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

16%

10

11

29

19

13

Wrong track

75%

86

72

57

72

77

Unsure / don’t know

9%

4

17

14

9

9

Oct. 2007

Right direction

18%

7

12

41

23

13

Wrong track

71%

84

75

46

68

74

Unsure

11%

9

12

14

9

13

Sept. 2007

Right direction

20%

8

15

45

20

20

Wrong track

67%

84

74

35

68

67

Unsure

13%

9

11

20`

13

13

June 2007

Right direction

19%

8

12

40

23

15

Wrong track

70%

87

65

49

67

73

Unsure

11%

5

23

11

10

12

May 2007

Right direction

22%

10

15

43

28

17

Wrong track

65%

82

67

40

59

70

Don’t know/Unsure

13%

8

17

17

13

13

March 2007

Right direction

22%

12

18

41

25

19

Wrong track

65%

82

66

43

61

69

Don’t know/Unsure

13%

7

16

16

13

12

Jan. 2007

Right direction

23%

15

12

46

30

17

Wrong track

64%

78

70

39

60

68

Don’t know/Unsure

13%

7

18

15

11

14

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

Sep ‘07

Jun ‘07

May ‘07

Mar ‘07

Approve

20%

4

16

48

26

27

24

28

33

30

Disapprove

72%

92

70

43

66

65

68

65

61

60

Don't Know/ Ref.

7%

4

14

10

7

8

8

7

5

10

Question US3: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Jun ‘07

May ‘07

Mar ‘07

Jan ‘07

Nov '06

Oct '06

Jul '06

Jan '06

Very well

10%

4

7

20

10

5

5

7

5

4

6

8

11

15

Fairly well

27%

16

30

45

25

29

21

22

22

21

21

25

28

30

Not too well

30%

35

24

22

30

28

30

33

32

35

30

30

28

27

Not at all well

28%

40

27

8

28

31

37

34

36

35

40

34

30

21

Unsure / Ref.

6%

5

13

3

7

 7

6

5

6

5

3

4

3

7

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

Oct.

Sep

Jun

May

Mar

Jan

Nov

Sep

Dem

Ind

Rep

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘06

‘06

Right thing

24%

7

20

54

27

32

28

30

29

31

30

33

Mistake

69%

88

68

38

62

62

61

63

66

63

65

59

Unsure

7%

5

12

8

10

6

10

6

5

7

5

8

Question: And in the upcoming elections for President of the United States, which candidate are you most likely to support?

[Rotate names]

All

Men

Women

Dem

Ind

Rep

18-29

30-44

45-59

60+

Hillary Clinton

25

20

30

41

10

5

40

21

24

24

Barack Obama

18

20

16

27

14

5

25

19

18

16

John Edwards

6

7

4

8

3

2

3

6

7

4

Rudy Giuliani

8

9

7

1

7

20

3

13

7

9

John McCain

10

11

9

2

11

23

9

9

11

10

Mitt Romney

4

6

2

0

4

10

0

4

4

7

Mike Huckabee

3

2

3

0

3

7

3

3

3

2

Someone else
(“specify”)*

4

6

2

2

4

7

9

3

3

3

Don’t know

23

19

26

19

44

21

8

21

23

24

Question: If you had to choose, which do you like more (about the candidate of his/her choice)…[NOTE: TOP 3 CANDIDATES ONLY]

[Rotate names]

All

Men

Women

Hillary Clinton…

Personal qualities

19

21

19

Stance on issues

52

56

49

Both

26

20

31

Neither/don’t know

2

3

2

Barack Obama

Personal qualities

25

27

24

Stance on issues

50

49

50

Both

24

24

25

Neither/don’t know

1

0

1

John McCain

Personal qualities

27

27

26

Stance on issues

45

43

48

Both

28

30

26

Neither/don’t know

0

0

0

Question: And which of those same candidates are you least likely to support in the general election?

[Rotate names]

All

Men

Women

Dem

Ind

Rep

18-29

30-44

45-59

60+

Hillary Clinton

27

30

25

12

31

53

27

26

29

26

Barack Obama

9

8

11

10

6

10

11

11

9

9

John Edwards

7

7

8

9

1

7

11

7

8

6

Rudy Giuliani

17

18

15

24

15

6

5

14

19

23

John McCain

3

3

5

6

2

2

9

7

3

2

Mitt Romney

7

6

7

9

8

3

12

7

6

4

Mike Huckabee

13

15

11

14

14

10

11

14

13

12

Someone else
(“specify”)*

1

2

1

1

0

2

0

1

1

2

Don’t know

15

11

18

14

23

7

15

13

10

16

Question: If you had to choose, which do you dislike more (about the candidate of his/her choice)…

[Rotate names]

All

Men

Women

Hillary Clinton…

Personal qualities

33

34

32

Stance on issues

30

31

29

Both

32

31

33

Neither/don’t know

6

7

7

Rudy Giuliani

Personal qualities

37

40

33

Stance on issues

30

33

27

Both

29

25

32

Neither/don’t know

5

1

8

Mike Huckabee

Personal qualities

13

11

15

Stance on issues

65

71

54

Both

16

14

19

Neither/don’t know

9

5

13