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If the elections for Congress

were held today, which

candidate would you vote for in

your congressional district? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Harry Mitchell 42 90 10 49 33 51 42 46 41

David Schweikert 45 4 80 33 54 37 35 41 48

Other SPECIFY 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 2

Would not vote 2 1 1 3 0 3 3 2 2

Don't know 10 3 7 15 13 7 17 11 8

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How favorable is your view

of Harry Mitchell? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Favorable/Unfavorable 42/47 80/9 17/75 50/39 35/54 50/40 39/43 46/44 42/49

Very favorable 25 56 4 30 18 32 10 26 29

Somewhat favorable 17 24 13 20 17 18 29 20 13Somewhat unfavorable 15 4 18 21 14 15 17 15 15

Very unfavorable 32 5 57 18 40 25 26 29 34

Not familiar 7 7 6 6 8 7 18 7 5

Don't know 4 4 2 5 4 4 0 3 4

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How favorable is your view

of David Schweikert? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very favorable 19 2 35 11 24 14 20 13 22

Somewhat favorable 20 9 31 17 25 16 13 26 19

Somewhat unfavorable 14 15 10 20 13 15 10 19 12Very unfavorable 25 47 9 27 18 31 39 21 26

Not familiar 16 19 13 18 16 17 15 16 15

Don't know 5 8 2 7 4 7 3 5 6

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Now think about the upcoming

November election for

Congress? How likely are you

to vote in that election? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Definitely will vote 92 91 97 87 92 93 84 89 97

Probably will vote 8 9 3 13 8 7 16 11 3

Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Probably will NOT vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Definitely will NOT vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Democrat Barack Obama 40 89 6 50 32 47 36 45 39

Republican John McCain 49 6 90 31 52 45 39 47 51

A third party candidate 6 2 3 12 9 4 16 4 5

Did not vote 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2Other 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0

Don't know - prefer not to

say 3 1 1 5 4 2 7 3 3

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Thinking in general, would

you say that you approve or

disapprove of the job

President Barack Obama

has been doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Approve/Disapprove 44/56 93/7 8/91 53/46 34/64 51/48 49/51 48/53 40/58

Strongly approve 20 55 1 14 14 24 14 19 22Somewhat approve 24 38 7 39 20 27 35 29 18

Somewhat disapprove 12 2 16 14 15 9 13 15 11

Strongly disapprove 44 5 75 32 49 39 38 38 47

Don't know 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2

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Thinking in general, would

you say that you approve

or disapprove of the job

Congress has been doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

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Don't know 4 5 2 6 3 5 7 1 4

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Do you consider yourself a

Democrat, a Republican or

an Independent? Base

Now

Vote D

Now

Vote R

Now DK

on Vote Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Democrat 28 59 2 9 20 34 25 27 30

Republican 42 10 75 31 45 39 43 42 41

Independent 26 30 19 40 28 24 20 29 24

Other 3 1 3 11 5 2 12 1 2

Don't know - prefer not to say 1 0 1 8 2 1 0 1 2

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When you think about

your vote in this

November's

congressional election,

how important in your

decision is your feeling

about president

Obama? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Important/Unimportant 68/30 67/30 69/29 72/27 60/38 63/37 61/39 75/22 43/52

Very important 44 38 57 35 45 43 36 32 54

Somewhat important 24 34 17 25 22 26 27 29 21

Not very important 13 12 12 17 13 13 11 19 10

Not at all important 17 15 13 21 17 16 26 20 12

Don't know 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 3

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In order to tackle the

national deficit, which of thefollowing options would you

rather choose? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Raise taxes 15 40 0 16 14 17 19 21 12

Cut government spending 79 54 96 76 83 76 81 73 83

Don't know 5 6 4 8 3 7 0 6 5

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When Barack Obama ran for President,

he said he would bring Change to

Washington. After two years in the

White House, which of these

statements comes closest to your

opinion? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Obama has brought change for the better

Obama has brought change but for the

worse

Nothing has really changed in

Washington yet

Don't know

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Do you think the current Democratic

congressional leadership under

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid is to

the left of you, to the right of you, or

just about where you are? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

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Do you think the current

Republican congressional

leadership under John Boehner

and Mitch McConnell is to the

left of you, to the right of you,

or just about where you are? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

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Now please think about the idea

of the American Dream. Which

of the following best describes

how you see it as of today? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

It's still there for everyone 29 33 29 28 30 28 27 28 29It still exists but only for some

people 44 44 33 59 36 51 49 46 43

It no longer exists for most people 18 18 22 9 25 12 24 18 18

It no longer exists 8 3 13 4 7 9 0 7 9

Don't know 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1

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Regardless of how you plan to

vote, what would you say is the

most compelling reason to vote for

Democrats in the November

elections for Congress? Base PA D RTY I R D I

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Male

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Fmle 17 -34

AGE 35

-54 55+

To protect our social security, health

care and other benefits 26 47 23 11 20 31 28 25 28

To ensure extreme right wing

candidates are not elected to

Congress 16 12 14 22 22 11 30 18 11

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To give President Obama a chance

to implement his programs 26 38 12 38 20 31 23 24 28

Don't know 32 3 51 29 39 26 18 33 33

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Regardless of how you plan to

vote, what would you say is the

most compelling reason to vote

for Republicans in the

November elections for

Congress? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To ensure taxes don't increase

and government spending doesn't

get out of control 34 20 37 38 34 33 24 37 30

To ensure extreme left wing

candidates are not elected to

Congress 5 0 8 6 7 4 15 3 5

To prevent Obama from

implementing more of his agenda 27 12 50 9 27 27 28 21 33

Don't know 34 68 5 47 31 36 33 39 31

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What would you say is your

main source of political

information? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Television

Radio

Print media

Internet

Other

Don't know

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Overall, would you say the media

in America have become more

partisan, less partisan or are

about the same as they were five

years ago? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+More partisan Republican

