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Democracy Corps survey conducted March 25-29, 2009, of 1,000 2008 voters nationwide

Democracy Corps national survey conducted March 4-8, 2009, of 1,000 2008 voters

Democracy Corps survey of 1,200 likely 2010 voters in 40 Democratic-held battlegroundhouse districts, conducted January 14-19, 2009

Democracy Corps survey of 1000 voters conducted December 16-18, 2008

Democracy Corps survey of 1,000 voters nationwide conducted November 19-23, 2008

Democracy Corps presidential battleground survey of 1,600 likely voters conducted August12-17, 2008

Democracy Corps battleground survey of 1,200 likely voters conducted in the 50 mostcompetitive Republican districts, October 21-24, 2006

Pew Research 2009 values survey of 1,507 nationwide conducted April 14-21, 2009

Womens Voices, Womens Vote survey of 1,300 2008 voters, conducted January 22-February 3, 2009

League of Conservation Voters survey of 851 voters in 11 battleground states (CO, FL, IA, MI,

MO, NC, NM, NV, PA, OH, and VA) conducted November 3 and 4, 2008


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Rebuild the Economy for Long-Term: Obama


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Because right now, we're standing near the largest solar electric plant of itskind in the entire Western Hemisphere -- the entire Western Hemisphere. Morethan 72,000 solar panels built on part of an old landfill provide 25 percent ofthe electricity for the 12,000 people who live and work here at Nellis. That's theequivalent of powering about 13,200 homes during the day.

It's a project that took about half a year to complete, created 200 jobs, and willsave the United States Air Force, which is the largest consumer of energy inthe federal government, nearly $1 million -- $1 million a year. It will also

reduce harmful carbon pollution by 24,000 tons per year, which is theequivalent of removing 4,000 cars from our roads. Most importantly, thisbase serves as a shining example of what's possible when we harness thepower of clean, renewable energy to build a new, firmer foundation for

economic growth.

Now, that's the kind of foundation we're trying to build all acrossAmerica. One hundred days ago, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in

half a century, we passed the most sweeping economic recovery act inhistory -- a plan designed to save jobs, create new ones, and put money

in people's pockets. It's a plan designed not only to revive the economy

in the short term, but to rebuild the economy over the long term.

President Barack Obama, May 27, 2009

Nelllis Air Force Base, NV


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Now Im going to read you some pairs of statements. After I read each pair, please tell me whether the FIRSTstatement or the SECOND statement comes closer to your own view, even if neither is exactly right.

First Statement: In order to fully restore America'seconomic strength it is more important to make long-term investments that will lead to new jobs and newindustries.

Second Statement: In order to fully restoreAmerica's economic strength it is more important toreduce the deficit and pay down the national debt.

Long-term investments far more important than watching the deficit

*Note: From Democracy Corps national surveyconducted March 4-8, 2009, of 1,000 2008 voters.



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Investing in Americas Energy Independence


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Obamas message and mandate forged in 2008

John McCain says we aredangerously dependent on foreignoil because Democrats likeBarack Obama oppose efforts todrill for new American oil.McCains policies will expand U.S.oil production to reduce gasprices and build more refineries toexpand our oil capacity here inthe US. We should build newnuclear power plants and invest inclean coal technology, andexpand alternative energysources to achieve independence.This shouldnt be a choicebetween more oil production oralternative energy. We should doboth because alternative energyis the future, but right now we livein an oil and gas economy and we

need more American oil.

McCain Statement:

Oil, Nukes and Alternatives

Barack Obama says we need anew energy plan that freesAmerica from dependence on bigoil and recharges our economy by

fast tracking production of clean,alternative energy like wind andsolar power, which will create goodAmerican jobs. For 26 years, JohnMcCain has been in Washingtonvoting against investments inalternative energy to protect the oilcompanies. We need to end the

tax breaks for big oil companiesand use that money to developalternative energy. We should drillin areas where oil companiesalready have leases they're notusing. And we should require carcompanies to build more efficientcars to save drivers money.

Obama Statement:

From Oil to Alternative

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Now I'm going to read you some pairs of statements. After I read each pair, please tell me whether the DEMOCRATIC

statement or the REPUBLICAN statement comes closer to your own view, even if neither is exactly right.

