Wednesday, December 12, 2007 : Today's National Polls

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CNN/OPINION RESEARCH CORPORATION
Mortgage Crisis, WH 2008

Conducted 12/6-9/07; surveyed 1,002 adults; margin of error +/-3% (release, 12/11). A response of * indicates less than 0.5 percent.

As you may know, in the past few years banks and other financial institutions provided mortgages to many Americans who eventually could not afford to pay them and now may lose their homes. Do you think those people should receive special treatment that would prevent them from defaulting on their mortgages?

Should receive special treatment            51%
Should not                                  46
No opinion                                   3

And do you think that the banks and other financial institutions that currently hold those mortgages should receive special treatment that would prevent them from losing money on those mortgages?

Should receive special treatment            26%
Should not                                  72
No opinion                                   2

Which of the following statements comes closer to your view of those people who are now defaulting on mortgages?

You think they are the victims
 of bad lending policies by the
 banks who provided mortgages
 to them                                    46%
You feel sorry for them, but
 they willingly entered into
 those agreements and have no
 one to blame but themselves                51
No opinion                                   4

(Asked of registered voters) If Hillary Clinton were the Democratic Party's candidate and Rudy Giuliani were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Clinton, the Democrat, or Giuliani, the Republican?

Clinton                     51%
Giuliani                    45
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   *

(Asked of registered voters) If Hillary Clinton were the Democratic Party's candidate and Mitt Romney were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Clinton, the Democrat, or Romney, the Republican?

Clinton                     54%
Romney                      43
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   1

(Asked of registered voters) If Hillary Clinton were the Democratic Party's candidate and John McCain were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Clinton, the Democrat, or McCain, the Republican?

Clinton                     48%
Mccain                      50
Neither (vol.)               2
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   *

(Asked of registered voters) If Hillary Clinton were the Democratic Party's candidate and Mike Huckabee were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Clinton, the Democrat, or Huckabee, the Republican?

Clinton                     54%
Huckabee                    44
Neither (vol.)               2
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   *

(Asked of registered voters) If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party's candidate and Rudy Giuliani were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Obama, the Democrat, or Giuliani, the Republican?

Obama                       52%
Giuliani                    45
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   *

(Asked of registered voters) If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party's candidate and Mitt Romney were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Obama, the Democrat, or Romney, the Republican?

Obama                       54%
Romney                      41
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   1

(Asked of registered voters) If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party's candidate and John McCain were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Obama, the Democrat, or McCain, the Republican?

Obama                       48%
McCain                      48
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   1

(Asked of registered voters) If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party's candidate and Mike Huckabee were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Obama, the Democrat, or Huckabee, the Republican?

Obama                       55%
Huckabee                    40
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   1

(Asked of registered voters) If John Edwards were the Democratic Party's candidate and Rudy Giuliani were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Edwards, the Democrat, or Giuliani, the Republican?

Edwards                     53%
Giuliani                    44
Neither (vol.)               2
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   1

(Asked of registered voters) If John Edwards were the Democratic Party's candidate and Mitt Romney were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Edwards, the Democrat, or Romney, the Republican?

Edwards                     59%
Romney                      37
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 1
No opinion                   1

(Asked of registered voters) If John Edwards were the Democratic Party's candidate and John McCain were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Edwards, the Democrat, or McCain, the Republican?

Edwards                     52%
McCain                      44
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   1

(Asked of registered voters) If John Edwards were the Democratic Party's candidate and Mike Huckabee were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for -- Edwards, the Democrat, or Huckabee, the Republican?

Edwards                     60%
Huckabee                    35
Neither (vol.)               3
Other (vol.)                 *
No opinion                   1

(Asked of registered voters) In general, would you prefer the presidential candidates to talk openly about their religious views or would you prefer them to keep their religious views as a private matter?

Talk openly about religious views           41%
Religious views a private matter            57
No opinion                                   2