AREA

N= 450 100%

Western “L” .................................... 1 ( 1/ 91) 124 28%

Heartland ...................................... 2 43 10%

Clark .......................................... 3 283 63%

START

Hello, my name is __________ and I am conducting a survey for Suffolk

University and I would like to get your opinions on some political

questions. Would you be willing to spend three minutes answering some brief

questions so that we can include your opinions? (..or someone in that

household). <ROTATE> Are you currently registered to vote?

N= 450 100%

Yes - Continue ................................. 1 ( 1/ 93) 450 100%

No ............................................. 2 0 0%

All other call results ......................... ? 0 0%

GENDR

Record Gender

N= 450 100%

Male ........................................... 1 ( 1/ 96) 214 48%

Female ......................................... 2 236 52%

S2. Thank You. How likely are you to vote in the Presidential Election on

November 4th?

N= 450 100%

Very likely .................................... 1 ( 1/ 97) 433 96%

Somewhat likely ................................ 2 17 4%

Not very/Not at all likely ..................... 3 0 0%

Other/Undecided/Refused ........................ 4 0 0%

Q1. And how are you registered to vote - Democrat, Republican or Unaffiliated,

Independent or something else?

N= 450 100%

Democrat ....................................... 1 ( 1/100) 195 43%

Republican ..................................... 2 174 39%

Unaffiliated/Independent/Other ................. 3 81 18%

Not registered yet ............................. 4 0 0%

Q2. What is your age category?

N= 450 100%

18-25 .......................................... 1 ( 1/101) 12 3%

26-35 .......................................... 2 40 9%

36-45 .......................................... 3 85 19%

46-55 .......................................... 4 99 22%

56-65 .......................................... 5 111 25%

Over 65 ........................................ 6 98 22%

Refused ........................................ 7 5 1%

Q3. Which of the following best describes your race or ethnicity?

N= 450 100%

White/Caucasian ................................ 1 ( 1/102) 325 72%

African-American ............................... 2 34 8%

Asian .......................................... 3 16 4%

American Indian ................................ 4 6 1%

Hispanic (Mexican, Spanish) .................... 5 64 14%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 6 2 0%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 7 3 1%

Q4. Were you a Hillary Clinton supporter originally in the Democratic Primary?

N= 450 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/103) 138 31%

No ............................................. 2 303 67%

Undecided ...................................... 3 5 1%

Refused ........................................ 4 4 1%

Q5. There are 5 major candidates for President: Libertarian Bob Barr,

Republican John McCain, Green Party Cynthia McKinney, Independent Ralph Nader

{NAY-der}, and Democrat Barack Obama. At this point, for whom will you vote?

N= 450 100%

Bob Barr ....................................... 1 ( 1/104) 7 2%

John McCain .................................... 2 174 39%

Cynthia McKinney ............................... 3 3 1%

Ralph Nader .................................... 4 4 1%

Barack Obama ................................... 5 218 48%

Undecided ...................................... 6 22 5%

Refused ........................................ 7 22 5%

Q6. Is your mind made up or do you think you might change your mind before the

election?

N= 406 100%

Mind made up ................................... 1 ( 1/105) 380 94%

Might change ................................... 2 22 5%

Undecided ...................................... 3 4 1%

Refused ........................................ 4 0 0%

Q7. As of today, who are you leaning toward?

N= 44 100%

Bob Barr ....................................... 1 ( 1/106) 0 0%

John McCain .................................... 2 6 14%

Cynthia McKinney ............................... 3 0 0%

Ralph Nader .................................... 4 0 0%

Barack Obama ................................... 5 8 18%

Undecided ...................................... 6 10 23%

Refused ........................................ 7 20 45%

Q5 & Q7 CONSOLIDATED

N= 450 100%

Bob Barr ....................................... 1 ( 1/104) 7 2%

John McCain .................................... 2 180 40%

Cynthia McKinney ............................... 3 3 1%

Ralph Nader .................................... 4 4 1%

Barack Obama ................................... 5 226 50%

Undecided ...................................... 6 10 2%

Refused ........................................ 7 20 4%

Q8. Which of the following reasons explains your vote for John McCain: is your

vote more of a vote FOR McCain, more of a vote FOR Sarah Palin, or more of a

vote AGAINST Barack Obama?

N= 180 100%

More of a vote for McCain ...................... 1 ( 1/107) 108 60%

More of a vote for Palin ....................... 2 12 7%

More of a vote against Obama ................... 3 55 31%

Other .......................................... 4 2 1%

Undecided ...................................... 5 2 1%

Refused ........................................ 6 1 1%

Q9. Which of the following reasons explains your vote for Barack Obama: is

your vote more of a vote FOR Obama, more of a vote FOR Joe Biden, a vote

AGAINST McCain, a vote AGAINST Sarah Palin, or a vote against George Bush?

N= 226 100%

More of a vote for Obama ....................... 1 ( 1/108) 159 70%

More of a vote for Biden ....................... 2 5 2%

More of a vote against McCain .................. 3 22 10%

More of a vote against Palin ................... 4 14 6%

More of a vote against Bush .................... 5 19 8%

Other .......................................... 6 5 2%

Undecided ...................................... 7 1 0%

Refused ........................................ 8 1 0%

Q10

Q10. Do you believe the media has treated Sarah Palin fairly, harshly, or

neutral?