*Note: From Democracy Corps presidential battleground survey of1,600 likely voters conducted August 12-17, 2008


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Give a 3 thousand dollar tax credit for each job that businesses

create in America

Give a 1 thousand dollar tax cut to families earning under 250

thousand dollars

Ban all earmarks and pet projects in the recovery package

Give aid to states so they can avoid cutting essential services

like police, fire and education

Extend unemployment benefits and health care coverage for

those out-of-work

Provide schools and colleges with computers and technology

and teachers with new training

Give tax refunds for businesses that lost money last year

Now I am going to read you a list of proposals that Congress might include in the economic recovery package. For

each one, please tell me if you favor or oppose that proposal.

Energy investment top element in Economic Recovery Act

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Require banks that receive financial bailout funds to lend money

to consumers, businesses instead of using it to buy other banks

Invest in alternative energy like wind, solar and bio-fuels to

double its production in the next three years 88

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*Note: Democracy Corps survey conducted January 14-19, 2009, of

1,200 likely 2010 voters in 40 Democratic-held battleground housedistricts.


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Now Im going to read you a list of proposals that some people have recommended to Barack Obama and the

Congress. For each one, please tell me how important it is that Obama and Congress enact this proposal. Is itextremely important, very important, just somewhat important, not at all important, or would you actively oppose thatproposal? (Percent Extremely Important Shown Below)

In new base, investing in renewable energy jobs most important in agenda

Total 2008 Electorate African Americans Unmarried Women Latino 18-29 Year Olds

Invest in RenewableEnergy and GreenJobs (46%)

Universal HealthCare (59%)


Insurance for allChildren (51%)




Equal Pay for Women(48%)



Equal Pay forWomen (35%)


Universal Health Care(46%)

Make College/TrainingMore Affordable (45%)

Universal HealthCare (41%)

53% Votedfor Obama

95% Votedfor Obama

70% Votedfor Obama

67% Votedfor Obama

66% Votedfor Obama

*Note: Data from WVWV survey of 1300 Voters, conducted 1/22-2/3/2009.Graph numbers represent percent of each group voting for Obama in 2008.


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Investing in clean energy and jobs most important for electoral battleground

Total 2008 Electorate Seniors White Non-College White Married Women

Invest in RenewableEnergy and Green Jobs(46%)

Invest in Renewable Energyand Green Jobs (36%)



Insurance for all Children(36%)

Equal Pay for Women (32%)Insurance for all Children(34%)







53% Votedfor Obama

45% Voted

for Obama

42% Voted

for Obama

42% Voted

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Investing in clean energy and jobs most important for electoral battleground

Total 2008 Electorate Independents White Non-South Rural Suburban








Universal Health Care(39%)



Make College/ TrainingMore Affordable (29%)


53% Votedfor Obama

52% Votedfor Obama 41% Voted

for Obama

55% Votedfor Obama



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A Political Conversation


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People are talking about infrastructure and investment

If anything is going to help turn our economy around in the long term, its going to be rebuilding this

infrastructure that we have to compete in the world. -- Des Moines, Non-College Man, Age 45-60

I like the fact that we are also going more to benign resources that are renewable all the time. And thats all I wasgoing to say. Something that is replenishable, something that we dont need to worry about running out of, and Imglad to see we are finally doing that. -- Des Moines, Non-College Man, Age 45-60

I think theyre, you know, when you think about the renewable energy its something we really havent spent any

money on For renewable energy source we could be less dependent on what goes on in the Middle East andother places if we in fact did that and there are ways in which we could invest whether or not its because ofglobal warming or just because we want to create a new economy I think theres ways in which we could do thatand we could create jobs that could stay here stateside. -- St. Louis, College Man, Age 30-45

I just think especially when hes saying investing in renewable energy that will reduce our dependence on foreignoil I just think that is huge because its going to make jobs and also I think we all dont want to be dependent onthe foreign countries for our oil and it would be less pollution and better for our environment and global

warming so I think thats real important to me. -- St. Louis, College Woman, Age 45-60

I kind of saw it as -- temporarily were going to get ourselves in this big fat debt and dig ourselves a big fat holeand the honorable intentions we will be able to get ourselves out of debt quickly by building resources, expandingour ability for nuclear power, nuclear energy, electric cars, refining the way our economy approaches things so thatwe are less dependent. Its going to be a deep hole for now, but then were going to get ourselves quickly out of it;thats the hope. -- St. Louis, College Woman, Age 45-60

*Note: From transcripts of Democracy Corps focus groups conducted April 6, 2009, in St. Louis and May 4, 2009, in Des Moines.