More partisan Democrat

Less partisan

About the same

Don't know

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GENDER Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Male 47 34 51 51 100 0 46 51 45

Female 53 66 49 49 0 100 54 49 55

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AGE Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

17-34 11 10 11 8 11 11 100 0 0

35-54 34 33 35 38 37 32 0 100 0

55-120 50 54 49 46 48 51 0 0 100

Don't know/refused 5 3 5 8 4 6 0 0 0

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What do you consider

to be your race? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

White 85 78 90 89 84 86 80 85 87

Black or African-

American 2 4 0 3 1 3 3 2 1

Asian-American 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1

Hispanic or Latino 6 15 3 4 7 6 13 7 5

Native American 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 1

Other --- SPECIFY 3 1 4 1 4 3 0 2 4


say 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 1

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What is the last year of

schooling that you

have completed? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Less than a high school

degree 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1

High school graduate 11 11 14 8 10 11 7 7 14

Non-college post-high

school (technical school) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Some college 22 21 22 21 21 23 25 14 27

College graduate 35 32 34 36 35 35 45 40 28

Post college - graduate

school 30 34 26 34 32 28 24 35 29

Technical school 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0


say 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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What is your current

marital status? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Single 19 28 13 18 19 19 41 21 14

Married 62 45 73 64 66 58 44 70 62

Widowed 8 12 6 7 4 12 0 1 14

Divorced 8 12 6 7 7 8 3 6 10Living with significant

other, but not married 2 3 1 2 2 2 13 1 0


say 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

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For statistical purposes

only, please tell me

which of the following

categories best

represents your totalannual household

income? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Less than $50,000 31 41 22 31 29 32 32 17 40

$50,000 - $99,999 29 29 30 30 25 34 30 29 31

$100,000 and above 26 22 32 22 32 20 38 38 15


say 15 8 17 17 15 14 0 14 15

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ILLINOIS 14TH

DISTRICT

If the elections forCongress were heldtoday, which candidatewould you vote for inyour congressionaldistrict? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Bill Foster 42 92 8 45 40 44 52 42 39

Randy Hultgren 43 2 80 39 49 38 30 45 45

Other SPECIFY 2 0 2 3 1 3 3 2 2

Would not vote 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1

Don't know 12 5 8 13 9 14 15 10 13

How favorable is yourview of Bill Foster? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Very favorable 21 51 3 20 18 24 22 21 21


Somewhat unfavorable 12 3 20 13 14 11 26 14 10


Not familiar 11 11 12 8 10 13 24 10 10

Don't know 8 9 7 7 8 9 6 8 9

How favorable is yourview of RandyHultgren? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Favorable/Unfavorable 39/20 11/32 66/7 34/25 40/25 38/15 24/23 43/14 39/23Very favorable 16 2 33 10 19 13 0 18 17




Not familiar 26 29 21 27 23 29 32 23 28

Don't know 15 27 6 13 12 18 21 20 10

Now think about theupcoming Novemberelection for Congress?

How likely are you tovote in that election? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+



Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Thinking about the2008 election, for whomdid you vote forPresident? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Republican John McCain 45 0 86 37 49 41 38 45 47A third party candidate 3 2 0 8 5 2 4 3 4

Did not vote 2 2 1 1 2 1 7 1 2

Other 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0

Don't know - prefer not tosay 4 0 4 4 2 5 6 2 5

PARTY IDENTIFICATION

Do you consideryourself a Democrat, aRepublican or anIndependent? Base

NowVote D

NowVote R

Now DKon Vote Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Democrat 25 56 1 9 20 31 35 29 20

Independent 34 37 31 37 43 26 31 28 39

Republican 34 6 63 29 31 37 24 38 34

Other 3 1 2 13 2 4 6 3 3


JOB APPROVAL

Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job PresidentBarack Obama hasbeen doing? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Strongly approve 23 65 1 18 19 27 14 26 23

Somewhat approve 22 26 9 31 20 24 46 18 21



Don't know 1 0 1 0 1 2 6 1 0


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Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job Congresshas been doing? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+






Don't know 2 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 2

When you think aboutyour vote in thisNovember'scongressional election,

how important in yourdecision is your feelingabout presidentObama? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Very important 43 44 56 29 45 41 17 45 46




Don't know 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

In order to tackle thenational deficit, whichof the following optionswould you ratherchoose? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Raise taxes 15 32 6 14 19 11 30 12 13

Cut governmentspending 83 67 94 83 79 86 57 88 84

Don't know 2 2 0 3 2 3 12 0 3


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When Barack Obama ranfor President, he said hewould bring Change toWashington. After twoyears in the White House,which of these statements

comes closest to yourfeeling? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Obama has brought changefor the better

Obama has brought changebut for the worse

Nothing has really changedin Washington yet

Don't know

Do you think the currentDemocraticcongressional leadershipunder Nancy Pelosi andHarry Reid is to the leftof you, to the right ofyou, or just about whereyou politically stand? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

Do you think the currentRepublicancongressional leadershipunder John Boehner andMitch McConnell is to theleft of you, to the right ofyou, or just about whereyou politically stand? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

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Now please think aboutthe idea of the AmericanDream. Which of thefollowing best describeshow you see it as oftoday? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

It's still there for everyone 30 30 26 36 34 26 16 40 25

It still exists but only forsome people 40 52 37 33 33 46 40 40 39

It no longer exists for mostpeople 23 16 24 25 24 22 31 17 25


Don't know 4 0 10 1 4 4 8 2 6

Regardless of how youplan to vote, what would

you say is the mostcompelling reason to votefor Democrats in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

