FDU PublicMind - June 27, 2008 Release

Tables

Question US1: In your opinion, do you believe that the country is moving in the right direction or do you believe it has gotten off on the wrong track?
	All	Dem.	Ind.	Rep.	Men	Women
Right direction	15%	10	14	26	14	16
Wrong track	74%	83	76	60	77	72
Unsure	10%	7	10	14	9	12
April-08
Right direction	18%	11%	9%	34%	22%	15%
Wrong track	69%	82%	70%	49%	67%	72%
Unsure/don’t know	12%	7%	21%	17%	12%	13%
*Feb. ‘08*
Right direction	21%	13	22	34	24	18
Wrong track	66%	80	60	49	68	65
Unsure	13%	6	17	17	8	17
*Jan-08*
Right direction	19%	10	17	33	22	16
Wrong track	74%	87	74	54	72	76
Unsure	8%	4	9	13	6	8
*Oct-07*
Right direction	18%	7	12	41	23	13
Wrong track	71%	84	75	46	68	74
Unsure	11%	9	12	14	9	13
*Sep-07*
Right direction	20%	8	15	45	20	20
Wrong track	67%	84	74	35	68	67
Unsure	13%	9	11	20`	13	13
*Jun-07*
Right direction	19%	8	12	40	23	15
Wrong track	70%	87	65	49	67	73
Unsure	11%	5	23	11	10	12
*May-07*
Right direction	22%	10	15	43	28	17
Wrong track	65%	82	67	40	59	70
Unsure	13%	8	17	17	13	13

Question US2: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President?
	All	Dem	Ind	Rep	Apr ‘08	Feb ‘08	Jan '08	Oct '07	Sep ‘07	Jun ‘07	May ‘07	Mar ‘07	Jan '07
Approve	18%	3	17	45	26	23	23	26	27	24	28	33	30
Disapprove	75%	94	75	46	68	65	69	66	65	68	65	61	60
Don't Know/ Ref.	7%	3	8	9	6	11	7	7	8	8	7	5	10

Question US3: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?
	All	D	I	R	Apr ‘08	Feb ‘08	Jan '08	Oct '07	Jun ‘07	May ‘07	Mar ‘07	Jan ‘07	Nov '06	Oct '06	Jul '06
Very well	9%	3	7	20	10	13	12	10	5	7	5	4	6	8	11
Fairly well	32%	20	33	51	29	32	27	25	21	22	22	21	21	25	28
Not too well	31%	40	31	17	29	27	27	30	30	33	32	35	30	30	28
Not at all well	23%	32	23	9	26	22	27	28	37	34	36	35	40	34	30
Unsure/Ref.	4%	5	6	3	6	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	3	4	3

Question US4: Considering everything, do you think the United States did the right thing in going to war with Iraq, or do you think it was a mistake?
	All	Party			Apr	Feb	Jan.	Oct.	Jun	May	Mar	Jan	Nov	Sep
		D	I	R	‘08	‘08	‘08	‘07	‘07	‘07	‘07	‘07	‘06	‘06
Right thing	24%	9	19	51	28	28	27	27	28	30	29	31	30	33
Mistake	69%	87	67	41	64	62	65	62	61	63	66	63	65	59
Unsure/Ref.	7%	3	14	8	7	9	8	10	10	6	5	7	5	8

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of…
	Haven't Heard of	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Don't Know
John McCain	1%	20	31	16	16	15
Barack Obama	1%	34	26	13	11	15

And in the upcoming elections for President of the United States, which candidate are you most likely to vote for?
	All	Asked before National Questions	Asked after National Questions	Dem	Indp	Rep
Barack Obama	46%
lean Obama	3%
Total Obama	49%	47	51	77	32	11
John McCain	31%
lean McCain	2%
Total McCain	33%	34	33	11	19	79
Don't Know	15%	16	13	8	45	10
Neither/Someone Else	3%	4	2	4	3	1

And in the upcoming elections for President of the United States, which candidate are you most likely to vote for?
		Asked Before National Questions			Asked After National Questions
	All	Dem	Indp	Rep	Dem	Indp	Rep
Barack Obama	46%
lean Obama	3%
Total Obama	49%	73	24	13	81	41	9
John McCain	31%
lean McCain	2%
Total McCain	33%	12	24	78	9	14	80
Don't Know	15%	10	48	9	7	42	10
Neither/Someone Else	3%	4	4	--	3	3	1

Do you recall who you voted for in the Presidential primary election back in February?
	Primary Election Vote
	Clinton	Obama	McCain	Other	Did Not Vote	Do Not Recall
Barack Obama	60	91	5	25	35	29
lean Obama	4	3	1	0	3	1
Total Obama	64	94	7	25	39	30
John McCain	17	3	83	52	32	32
lean McCain	1	1	4	3	3	7
Total McCain	18	4	87	56	36	38
Don't Know	12	2	7	16	23	26
Neither / Someone Else	6	0	0	3	3	5

And in the upcoming elections for President of the United States, which candidate are you most likely to vote for?
	Do you recall who you voted for in the Presidential primary election back in February?
	Asked Before National Questions						Asked After National Questions
	Clinton	Obama	McCain	Other	Did not vote	Do not recall	Clinton	Obama	McCain	Other	Did not vote	Do not recall
Barack Obama	58	88	12	26	30	23	59	94	0	25	40	33
lean Obama	4	6	0	0	3	3	4	0	2	0	5	0
Total Obama	62	94	12	26	33	26	63	94	2	25	45	33

John McCain	19	3	70	54	36	35	14	3	91	50	28	29
lean McCain	0	0	6	0	3	6	1	1	2	7	4	7
Total McCain	19	3	76	54	39	41	15	4	93	57	32	36

Don't know	10	3	12	17	25	29	16	1	4	14	20	24
Neither / someone else	8	0	0	3	4	3	5	0	0	4	2	7

Question: In deciding your vote for President, would you say the race of the candidate is….READ?
	All	D	I	R	white	Non-white	Afr-Am
The single most important factor	8%	8	10	6	8	10	16
One of several important factors	16%	15	14	18	13	25	25
Not an important factor	74%	74	77	75	78	63	57
DK (VOL)	3%	2	--	1	2	2	2

Question: And for other voters this year, do you think the race of the candidate will be….READ?
	All	D	I	R	white	Non-white	Afr-Am
The single most important factor	15%	18	8	14	15	19	21
One of several important factors	46%	47	42	47	48	39	33
Not an important factor	28%	26	28	30	25	37	39
DK (VOL)	11%	9	21	10	12	6	8

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