ABC News/Washington Post Pre-Super Tuesday Poll, January 2008

This poll, fielded January 30 - February 01, 2008, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. A national sample of 1,249 adults was surveyed, including an oversample of African Americans and Latinos, for a total of 215 African Americans respondents and 186 Latino respondents. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way George W. Bush was handling his job as president, and whether they approved of his handling of the war in Iraq and the economy. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way United States Congress as a whole was doing its job, as well as whether they approved of the way Republicans in Congress and Democrats in Congress were doing their jobs. Opinions were sought on the amount that Congress had accomplished that year, and who could be trusted more, the Democrats or the Republicans, to do a better job handling the war in Iraq, health care, the United States campaign on terrorism, the economy, taxes, and the federal budget deficit. Questions were asked about the war in Iraq, including whether the war was worth fighting, and whether respondents thought the United States was making significant progress toward restoring civil order in Iraq. Respondents were also asked how closely they were following the 2008 presidential race, the probability that they would vote in the primary, for whom they would vote in the general election and their state's presidential primary if the election were held that day, their opinion of the candidates, who they trusted to handle various issues, whether they would vote for specific candidates if they won their party's nomination, and what they felt was the most important issue in their choice for president. Opinions were sought on Bill Clinton and whether respondents felt comfortable with the idea of Clinton being a first husband and whether Clinton played a positive or negative role in Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Other topics included the state of the nation's economy, the financial situation of the respondent's family, and how respondents would spend a federal rebate check. Demographic information includes voter registration status and participation history, sex, age, race, income, marital status, religious preference, religious service attendance, education level, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political philosophy, political party affiliation, and whether the respondent or anyone in the home was a military veteran.

本次调查于2008年1月30日至2月1日开展，是持续月度调查系列的一部分，旨在征求公众对总统履职及一系列其他政治与社会议题的意见。调查采用全国样本，共访问1249名成年人，其中包括对非裔美国人和拉丁裔美国人的过度抽样，最终获得215名非裔美国人和186名拉丁裔美国人的有效应答。应答者被问及是否认可乔治·W·布什担任总统期间的工作表现，以及是否认可其对伊拉克战争和经济问题的处理方式；还被问及是否认可美国国会整体的工作表现，以及是否认可国会中共和党人和民主党人的工作表现。调查同时征求了应答者对以下问题的意见：国会当年的工作成果；在处理伊拉克战争、医疗保健、美国反恐行动、经济、税收及联邦预算赤字等议题上，民主党与共和党哪一方更值得信任；伊拉克战争是否值得发动；美国在恢复伊拉克社会秩序方面是否取得显著进展。应答者还被问及对2008年总统竞选的关注程度、在初选中投票的可能性、若当日举行选举会在大选及本州总统初选中投票给哪位候选人、对候选人的看法、信任哪位候选人处理各类议题、若特定候选人获得党内提名是否会投票支持，以及在总统选择中认为最重要的议题是什么。此外，调查还征求了应答者对比尔·克林顿的看法，包括是否接受克林顿担任第一先生的设想，以及克林顿在希拉里·克林顿总统竞选活动中发挥的作用是积极还是消极。其他议题包括国家经济状况、应答者家庭的财务状况，以及应答者将如何使用联邦退税支票。人口统计信息涵盖选民登记状态与参与历史、性别、年龄、种族、收入、婚姻状况、宗教偏好、宗教活动参与情况、教育水平、居住区域类型（如城市或农村）、政治理念、政党归属，以及应答者本人或家中是否有退伍军人。