To protect our socialsecurity, health care andother benefits 24 23 20 27 24 24 30 17 29

To ensure extreme rightwing candidates are notelected to Congress 9 12 4 10 8 10 13 11 7

To give President Obama achance to implement his

programs 28 64 6 26 26 31 32 28 26Don't know 39 2 70 37 42 35 24 44 38

Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the mostcompelling reason to votefor Republicans in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

To ensure taxes don't

increase and governmentspending doesn't get out ofcontrol 40 33 48 38 39 42 44 41 40

To ensure extreme left wingcandidates are not electedto Congress 14 21 12 11 16 12 5 14 14

To prevent Obama fromimplementing more of hisagenda 24 8 29 28 29 19 18 28 22

Don't know 22 38 11 23 17 27 32 17 24


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What would you say isyour main source ofpolitical information? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

TelevisionRadio

Print media

Internet

Other

Don't know

Overall, would you saythe media in Americahave become more

partisan, less partisanor are about the sameas they were five yearsago? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

More partisanRepublican


Less partisan

About the same

Don't know

DEMOGRAPHICS

GENDER Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Male 48 37 44 60 100 0 67 46 48

Female 52 63 56 40 0 100 33 54 52

AGE Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+17-34 7 10 5 7 10 5 100 0 0

35-54 38 44 42 31 36 40 0 100 0

55-120 50 40 50 57 50 50 0 0 100


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What do you considerto be your race? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

White 87 67 96 95 87 86 63 81 95

Black or African-American 4 13 1 1 4 4 9 7 1




Other --- SPECIFY 3 3 2 1 2 3 9 2 2


What is the last year ofschooling that youhave completed? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Less than a high schooldegree 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1


Non-college post-highschool (technical school) 2 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 2

Some college 21 17 20 24 19 23 29 14 25


Post college - graduateschool 19 23 17 22 20 18 23 21 17



say 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

What is your currentmarital status? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Single 10 21 4 8 10 9 30 9 7

Married 71 57 79 73 81 63 67 84 64

Widowed 11 13 8 13 4 18 0 2 20

Divorced 6 7 7 5 5 8 3 4 8

Living with significantother, but not married 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



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For statistical purposesonly, please tell mewhich of the followingcategories bestrepresents your totalannual household

income? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+Less than $50,000 28 30 26 29 27 30 28 15 39

$50,000 - $99,999 33 30 32 35 31 34 47 38 28

$100,000 and above 21 28 15 24 29 14 14 31 17



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ILLINOIS 17TH

DISTRICT

If the elections forCongress were heldtoday, which candidatewould you vote for inyour congressionaldistrict? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Phil Hare 38 85 2 29 34 42 35 33 43

Bobby Schilling 45 6 87 50 51 40 30 53 42

Other SPECIFY 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 1

Would not vote 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1

Don't know 14 6 10 20 13 15 28 12 13

How favorable is yourview of Phil Hare? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very favorable 19 49 1 9 17 21 17 14 22




Not familiar 12 12 13 11 9 15 16 10 13

Don't know 9 7 10 9 9 10 9 10 8

How favorable is yourview of BobbySchilling? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+





Not familiar 25 33 15 22 23 26 35 23 24

Don't know 15 17 16 12 16 15 9 12 17


How likely are you tovote in that election? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Thinking about the2008 election, for whomdid you vote forPresident? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Republican John McCain 40 4 83 41 46 35 26 41 40A third party candidate 4 2 3 7 6 3 15 4 3

Did not vote 2 1 0 3 1 2 12 1 0

Other 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0



Do you consideryourself a Democrat, a

Republican or anIndependent? Base

NowVote D

NowVote R


Democrat 31 69 4 18 28 35 19 29 35

Republican 28 1 55 18 29 28 19 35 25

Independent 33 25 37 45 37 30 46 29 34

Other 4 2 3 5 3 4 7 4 3


JOB APPROVAL

Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job PresidentBarack Obama hasbeen doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+






Don't know 3 4 3 3 3 3 5 3 3


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Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job Congress hasbeen doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+






Don't know 6 7 5 5 5 7 9 4 6

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

When you think aboutyour vote in this

November'scongressional election,how important in yourdecision is your feelingabout presidentObama? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very important 40 46 50 29 40 40 31 33 44




Don't know 3 4 1 2 2 4 0 3 3

In order to tackle thenational deficit, whichof the following optionswould you ratherchoose? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Raise taxes 10 23 2 7 7 14 17 8 11


Don't know 9 10 3 10 7 11 5 6 12


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When Barack Obama ranfor President, he said hewould bring Change toWashington. After twoyears in the WhiteHouse, which of these

statements comesclosest to your feeling? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Obama has broughtchange for the better

Obama has broughtchange but for the worse

Nothing has really changedin Washington yet

Don't know

Do you think thecurrent Democraticcongressionalleadership under NancyPelosi and Harry Reidis to the left of you, tothe right of you, or justabout where youpolitically stand? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

Do you think thecurrent Republicancongressionalleadership under JohnBoehner and MitchMcConnell is to the leftof you, to the right ofyou, or just aboutwhere you politicallystand? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To the left of youTo the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

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Now please think aboutthe idea of theAmerican Dream.Which of the followingbest describes how yousee it as of today? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

It's still there for everyone 29 35 31 19 33 26 39 29 29It still exists but only forsome people 41 47 41 38 43 39 27 44 42

It no longer exists formost people 19 10 21 26 16 22 28 21 17


Don't know 4 5 0 6 2 5 6 1 4

Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the mostcompelling reason to

vote for Democrats inthe November electionsfor Congress? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



To give President Obamaa chance to implement hisprograms 21 37 17 14 24 19 17 23 22

