AUGUST 2008 POLLS

AUGUST 2008 NEVADA POLL
400 likely voters interviewed statewide August 13-15, 2008, by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. The margin for error is plus or minus 5%.

QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Harry Reid as Nevada's U.S. senator: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEM	REP	IND	CLARK	REST OF STATE
EXCELLENT	12%	6%	18%	23%	2%	8%	15%	6%
GOOD	34%	29%	39%	56%	11%	29%	34%	34%
FAIR	15%	17%	13%	11%	15%	23%	17%	11%
POOR	38%	47%	29%	9%	71%	40%	33%	48%
UNDECIDED	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	-	1%	1%

QUESTION: Do you feel things in Nevada are on the right track or do you feel they are on the wrong track?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEM	REP	IND	CLARK	REST OF STATE
RIGHT TRACK	35%	36%	34%	33%	38%	35%	34%	37%
WRONG TRACK	55%	56%	54%	58%	52%	51%	57%	51%
NOT SURE	10%	8%	12%	9%	10%	14%	9%	12%

QUESTION: Do you feel Governor Jim Gibbon's divorce, and allegations that he was involved with another woman, has or has not affected his ability to govern?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEM	REP	IND	CLARK	REST OF STATE
HAS	40%	39%	41%	47%	33%	37%	41%	38%
HAS NOT	50%	46%	54%	45%	58%	48%	51%	48%
NOT SURE	10%	15%	5%	8%	9%	15%	8%	14%

QUESTION: If John McCain chooses Mitt Romney as his vice presidential running-mate, would you be more likely to vote for McCain, less likely to vote for McCain, or will it have no real effect on your vote?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEM	REP	IND	LDS	NON-LDS
MORE LIKELY	26%	28%	24%	9%	46%	23%	67%	21%
LESS LIKELY	13%	9%	17%	19%	5%	13%	-	14%
NO EFFECT	59%	60%	58%	70%	47%	62%	33%	63%
NOT SURE	2%	3%	1%	2%	2%	2%	-	2%

AUGUST 2008 WESTERN STATES POLL
400 likely voters interviewed August 13-15, 2008, in each of the following states -- Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The margin for error in each state is plus or minus 5%. The margin for error on the overall weighted regional results is plus or minus 2%

NAME RECOGNITION

QUESTION: Do you recognize the name _________?
(IF YES) Do you have a favorable, unfavorable, or neutral opinion of _____?

JOHN MCCAIN
	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
FAVORABLE	50%	42%	48%	46%	59%	55%	48%
UNFAVORABLE	27%	29%	25%	27%	21%	19%	26%
NEUTRAL	22%	29%	26%	27%	20%	26%	26%
DON'T RECOGNIZE	1%	-	1%	-	-	-	-

BARACK OBAMA
	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
FAVORABLE	37%	45%	43%	40%	20%	21%	37%
UNFAVORABLE	40%	35%	37%	34%	43%	47%	38%
NEUTRAL	22%	20%	19%	25%	37%	31%	24%
DON'T RECOGNIZE	1%	-	1%	1%	-	1%	1%

QUESTION: If the 2008 presidential election were held today, would you vote for Barack Obama, the Democrat, or John McCain, the Republican?

	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS	NON-HISP	HISP
MCCAIN	47%	43%	46%	45%	62%	62%	48%	51%	45%	13%	81%	41%	53%	25%
OBAMA	41%	46%	39%	41%	23%	25%	39%	35%	43%	75%	8%	41%	34%	64%
UNDECIDED	12%	11%	15%	14%	15%	13%	13%	14%	12%	12%	11%	18%	13%	11%

QUESTION: What do you feel is the single most important national issue facing the country today? (LIST NOT READ)

	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
Economy/Jobs	38%	43%	44%	37%	42%	36%	39%
War in Iraq	18%	13%	12%	15%	15%	17%	15%
Gas Prices/Energy	11%	15%	9%	16%	17%	14%	14%
Terrorism/Natl Security	12%	10%	14%	14%	7%	15%	11%
Immigration	5%	4%	4%	4%	6%	4%	5%
Health Care Issues	4%	5%	4%	2%	3%	5%	4%
Social/Moral Issues	1%	3%	3%	5%	1%	2%	2%
Education	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Environment	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%
Social Security	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Other	3%	2%	4%	2%	2%	3%	3%
Not Sure	4%	1%	3%	2%	3%	1%	3%

QUESTIONS Thinking specifically about issues that are currently having a greater impact on life in (STATE) and other western states than in other parts of the country, which one of the following do you feel is the single most important regional issue facing the western states today? (LIST READ, ORDER ROTATED)

	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
Immigration	44%	29%	28%	27%	18%	11%	31%
Drilling on Public Lands	16%	20%	13%	23%	34%	25%	21%
Water Policy/Water Issues	11%	15%	23%	21%	11%	12%	15%
Environment/Climate Change	9%	13%	11%	9%	8%	12%	10%
Growth/Sprawl	5%	6%	8%	5%	9%	4%	6%
Roads/Infrastructure	3%	5%	3%	4%	5%	5%	4%
Mining/Natural Resources	2%	4%	5%	1%	3%	13%	3%
Agriculture/Farm Issues	1%	3%	1%	3%	5%	8%	3%
Gun Rights/Gun Control	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	5%	2%
Other (NOT READ)	2%	2%	3%	3%	2%	2%	2%
Not Sure (NOT READ)	5%	2%	3%	2%	4%	3%	3%

QUESTION: Which of the two major presidential candidates -- Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain -- do you trust more to handle the following issues?

The economy
	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
MCCAIN	48%	42%	45%	46%	62%	62%	48%
OBAMA	43%	44%	40%	43%	28%	27%	40%
NO DIFFERENCE/DK	9%	14%	15%	11%	10%	11%	12%

National security
	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
MCCAIN	58%	54%	59%	55%	71%	74%	59%
OBAMA	33%	37%	32%	34%	21%	21%	32%
NO DIFFERENCE/DK	9%	9%	9%	11%	8%	5%	9%

Immigration
	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
MCCAIN	52%	46%	45%	41%	61%	63%	50%
OBAMA	34%	41%	36%	37%	20%	19%	34%
NO DIFFERENCE/DK	14%	13%	19%	12%	19%	18%	16%

Protecting the environment and public lands
	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
OBAMA	49%	57%	50%	54%	45%	38%	51%
MCCAIN	38%	30%	33%	28%	39%	43%	34%
NO DIFFERENCE/DK	13%	13%	17%	18%	16%	19%	15%

Developing energy resources and reducing dependence on foreign sources
	AZ	CO	NV	NM	UT	WY	REGION
MCCAIN	49%	44%	47%	47%	57%	62%	49%
OBAMA	41%	47%	42%	41%	26%	26%	40%
NO DIFFERENCE/DK	10%	9%	11%	12%	17%	12%	11%

QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of ______ as Governor: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?

	EXC	GOOD	FAIR	POOR	UND
Janet Napolitano (AZ)	29%	37%	19%	13%	2%
Bill Ritter (CO)	17%	43%	23%	12%	5%
Jim Gibbons (NV)	6%	17%	27%	46%	4%
Bill Richardson (NM)	18%	38%	21%	22%	1%
Jon Huntsman, Jr. (UT)	33%	49%	12%	4%	2%
Dave Freudenthal (WY)	30%	51%	15%	3%	1%

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