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N= 600 100%

North .......................................... 1 ( 1/ 94) 129 22%

Central West ................................... 2 89 15%

Central/Central East ........................... 3 180 30%

South .......................................... 4 202 34%

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Hello, my name is __________ and I am conducting a survey for 7NEWS/Suffolk (

SUFF-ick) University and I would like to get your opinions on some political

questions. We are calling Florida households statewide. Would you be willing

to spend three minutes answering some brief questions? (or someone in that

household). Are you currently registered to vote?

N= 600 100%

Yes - continue ................................. 1 ( 1/101) 600 100%

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

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RECORD GENDER

N= 600 100%

Male ........................................... 1 ( 1/104) 285 48%

Female ......................................... 2 315 53%

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

November 4th?

N= 600 100%

Very likely .................................... 1 ( 1/105) 469 78%

Somewhat likely ................................ 2 32 5%

Already voted .................................. 3 99 17%

Not very/Not at all likely ..................... 4 0 0%

Other/Undecided/Refused ........................ 5 0 0%

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

Unaffiliated/Independent/Undeclared, or something else?

N= 600 100%

Democrat ....................................... 1 ( 1/108) 249 42%

Republican ..................................... 2 220 37%

Unaffiliated/Independent/Other ................. 3 131 22%

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

Q2. What is your age category?

N= 600 100%

18-25 .......................................... 1 ( 1/109) 28 5%

26-35 .......................................... 2 37 6%

36-45 .......................................... 3 84 14%

46-55 .......................................... 4 148 25%

56-65 .......................................... 5 144 24%

66-75 .......................................... 6 105 18%

Over 75 ........................................ 7 50 8%

Refused ........................................ 8 4 1%

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

N= 600 100%

White/Caucasian ................................ 1 ( 1/110) 442 74%

African-American ............................... 2 78 13%

Asian .......................................... 3 2 0%

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

Hispanic (Mexican, Spanish) .................... 5 66 11%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 6 3 1%

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

Q4. Which of the following best describes your religion - Roman Catholic,

Protestant, Baptist, Methodist, Jewish, Muslim, other, or non-religious?

N= 600 100%

Roman Catholic ................................. 1 ( 1/111) 177 30%

Protestant ..................................... 2 135 23%

Baptist ........................................ 3 90 15%

Methodist ...................................... 4 24 4%

Jewish ......................................... 5 28 5%

Muslim ......................................... 6 0 0%

Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 7 92 15%

Non religious (DO NOT READ) .................... 8 30 5%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 9 24 4%

Q5. Which one of the following issues matters most in deciding your vote for

president?

N= 600 100%

Taxes .......................................... 01 ( 1/112) 56 9%

Education ...................................... 02 19 3%

Iraq War ....................................... 03 41 7%

Terrorism ...................................... 04 59 10%

Economy/Jobs ................................... 05 277 46%

Moral Values ................................... 06 73 12%

Healthcare ..................................... 07 50 8%

Other .......................................... 08 17 3%

Undecided ...................................... 09 8 1%

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

Q6. There are 14 candidates for President on the Florida ballot. Of these, the

major 5 candidates are: Republican John McCain, Democrat Barack Obama,

Libertarian Bob Barr, Green Party Cynthia McKinney, and Ecology Party Ralph

Nader {NAY-der}. At this point, for whom will you vote?

N= 600 100%

John McCain .................................... 1 ( 1/114) 259 43%

Barack Obama ................................... 2 282 47%

Bob Barr ....................................... 3 0 0%

Cynthia McKinney ............................... 4 0 0%

Ralph Nader .................................... 5 2 0%

Undecided ...................................... 6 41 7%

Refused ........................................ 7 16 3%

Q7. Is your mind made up or do you think you might change your mind before the

election?

N= 543 100%

Mind made up ................................... 1 ( 1/115) 496 91%

Might change ................................... 2 43 8%

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

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

Q8. As of today, who are you leaning toward?