Don't know 33 20 44 37 39 28 20 34 34

Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the mostcompelling reason tovote for Republicans inthe November electionsfor Congress? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To ensure taxes don'tincrease and government

spending doesn't get outof control 40 18 52 51 40 41 52 50 35

To ensure extreme leftwing candidates are notelected to Congress 11 9 7 17 9 12 13 9 11


Don't know 36 67 14 22 39 33 28 28 42


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What would you say isyour main source ofpolitical information? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Television

RadioPrint media

Internet

Other

Don't know

Overall, would you saythe media in Americahave become more

partisan, less partisanor are about the sameas they were five yearsago? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

More partisan Republican


Less partisan

About the same

Don't know

DEMOGRAPHICS


Male 48 43 49 53 100 0 44 44 52

Female 52 57 51 47 0 100 56 56 48


17-34 8 5 5 11 7 9 100 0 035-54 33 30 41 29 30 35 0 100 0

55-120 57 65 50 58 62 53 0 0 100


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What do you considerto be your race? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

White 89 79 98 91 87 90 88 88 89Black or African-American 3 7 1 2 3 4 6 5 2




Other --- SPECIFY 2 2 0 3 3 1 0 3 2


What is the last year ofschooling that youhave completed? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+




Some college 25 26 23 28 19 30 25 27 24



Technical school 2 2 2 3 1 3 0 2 3Don't know - prefer not tosay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

What is your currentmarital status? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Single 15 18 11 12 15 14 43 15 10

Married 69 59 76 74 74 64 50 76 68

Widowed 8 9 8 6 3 12 3 1 12

Divorced 7 13 3 7 6 9 4 5 9




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income? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+Less than $50,000 41 48 34 43 42 41 56 31 45

$50,000 - $99,999 30 23 39 32 33 27 23 34 30

$100,000 and above 12 10 17 9 13 12 6 22 9



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MISSISSIPPI 1st

DISTRICT

If the elections forCongress were heldtoday, which candidatewould you vote for in

your congressionaldistrict? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Travis Childers 39 88 8 27 33 45 68 36 38

Alan Nunnelee 44 3 80 48 52 38 26 47 45

Other 3 0 2 5 2 3 2 4 2

Would not vote 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

Don't know 12 8 9 19 12 13 3 13 13

How favorable is yourview of TravisChilders? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very favorable 19 43 5 12 16 22 9 17 21




Not familiar 6 4 6 9 3 8 3 7 6

Don't know 8 7 7 8 9 8 3 7 10

How favorable is yourview of Alan Nunnelee? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very favorable 22 5 37 25 25 18 8 18 24




Not familiar 14 15 13 16 12 17 14 16 14

Don't know 10 14 5 10 10 10 12 8 10

Now think about theupcoming Novemberelection for Congress?How likely are you tovote in that election? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job Congresshas been doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+






Don't know 4 7 2 3 3 5 1 2 5

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS


your vote in thisNovember'scongressional election,how important in yourdecision is your feelingabout presidentObama? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very important 51 54 51 49 49 52 32 56 49




Don't know - 2 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 3

In order to tackle thenational deficit, whichof the following optionswould you ratherchoose? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Raise taxes 8 18 2 6 7 8 0 5 10


Don't know 5 8 2 4 4 6 0 3 7


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When Barack Obamaran for President, hesaid he would bringChange to Washington.After two years in theWhite House, which of

these statementscomes closest to yourfeeling? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



Nothing has reallychanged in Washingtonyet

Don't know

Do you think thecurrent Democraticcongressionalleadership underNancy Pelosi and HarryReid is to the left ofyou, to the right of you,or just about where youpolitically stand? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

Do you think thecurrent Republicancongressionalleadership under JohnBoehner and MitchMcConnell is to the leftof you, to the right ofyou, or just aboutwhere you politicallystand? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

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Now please think aboutthe idea of the AmericanDream. Which of thefollowing best describes

how you see it as oftoday? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+





Don't know 3 2 4 3 3 3 0 2 4

Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the mostcompelling reason to votefor Democrats in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



To give President Obama achance to implement hisprograms 19 42 5 12 14 24 18 21 18

Don't know 39 8 62 44 48 30 7 38 42

Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the mostcompelling reason to votefor Republicans in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To ensure taxes don'tincrease and governmentspending doesn't get out ofcontrol 42 37 44 49 33 50 36 47 40


To prevent Obama fromimplementing more of his 31 21 39 33 42 21 59 34 27

$ $ $ $ $ $ $$

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adenda

Don't know 18 38 4 10 17 18 6 13 22


Television

Radio

Print media

Internet

Other

Don't know

Overall, would you saythe media in America

have become morepartisan, less partisanor are about the sameas they were five yearsago? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

More partisanRepublican


Less partisan

About the same

Don't know

DEMOGRAPHICS


Male 48 45 51 48 100 0 65 46 47

Female 52 55 49 52 0 100 35 54 53

AGE Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+17-34 7 11 5 5 9 5 100 0 0

35-54 29 23 34 28 28 30 0 100 0

55-120 63 64 59 65 61 64 0 0 100


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White 74 43 93 86 72 76 47 73 77Black or African-American 20 52 2 7 20 20 53 21 16




Other --- SPECIFY 2 0 3 4 3 2 0 4 2


What is the last year ofschooling that youhave completed? Base D R I Male Female 17-34 35-54 55+




Some college 20 17 21 23 19 21 25 18 21





What is your currentmarital status? Base D R I Male Female 17-34 35-54 55+

Single 11 19 7 9 14 9 41 13 7

Married 68 59 76 72 72 65 55 78 65

Widowed 12 15 9 12 8 17 0 0 19

Divorced 6 7 7 6 5 7 4 8 6




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income? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+Less than $50,000 50 63 39 50 48 51 50 37 57