N= 450 100%

Fairly ......................................... 1 ( 1/109) 131 29%

Harshly ........................................ 2 171 38%

Neutral ........................................ 3 111 25%

Undecided ...................................... 4 27 6%

Refused ........................................ 5 10 2%

Q10A

Q10A. Does it concern you that the Republican National Committee bought $150,

000 worth of clothes and fashion accessories for Vice Presidential nominee

Sarah Palin?

N= 450 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/110) 168 37%

No ............................................. 2 267 59%

Undecided ...................................... 3 11 2%

Refused ........................................ 4 4 1%

Q10B

Q10B. How will this revelation affect your vote - will it make you more likely

to vote for the McCain-Palin ticket, more likely to vote for the Obama-Biden

ticket, more likely to support third-party candidates, or have no effect on

your vote?

N= 168 100%

More likely to vote for McCain-Palin ........... 1 ( 1/111) 16 10%

More likely to vote for Obama-Biden ............ 2 75 45%

More likely to support third-party candidates .. 3 0 0%

Have no effect on your vote .................... 4 63 38%

Undecided ...................................... 5 8 5%

Refused ........................................ 6 6 4%

Q11

Q11. Which one of the following issues matters most in deciding your vote for

president?

N= 450 100%

Taxes .......................................... 01 ( 1/112) 52 12%

Education ...................................... 02 24 5%

Iraq War ....................................... 03 40 9%

Terrorism ...................................... 04 31 7%

Economy/Jobs ................................... 05 186 41%

Moral Values ................................... 06 42 9%

Healthcare ..................................... 07 49 11%

Other .......................................... 08 20 4%

Undecided ...................................... 09 6 1%

Refused ........................................ 10 0 0%

Q12

Q12. Overall, which candidate do you trust more - Barack Obama or John McCain?

N= 450 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/114) 226 50%

McCain ......................................... 2 186 41%

Undecided ...................................... 3 31 7%

Refused ........................................ 4 7 2%

Q13

Q13. Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with

Barack Obama as president?

N= 450 100%

Extremely comfortable .......................... 1 ( 1/115) 156 35%

Very comfortable ............................... 2 70 16%

Somewhat comfortable ........................... 3 62 14%

Not at all comfortable ......................... 4 151 34%

Undecided ...................................... 5 8 2%

Refused ........................................ 6 3 1%

Q14

Q14. Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with John

McCain as president?

N= 450 100%

Extremely comfortable .......................... 1 ( 1/116) 71 16%

Very comfortable ............................... 2 76 17%

Somewhat comfortable ........................... 3 118 26%

Not at all comfortable ......................... 4 175 39%

Undecided ...................................... 5 9 2%

Refused ........................................ 6 1 0%

Q15

Q15. Which of the following comes closest to your opinion of the upcoming

Presidential election?

N= 450 100%

It's the most important election of my life .... 1 ( 1/117) 162 36%

It's very important but not the most important . 2 230 51%

It's no different than any other presidential .. 3 53 12%

election

It's not really that important to me ........... 4 2 0%

Undecided ...................................... 5 2 0%

Refused ........................................ 6 1 0%

Q16

Q16. Which political party - if any - do you blame for the recent turmoil on

Wall Street in the banking and financial sectors?

N= 450 100%

Blame Democrats ................................ 1 ( 1/118) 102 23%

Blame Republicans .............................. 2 155 34%

Blame neither .................................. 3 133 30%

Undecided ...................................... 4 59 13%

Refused ........................................ 5 1 0%

Q17

Q17. Do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as

president?

N= 450 100%

Approve ........................................ 1 ( 1/119) 96 21%

Disapprove ..................................... 2 332 74%

Undecided ...................................... 3 21 5%

Refused ........................................ 4 1 0%

Q18

Q18. When all the votes are counted in November of 2008, who do you think will

be our next President? (Not necessarily who you are voting for but who do you

think will be the next President?) - Barack Obama or John McCain?

N= 450 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/120) 288 64%

McCain ......................................... 2 106 24%

Undecided ...................................... 3 56 12%

Refused ........................................ 4 0 0%

Q19

Q19. Has anyone in your household ever served in the U.S. military?

N= 450 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/121) 222 49%

No ............................................. 2 225 50%

Undecided ...................................... 3 1 0%

Refused ........................................ 4 2 0%

Q20

Q20. Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

N= 450 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/122) 110 24%

No ............................................. 2 337 75%

Undecided ...................................... 3 3 1%

Refused ........................................ 4 0 0%

Q21

Q21. In the 2004 presidential election, did you vote for?

N= 450 100%

John Kerry - Democrat .......................... 1 ( 1/123) 190 42%

George Bush - Republican ....................... 2 202 45%

Ralph Nader - Reform ........................... 3 7 2%

Michael Badnarik - Libertarian ................. 4 3 1%

Did not vote (DO NOT READ) ..................... 5 45 10%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 6 0 0%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 7 3 1%