N= 57 100%

John McCain .................................... 1 ( 1/116) 2 4%

Barack Obama ................................... 2 9 16%

Bob Barr ....................................... 3 0 0%

Cynthia McKinney ............................... 4 0 0%

Ralph Nader .................................... 5 2 4%

Undecided ...................................... 6 32 56%

Refused ........................................ 7 12 21%

Q6 & Q8 CONSOLIDATED

N= 600 100%

John McCain .................................... 1 ( 1/114) 261 44%

Barack Obama ................................... 2 291 49%

Bob Barr ....................................... 3 0 0%

Cynthia McKinney ............................... 4 0 0%

Ralph Nader .................................... 5 4 1%

Undecided ...................................... 6 32 5%

Refused ........................................ 7 12 2%

Q9. 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= 261 100%

More of a vote for McCain ...................... 1 ( 1/117) 185 71%

More of a vote for Palin ....................... 2 9 3%

More of a vote against Obama ................... 3 56 21%

Other .......................................... 4 8 3%

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

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

Q10

Q10. 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= 291 100%

More of a vote for Obama ....................... 1 ( 1/118) 209 72%

More of a vote for Biden ....................... 2 6 2%

More of a vote against McCain .................. 3 36 12%

More of a vote against Palin ................... 4 10 3%

More of a vote against Bush .................... 5 21 7%

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

Undecided ...................................... 7 4 1%

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

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= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/119) 226 38%

No ............................................. 2 350 58%

Undecided ...................................... 3 24 4%

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

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= 226 100%

More likely to vote for McCain-Palin ........... 1 ( 1/120) 29 13%

More likely to vote for Obama-Biden ............ 2 122 54%

More likely to support third-party candidates .. 3 6 3%

Have no effect on your vote .................... 4 63 28%

Undecided ...................................... 5 6 3%

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

Q11

Q11. Overall, which candidate do you trust more - Barack Obama or John McCain?

N= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/121) 289 48%

McCain ......................................... 2 271 45%

Undecided ...................................... 3 38 6%

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

Q12

Q12. Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with

Barack Obama as president?

N= 600 100%

Extremely comfortable .......................... 1 ( 1/122) 206 34%

Very comfortable ............................... 2 86 14%

Somewhat comfortable ........................... 3 131 22%

Not at all comfortable ......................... 4 173 29%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 5 4 1%

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

Q13

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

McCain as president?

N= 600 100%

Extremely comfortable .......................... 1 ( 1/123) 151 25%

Very comfortable ............................... 2 105 18%

Somewhat comfortable ........................... 3 128 21%

Not at all comfortable ......................... 4 208 35%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 5 8 1%

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

Q14

Q14. Which of the following comes closest to your opinion of the upcoming

Presidential election?

N= 600 100%

It's the most important election of my life .... 1 ( 1/124) 218 36%

It's very important but not the most important . 2 297 50%

It's no different than any other presidential .. 3 79 13%

election

It's not really that important to me ........... 4 6 1%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 5 0 0%

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

Q15

Q15. Do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as

president?

N= 600 100%

Approve ........................................ 1 ( 1/125) 140 23%

Disapprove ..................................... 2 420 70%

Undecided ...................................... 3 36 6%

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

Q16

Q16. 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= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/126) 361 60%

McCain ......................................... 2 188 31%

Undecided ...................................... 3 49 8%

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

Q17

Q17. Has anyone in your household ever served in the U.S. military?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/127) 275 46%

No ............................................. 2 313 52%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 3 10 2%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 4 2 0%

Q18

Q18. Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/128) 88 15%

No ............................................. 2 496 83%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 3 14 2%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 4 2 0%

Q19

Q19. In the 2004 presidential election, did you vote for?

N= 600 100%

John Kerry - Democrat .......................... 1 ( 1/129) 242 40%

George Bush - Republican ....................... 2 274 46%

Ralph Nader - Reform ........................... 3 14 2%

Did not vote (DO NOT READ) ..................... 4 55 9%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 5 5 1%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 6 10 2%