$50,000 - $99,999 27 25 28 29 29 24 43 36 20

$100,000 and above 10 6 17 9 11 10 5 18 7



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NEW HAMPSHIRE 1ST

DISTRICT

If the elections forCongress were heldtoday, which candidatewould you vote for inyour congressional

district? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+Carol Shea-Porter 42 92 7 38 35 49 64 36 45

Frank Guinta 47 3 89 44 54 41 19 51 46

Other SPECIFY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Would not vote 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2

Don't know 9 4 3 16 10 8 17 12 7

How favorable is yourview of Carol Shea-Porter? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Very favorable 25 66 2 19 22 29 32 21 26




Not familiar 4 8 6 2 4 5 0 5 5

Don't know 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 2 0

How favorable is yourview of Frank Guinta? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Very favorable 14 0 28 11 12 15 18 12 14




Not familiar 20 32 17 16 16 23 15 18 22

Don't know 6 10 4 5 4 7 0 4 6

Now think about theupcoming Novemberelection for Congress?How likely are you tovote in that election? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+



Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Thinking about the 2008election, for whom didyou vote for President? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+




Did not vote 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1

Other 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0




NowVote D

NowVote R


Democrat 24 53 2 12 20 28 7 18 29

Republican 29 5 54 12 29 28 10 35 26

Independent 45 41 42 73 48 41 84 46 42

Other 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2


JOB APPROVAL

Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job PresidentBarack Obama hasbeen doing? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+




Somewhat disapprove 12 4 17 13 14 10 10 11 13Strongly disapprove 42 2 73 42 46 37 28 45 40

Don't know 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 1


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Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job Congress hasbeen doing? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+





Don't know 2 3 1 2 3 2 0 2 2

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS


your vote in thisNovember'scongressional election,how important in yourdecision is your feelingabout presidentObama? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Very important 40 41 48 33 36 44 10 40 42




Don't know 2 1 3 2 2 3 0 0 3

In order to tackle thenational deficit, which ofthe following optionswould you ratherchoose? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Raise taxes 16 40 0 13 17 14 27 17 15


Don't know 9 19 2 8 11 8 29 4 11


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When Barack Obamaran for President, hesaid he would bringChange to Washington.After two years in theWhite House, which of

these statements comesclosest to your feeling? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Obama has broughtchange but for the worseNothing has reallychanged in Washingtonyet

Don't know

Do you think the currentDemocraticcongressionalleadership under NancyPelosi and Harry Reid isto the left of you, to theright of you, or justabout where youpolitically stand? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

Do you think the currentRepublicancongressionalleadership under JohnBoehner and MitchMcConnell is to the leftof you, to the right ofyou, or just about where

you politically stand? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

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Don't know 3 3 5 2 1 5 0 3 2

Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the most

compelling reason to votefor Democrats in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+





Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the mostcompelling reason to votefor Republicans in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


spending doesn't get out ofcontrol 35 22 49 32 36 34 60 31 39



Don't know 30 72 1 26 22 37 0 24 32


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Television

RadioPrint media

Internet

Other

Don't know

Overall, would you saythe media in Americahave become morepartisan, less partisan

or are about the same asthey were five yearsago? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+



Less partisan

About the same

Don't know

DEMOGRAPHICS


Male 48 40 49 52 100 0 56 53 46

Female 52 60 51 48 0 100 44 47 54

AGE Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

17-34 3 1 1 6 4 3 100 0 0

35-54 30 23 37 31 33 27 0 100 055-120 61 72 56 57 58 64 0 0 100


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White 93 94 93 93 90 97 100 92 94





Other --- SPECIFY 2 2 3 1 2 2 0 2 2


What is the last year ofschooling that you havecompleted? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+




Some college 17 14 20 19 16 18 37 11 18






Single 9 15 6 7 9 8 40 5 9

Married 69 66 79 66 75 63 60 83 63

Widowed 13 11 11 14 8 18 0 1 19

Divorced 7 6 2 11 5 9 0 8 8



say 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1


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$50,000 - $99,999 35 35 37 35 42 28 37 39 34

$100,000 and above 19 14 26 20 21 19 8 37 14



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NEW YORK 19TH

DISTRICT

If the elections forCongress were heldtoday, which candidate

would you vote for inyour congressionaldistrict? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

John Hall 43 82 12 35 42 44 51 38 45

Nan Hayworth 43 9 72 50 47 39 37 48 40

Other 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

Would not vote 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0

Don't know 12 7 13 13 9 16 12 12 13

How favorable is yourview of John Hall? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+





Not familiar 11 9 11 13 12 11 10 12 11

Don't know 5 3 3 3 4 6 6 5 5

How favorable is yourview of Nan Hayworth? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very favorable 18 2 37 16 20 17 6 16 21Somewhat favorable 22 22 20 26 24 20 30 30 17



Not familiar 27 28 28 25 24 30 26 25 28

Don't know 10 9 6 10 8 12 13 13 7


How likely are you tovote in that election? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+




Did not vote 2 2 2 2 1 3 12 1 1

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


JOB APPROVAL

Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job PresidentBarack Obama has

been doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+Approve/Disapprove 42/55 79/20 13/86 34/63 37/59 47/51 64/36 38/58 41/56





Don't know 3 2 1 4 4 3 0 3 4

Thinking in general,would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job Congress hasbeen doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+






Don't know 5 2 2 7 3 6 9 3 5


Do you consider

yourself a Democrat, aRepublican or anIndependent? Base

NowVote D

NowVote R


Democrat 33 64 7 18 28 38 34 34 33

Republican 29 8 48 33 26 31 17 35 26

Independent 30 25 35 32 37 24 47 25 32

Other 5 2 8 5 5 5 0 5 5


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SPECIFIC QUESTIONS


your vote in thisNovember'scongressional election,how important in yourdecision is your feelingabout presidentObama? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very important 44 41 50 39 43 45 33 33 53




