 28% 56% 24% 8% 30% 52% 37% 10% Disapprove 69 42 67 92 68 38 71 90 65 43 61 87
Which Candidate Would Do The Best Job Handling The U.S. Economy?
- Now 3/31 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem J. McCain 29% 62% 23% 7% 35% 66% 37% 8% B. Obama 28 13 24 44 31 10 23 52 H. Clinton 28 9 35 39 20 8 16 33 None 5 7 6 2 5 6 11 1 Undec 10 9 13 8 9 10 12 6
Which Political Party Would Do The Best Job Handling The U.S. Economy?
- Now 3/31 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Dem Party 49% 9% 45% 87% 54% 10% 58% 90% The GOP 36 81 29 7 33 76 19 5 Neither 6 5 11 2 4 7 3 1 Undec 9 5 15 4 10 6 21 4
Which Candidate Would Do The Best Job Handling Health Care?
- All GOP Ind Dem H. Clinton 36% 11% 32% 56% J. McCain 24 56 20 2 B. Obama 24 15 22 33 None 6 7 10 1 Undec 10 10 16 7
Which Political Party Would Do The Best Job Handling Health Care?
- All GOP Ind Dem Dem party 52% 12% 47% 90% The GOP 27 64 21 4 Neither 11 13 16 3 Undec 11 11 17 3
What Is The Most Important Issue Facing The U.S. Today?
- Now 3/31 - All GOP Ind Dem All GOP Ind Dem Economy in general 36% 31% 37% 40% 37% 31% 37% 44% War in Iraq-oppose 11 8 12 16 13 5 13 19 Gas/fuel/oil prices 10 9 6 13 4 4 4 4 Terrorism 4 8 4 * 4 8 3 1 Cost of living/inflation 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 Immigration/illegal aliens 3 6 3 1 4 5 5 2 Poor health care/cost of 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 Unemployment/jobs 3 3 3 4 2 1 3 1 War in Iraq-support 2 4 4 1 3 8 2 * Dissastisfaction w/ gov't 2 2 -- 4 3 2 4 2 Ethics/moral/religious 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 * Other 12 13 9 7 13 11 13 11
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