QUESTION: Which of the following is the single MOST important issue in determining your vote for President?

ALL DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS INDEPENDENTS

Economy 43% 46% 37% 49%

National Security 14% 5% 27% 9%

War in Iraq 13% 21% 6% 8%

Health Care 10% 15% 4% 12%

Taxes 6% 2% 12% 5%

Moral Values 5% 3% 7% 5%

Immigration 4% 3% 4% 5%

Government Ethics 3% 3% 2% 4%

Other/Not Sure 2% 2% 1% 3%

QUESTION: Who do you believe can best handle the nation’s economic problems: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain?

CLINTON MCCAIN OBAMA NOT SURE

ALL 38% 32% 26% 4%

MEN 34% 37% 27% 2%

WOMEN 42% 27% 25% 6%

DEMOCRATS 46% 23% 28% 3%

REPUBLICANS 26% 44% 25% 5%

INDEPENDENTS 43% 29% 22% 6%

QUESTION: Who do you believe can best handle the conflict in Iraq: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain?

MCCAIN CLINTON OBAMA NOT SURE

ALL 41% 30% 19% 10%

MEN 47% 26% 18% 9%

WOMEN 35% 34% 20% 11%

DEMOCRATS 20% 44% 30% 6%

REPUBLICANS 67% 14% 5% 14%

INDEPENDENTS 39% 30% 20% 11%

QUESTION: Who do you believe can best handle the threat of terrorism: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain?

MCCAIN CLINTON OBAMA NOT SURE

ALL 43% 29% 17% 11%

MEN 50% 25% 16% 9%

WOMEN 36% 33% 18% 13%

DEMOCRATS 21% 44% 27% 8%

REPUBLICANS 71% 12% 5% 12%

INDEPENDENTS 40% 29% 17% 14%

The Lexington Herald-Leader/WBKO Kentucky Poll was conducted by Research 2000 of Olney, Md., from May 7 through May 9, 2008.

A total of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed statewide by telephone.

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 the voter registration of distribution 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 for gender or party affiliation.

SAMPLE FIGURES:

Men 288 (48%)

Women 312 (52%)

Democrats 276 (46%)

Republicans 233 (39%)

Other 91 (15%)

18-29 102 (17%)

30-44 186 (31%)

45-59 192 (32%)

60+ 120 (20%)

White 534 (89%)

Black 48 (8%)

Other 18 (3%)