Don't know 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 3

In order to tackle thenational deficit, whichof the following optionswould you ratherchoose? READCHOICES Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Raise taxes 13 29 3 7 13 12 34 8 13

Cut government

spending 80 62 94 87 80 80 54 80 83Don't know 8 10 3 6 7 8 12 12 4

When Barack Obamaran for President, hesaid he would bringChange toWashington. After twoyears in the WhiteHouse, which of thesestatements comesclosest to Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



Nothing has reallychanged in Washingtonyet

Don't know


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Do you think thecurrent Democraticcongressionalleadership under Nancy

Pelosi and Harry Reidis to the left of you, tothe right of you, or justabout where you Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

Do you think thecurrent Republican

congressionalleadership under JohnBoehner and MitchMcConnell is to the leftof you, to the right ofyou, or just aboutwhere Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

Now please think aboutthe idea of theAmerican Dream.Which of the followingbest describes how yousee it as of today? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



It no longer exists for

most people 27 24 31 28 19 35 18 29 28It no longer exists 11 15 10 6 16 7 27 4 14

Don't know 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2

$ $ $ $ $ $ $$

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Regardless of how youplan to vote, whatwould you say is themost compellingreason to vote forDemocrats in the

November elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



To give President Obamaa chance to implementhis programs 22 32 11 24 16 27 19 21 24

Don't know 35 7 57 43 37 34 26 42 30

Regardless of how youplan to vote, whatwould you say is themost compellingreason to vote forRepublicans in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

To ensure taxes don'tincrease and governmentspending doesn't get outof control 38 35 39 37 37 40 43 42 37



Don't know 27 46 10 25 27 28 19 27 28


Television

Radio

Print media

Internet

Other

Don't know

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Overall, would you saythe media in Americahave become morepartisan, less partisanor are about the same

as they were five yearsago? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



Less partisan

About the same

Don't know

DEMOGRAPHICS

GENDER Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+Male 48 40 44 59 100 0 68 44 49

Female 52 60 56 41 0 100 32 56 51


17-34 7 7 4 11 10 4 100 0 0

35-54 38 38 46 32 35 41 0 100 0

55-120 52 51 48 55 53 51 0 0 100



White 82 76 88 85 79 85 70 81 86





Other 5 2 5 6 5 4 9 5 3


What is the last year ofschooling that youhave completed? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+



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Some college 22 21 22 24 17 26 24 21 23





What is your currentmarital status? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Single 10 15 5 11 13 8 48 9 5

Married 75 71 81 73 77 73 52 86 70

Widowed 9 8 7 12 6 11 0 0 16

Divorced 5 5 5 4 2 7 0 4 6



For statistical purposesonly, please tell mewhich of the followingcategories bestrepresents your totalannual householdincome? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Less than $50,000 23 24 21 20 21 24 38 10 29

$50,000 - $99,999 28 22 30 31 29 27 40 23 30

$100,000 and above 34 43 33 31 38 32 14 54 25



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NEW YORK 24TH

DISTRICT

If the elections forCongress were heldtoday, which candidatewould you vote for inyour congressionaldistrict?

Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Michael Arcuri 47 84 19 46 45 49 62 31 55

Richard Hanna 37 8 65 27 41 32 21 49 31

Other SPECIFY 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1

Would not vote 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Don't know 15 7 15 24 12 17 14 18 13

How favorable is yourview of Michael Arcuri? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Very favorable 21 35 11 18 18 23 12 13 25Somewhat favorable 31 39 21 40 29 33 40 30 32



Not familiar 9 10 10 5 9 8 10 12 7

Don't know 10 7 12 12 9 11 16 11 9

How favorable is yourview of Richard Hanna? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Very favorable 13 4 23 6 16 10 5 17 12

Somewhat favorable 25 16 30 30 27 24 24 32 20Somewhat unfavorable 18 23 12 22 19 17 15 12 22


Not familiar 17 20 17 15 18 17 26 21 15

Don't know 12 10 14 11 10 14 12 9 15




Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Did not vote 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 2

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0




NowVote D

NowVote R


Democrat 31 56 7 15 31 32 36 20 38

Republican 41 17 73 40 44 39 18 52 39

Independent 23 22 17 37 21 24 34 24 19

Other 4 4 3 7 5 3 11 3 3


JOB APPROVAL

Thinking in general,

would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job PresidentBarack Obama hasbeen doing? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+






Don't know 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2



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Don't know 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 1 5

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

When you think aboutyour vote in thisNovember'scongressional election,how important in yourdecision is your feelingabout president Obama? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Important/Unimportant 65/32 73/25 66/32 55/44 63/35 68/29 49/51 62/35 69/28Very important 39 49 38 28 35 43 36 28 46




Don't know 3 3 2 2 2 3 0 3 2

In order to tackle thenational deficit, which ofthe following options

would you ratherchoose? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Raise taxes 15 28 4 13 19 11 19 9 18


Don't know 7 12 5 5 8 7 8 2 10


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Don't know 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 3

Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the most

compelling reason tovote for Democrats in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+





Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the mostcompelling reason tovote for Republicans inthe November electionsfor Congress? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


spending doesn't get outof control 40 24 50 47 42 38 59 47 37



Don't know 29 50 12 26 27 30 23 21 33


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White 91 87 96 89 90 92 83 93 92





Other --- SPECIFY 4 7 0 7 4 4 11 5 2






Some college 23 20 28 16 22 23 32 21 24





say 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0


Single 14 12 11 15 18 9 52 14 9

Married 67 62 75 62 67 67 34 78 65

Widowed 10 13 9 8 7 12 3 1 15

Divorced 8 11 4 13 7 10 0 6 10




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$50,000 - $99,999 35 39 33 38 38 32 24 39 35

