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JUNE 2008 POLLS

HOW THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED

This poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. from June 9 through June 11, 2008. A total of 625 registered Nevada voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All stated they vote regularly in state elections. The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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230 2nd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT VOTERS

QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Dean Heller as your U.S. Representative: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?

2ND CD MEN WOMEN DEM REP IND
EXCELLENT 17% 19% 15% 7% 28% 8%
GOOD 35% 37% 33% 24% 39% 47%
FAIR 22% 25% 19% 21% 27% 13%
POOR 22% 17% 27% 45% 3% 21%
UNDECIDED 4% 2% 6% 3% 3% 11%


QUESTION: If the 2008 election for Nevada's Second District Congressional seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Jill Derby, the Democrat, and Dean Heller, the Republican?

2ND CD MEN WOMEN DEM REP IND
HELLER 53% 56% 50% 24% 79% 45%
DERBY 39% 35% 43% 69% 15% 36%
UNDECIDED 8% 9% 7% 7% 6% 19%


232 3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT VOTERS

QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Jon Porter as your U.S. Representative: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?

3RD CD MEN WOMEN DEM REP IND
EXCELLENT 3% 4% 2% 3% 5% 1%
GOOD 33% 37% 29% 13% 58% 31%
FAIR 39% 36% 42% 49% 23% 43%
POOR 17% 15% 19% 26% 7% 16%
UNDECIDED 8% 8% 8% 9% 7% 9%


QUESTION: If the 2008 election for Nevada's Third District Congressional seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Dina Titus, the Democrat, and Jon Porter, the Republican?

3RD CD MEN WOMEN DEM REP IND
PORTER 45% 53% 37% 16% 76% 51%
TITUS 42% 34% 50% 76% 6% 36%
UNDECIDED 13% 13% 13% 8% 18% 13%


QUESTION: What issue is most important to you when considering your presidential vote? (NOT READ)

STATE DEMS REPS INDS
Economy/Jobs 35% 41% 31% 30%
War in Iraq 15% 18% 13% 12%
Energy/Gas Prices 11% 10% 11% 12%
National Security/Terrorism 9% 4% 14% 13%
Taxes/Govt Spending 8% 1% 14% 10%
Health Care 7% 9% 4% 5%
Immigration 5% 4% 5% 5%
Education 3% 4% 1% 6%
Social Security/Medicare 2% 3% 1% 1%
Moral Issues/Family Values 1% 1% 1% 1%
Environment/Global Warming 1% 2% - 3%
Other 1% 1% 2% -
Not Sure 2% 2% 3% 2%


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

STATE MEN WOMEN DEM REP IND CLARK WASHOE RURAL
RIGHT TRACK 13% 16% 10% 7% 20% 11% 10% 20% 18%
WRONG TRACK 76% 73% 79% 91% 64% 67% 79% 70% 69%
NOT SURE 11% 11% 11% 2% 16% 22% 11% 10% 13%


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 WASHOE RURAL
RIGHT TRACK 26% 30% 22% 14% 41% 23% 23% 29% 36%
WRONG TRACK 56% 53% 59% 69% 40% 56% 59% 52% 47%
NOT SURE 18% 17% 19% 17% 19% 21% 18% 19% 17%


QUESTION: What do you anticipate will happen to the local economy in the coming year? Will it get better, get worse or stay about the same?

STATE MEN WOMEN DEM REP IND CLARK WASHOE RURAL
BETTER 24% 23% 25% 17% 31% 29% 21% 28% 30%
WORSE 36% 40% 32% 43% 30% 33% 40% 33% 23%
SAME 33% 32% 34% 30% 35% 33% 32% 31% 43%
NOT SURE 7% 5% 9% 10% 4% 5% 7% 8% 4%

HOW THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED

This poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. from June 9 through June 11, 2008. A total of 625 registered Nevada voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All stated they vote regularly in state elections.

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect voter turn-out by county.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4 percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as a gender or regional grouping.

SAMPLE FIGURES:

Men 301 (48%)
Women 324 (52%)

Democrats 283 (45%)
Republicans 250 (40%)
Independents 92 (15%)

REGION

Clark County - 405 interviews
Washoe County - 130 interviews
Rural Nevada - 90 interviews