$100,000 and above 11 13 12 7 13 9 11 18 7



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PENNSYLVANIA 10TH

DISTRICT

If the elections for

Congress were held

today, which candidate

would you vote for in

your congressional

district? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

Christopher Carney 41 79 13 49 44 39 48 39 42

Thomas A. Marino 41 8 67 30 41 41 36 39 43

Other SPECIFY 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0

Would not vote 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1

Don't know 16 11 16 21 14 18 16 20 13

How favorable is your

view of Christopher

Carney? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+


Very favorable 19 41 3 20 19 19 19 12 23




Not familiar 8 9 6 9 7 8 9 7 8

Don't know 14 12 17 11 16 13 0 12 18

How favorable is yourview of Thomas A.

Marino? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+


Very favorable 11 4 17 5 12 10 3 12 11




Not familiar 16 12 17 21 14 18 25 19 13

Don't know 18 19 18 16 19 16 17 15 19

Now think about the

upcoming November

election for Congress?

How likely are you to

vote in that election? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+




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Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Thinking about the

2008 election, for

whom did you vote for

President? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+




Did not vote 2 2 1 3 2 1 4 0 3

Other 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1


JOB APPROVAL


would you say that you

approve or disapprove

of the job President

Barack Obama has

been doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+





Don't know 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2


would you say that you

approve or disapprove

of the job Congress

has been doing? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+Approve/Disapprove 18/80 40/56 7/91 11/89 19/79 19/79 35/65 22/78 14/82





Don't know 2 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 3


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Do you consider

yourself a Democrat, a

Republican or an

Independent? Base

Now

Vote D

Now

Vote R

Now DK

on Vote Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

Democrat 29 57 5 23 29 30 33 29 30

Republican 45 15 74 46 39 51 51 49 42

Independent 23 27 17 29 29 17 16 20 26

Other 2 1 3 0 3 1 0 2 2


say 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS


your vote in this

November's

congressional election,

how important in your

decision is your feeling

about president

Obama? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+


Very important 41 45 44 28 40 41 28 37 45




Don't know - 3 1 5 2 2 4 7 3 3

In order to tackle the

national deficit, which

of the following options

would you rather

choose? READ

CHOICES Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

Raise taxes 8 11 2 15 10 7 0 9 9

Cut government

spending 83 75 96 69 83 83 94 83 81

Don't know 9 13 2 16 7 10 6 8 9


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When Barack Obama

ran for President, he

said he would bring

Change to

Washington. After two

years in the White

House, which of these

statements comes

closest to Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

Obama has brought

change for the better

Obama has brought

change but for the worse

Nothing has really

changeIn Washington yet

Don't know

Do you think the

current Democratic

congressional

leadership under

Nancy Pelosi and Harry

Reid is to the left of

you, to the right of you,

or just about where you Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of youAbout where you are

Don't know

Do you think the

current Republican

congressional

leadership under John

Boehner and Mitch

McConnell is to the leftof you, to the right of

you, or just about

where Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

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Now please think about

the idea of the

American Dream.

Which of the following

best describes how

you see it as of today? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

It's still there for

everyone 21 21 21 20 25 17 24 25 18

It still exists but only for

some people 45 52 44 41 42 49 60 43 45

It no longer exists for

most people 18 15 19 23 16 20 16 19 17


Don't know 2 3 3 0 2 3 0 2 3

Regardless of how you

plan to vote, what

would you say is the

most compelling

reason to vote for

Democrats in the

November elections for

Congress? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+To protect our social

security, health care and

other benefits 37 50 31 29 35 39 39 45 31

To ensure extreme right

wing candidates are not

elected to Congress 12 15 6 20 15 9 23 10 11

To give President

Obama a chance to

implement his programs 13 27 4 12 11 14 8 13 13

Don't know 39 7 59 39 40 38 30 32 44

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What would you say is

your main source of

political information? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

Television

Radio

Print media

Internet

Other

Don't know

Overall, would you say

the media in America

have become more

partisan, less partisan

or are about the same

as they were five years

ago? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

More partisan

Republican


Less partisan

About the same

Don't know

DEMOGRAPHICS

GENDER Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

Male 48 47 41 61 100 0 48 40 53

Female 52 53 59 39 0 100 52 60 47

AGE Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

17-34 8 9 9 5 8 8 100 0 0

35-54 36 35 39 31 30 41 0 100 0

55-120 55 55 51 62 61 49 0 0 100


What do you consider

to be your race? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

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White 92 89 95 90 92 92 85 93 92

Black or African-

American 2 4 1 1 3 0 5 0 2



Native American 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0Other --- SPECIFY 2 1 1 6 1 3 11 1 2


say 3 4 3 2 3 3 0 2 3

What is the last year of

schooling that you

have completed? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

Less than a high school

degree 2 1 1 3 3 1 3 1 2

High school graduate 33 44 29 28 33 34 21 28 39Non-college post-high

school (technical school) 3 1 4 3 3 3 0 2 4

Some college 17 9 20 18 15 18 4 19 17


Post college - graduate

school 14 12 14 15 18 10 10 15 14



say --- 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0

What is your current

marital status? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+

Single 13 14 12 11 17 9 39 14 8

Married 72 68 76 70 72 72 56 78 71

Widowed 7 6 8 10 4 11 0 1 13

Divorced 7 9 3 10 6 7 5 7 7

Living with significant

other, but not married 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0


say 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

For statistical purposes

only, please tell me

which of the following

categories best

represents your total

annual household Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 - 54 55+


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income?

Less than $50,000 42 48 41 40 42 43 39 30 51

$50,000 - $99,999 30 25 33 30 33 28 37 37 25

$100,000 and above 13 12 11 17 11 12 18 20 7


say 15 15 16 13 14 17 7 13 17


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PENNSYLVANIA 8TH

DISTRICT

If the elections forCongress were heldtoday, which candidatewould you vote for in

your congressionaldistrict? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Patrick J. Murphy 46 83 13 40 41 50 44 50 45

Michael G. Fitzpatrick 43 8 74 45 48 38 31 36 47

Other SPECIFY 1 2 1 1 0 2 5 1 0

Would not vote 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

Don't know 10 7 11 13 10 11 20 13 7

How favorable is yourview of Patrick J.Murphy? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+





Not familiar 5 2 8 6 5 6 9 9 3

Don't know 7 8 8 3 3 10 17 5 6

How favorable is yourview of Michael G.Fitzpatrick? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Very favorable 26 7 45 24 34 19 19 19 29




Not familiar 8 10 7 6 7 9 9 13 5

Don't know 8 10 6 6 5 10 17 5 7




Maybe will vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Did not vote 1 1 1 3 2 0 7 2 1

Other 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1




NowVote D

NowVote R


Democrat 38 69 7 27 27 48 47 36 38

Republican 38 11 66 39 39 37 29 35 39

Independent 23 20 24 29 32 13 22 28 21

Other 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 0


JOB APPROVAL


would you say that youapprove or disapproveof the job PresidentBarack Obama hasbeen doing? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+






Don't know 2 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 2



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SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

When you think aboutyour vote in thisNovember'scongressional election,how important in yourdecision is your feelingabout president

Obama? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+Important/Unimportant 68/30 73/25 66/32 65/33 65/32 72/27 71/29 63/36 71/26

Very important 43 46 46 34 40 46 18 37 49




Don't know 2 3 2 2 4 1 0 1 3

In order to tackle thenational deficit, which of

the following optionswould you ratherchoose? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Raise taxes 11 21 1 14 10 12 0 18 10


Don't know 13 20 7 12 15 11 16 9 15


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When Barack Obama ranfor President, he said hewould bring Change toWashington. After twoyears in the WhiteHouse, which of these

statements comesclosest to your feeling? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


Obama has broughtchange but for the worseNothing has reallychanged in Washingtonyet

Don't know

Do you think the currentDemocraticcongressionalleadership under NancyPelosi and Harry Reid isto the left of you, to theright of you, or justabout where youpolitically stand? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

Do you think the currentRepublicancongressionalleadership under JohnBoehner and MitchMcConnell is to the leftof you, to the right ofyou, or just about where

you politically stand? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+To the left of you

To the right of you

About where you are

Don't know

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Now please think aboutthe idea of theAmerican Dream.Which of the followingbest describes how yousee it as of today? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+



It no longer exists formost people 22 23 22 21 17 27 16 27 20


Don't know 4 4 3 4 3 4 0 3 4

Regardless of how you

plan to vote, whatwould you say is themost compellingreason to vote forDemocrats in theNovember elections forCongress? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+


To ensure extreme rightwing candidates are not

elected to Congress 14 17 12 16 16 13 29 12 14To give President Obamaa chance to implementhis programs 23 40 12 15 15 31 34 26 22

Don't know 30 3 52 37 37 24 26 30 29


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Regardless of how youplan to vote, what wouldyou say is the mostcompelling reason tovote for Republicans inthe November electionsfor Congress? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

To ensure taxes don'tincrease and governmentspending doesn't get outof control 41 34 43 48 43 40 48 43 39



Don't know 25 44 13 15 21 29 5 25 29


Television

Radio

Print media

Internet

Other

Don't know

Overall, would you saythe media in Americahave become morepartisan, less partisanor are about the sameas they were five yearsago? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+



Less partisan

About the same

Don't know

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DEMOGRAPHICS


Male 48 35 49 69 100 0 43 49 50

Female 52 65 51 31 0 100 57 51 50

AGE Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

17-34 5 6 4 5 5 6 100 0 0

35-54 30 29 28 37 30 30 0 100 0

55-120 61 61 64 56 64 59 0 0 100



White 91 90 97 84 88 94 73 94 91





Other --- SPECIFY 2 3 0 4 3 1 12 1 2






Some college 18 18 16 19 16 19 21 17 18

College graduate 32 28 37 29 32 32 34 41 27Post college - graduateschool 22 22 16 32 23 20 18 25 20




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Single 8 8 8 9 12 5 39 7 7

Married 71 68 71 74 71 72 51 86 66

Widowed 11 13 11 8 8 14 0 0 17

Divorced 7 9 8 5 7 7 3 6 9Living with significantother, but not married 1 1 1 4 2 1 7 2 0


For statistical purposesonly, please tell mewhich of the followingcategories bestrepresents your total

annual householdincome? Base D R I Male Female 17- 34 35- 54 55+

Less than $50,000 26 30 23 27 26 26 27 11 34

$50,000 - $99,999 35 36 35 33 37 32 55 40 32

$100,000 and above 22 20 21 24 21 22 18 36 16



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If the elections forCongress were heldtoday, whichcandidate would you

vote for in yourcongressionaldistrict? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+

Steven Kagen 44 89 7 43 38 50 32 40 47

Reid Ribble 45 4 87 40 55 36 51 51 41

Other SPECIFY 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 1

Would not vote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Don't know 10 7 5 15 6 14 13 8 11

How favorable is yourview of StevenKagen? Base D R I Male Female 17 -34 35 -54 55+


Very favorable 24 61 2 20 22 27 12 20 29




Not familiar 5 5 3 7 5 6 9 7 4

Don't know 5 4 2 8 4 7 9 5 5

How favorable is yourview of Reid Ribble? Base D R I Male Female 17 -

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