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We know the country that harnesses the power of clean,

renewable energy will lead the 21st century. And yet, it is

China that has launched the largest effort in history to maketheir economy energy efficient. We invented solar technology,but we've fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan inproducing it. New plug-in hybrids roll off our assembly lines,but they will run on batteries made in Korea.

Well I do not accept a future where the jobs and

industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders -

and I know you don't either. It is time for America to leadagain.

Thanks to our recovery plan, we will double this nation's

supply of renewable energy in the next three years

But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and

save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we needto ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kindof energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislationthat places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and

drives the production of more renewable energy in

America.

-- President Barack Obama, State of the Union

February 2009


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President Obamas address to Congress

Portion on energy in President Obamas address to Congress

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[T]he American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has saved or created nearly 150,000jobs.. building solar panels and wind turbines, making homes and buildings moreenergy efficient. jobs fixing roads and bridges, jobs at start-ups and small

businesses

[But] even as we clear away some of the wreckage and debris of this extraordinaryrecession, I've also said that our next task is making sure that this doesn't happenagain. We can't return to the same bubble-and-bust economy, borrow-and-spendeconomy We have to lay a new foundation for prosperity -- a foundation

constructed on the pillars that will grow our economy and help America compete

in the 21st century.

And a renewable energy revolution is one of those pillars. We know the cost of ouroil addiction all too well. It's a cost we can't bear any longer

[T]hat's the story that will be told all across America, in cities and towns, where ashuttered factory reopens to build wind turbines; where a hospital treats patients withnew technology and pulls up their history with new electronic records; where a youngentrepreneur with a nest egg and a good idea starts a business and creates more jobs.

That's how we move America forward. This is how we've always moved forward. Ithappens slowly, in fits and starts, but it always happens surely when we are dedicatedto bringing about change. It happens not by chance or by luck, but because theAmerican people keep pushing ahead -- persevering through hardship, growing

through challenge, building something firmer and stronger in place of what was.That's the work we've begun in these last few months, and with your help, this is thework we will continue to do in the days and months ahead.

President Barack Obama, May 27Nelllis Air Force Base, NV


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Now Im going to read you some pairs of statements. After I read each pair, please tell me whether the FIRST

statement or the SECOND statement comes closer to your own view, even if neither is exactly right.

First Statement: I am more concerned thatRepublicans in Congress will block PresidentObama's effort to get the economy moving again.

Second Statement: I am more concerned thatPresident Obama will spend too much moneyand increase the size of government.

Considerable concern about spending and size of government

Data based on 851 likely 2010 votersfrom Democracy Corps survey of1,000 2008 voters nationwideconducted April 22 through 26, 2009


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After promising bipartisanship, passed a stimulus plan and budget without asingle Republican vote in the House

Eased relations with Cuba and Iran and even shook hands with Venezuelandictator Hugo Chavez

Announced he would close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay

Spent over 4 trillion dollars in just his first 100 days in office, increasing thedeficit to 1.8 trillion dollars this year

After promising reform, signed a 400 billion dollar spending bill that includedover 9 thousand earmarks

Announced that he will leave up to 50,000 non-combat troops in Iraq even after

the August 2010 withdrawal date

Announced he would send thousands more troops to Afghanistan

His treasury department wrote the loophole that allowed AIG to use taxpayermoney to fund bonuses for top executives

Oversaw the effective nationalization of General Motors

Is proposing a global warming plan that will mean higher electricity bills for theaverage family

Is proposing a trillion-dollar plan to expand health care through moregovernment involvement

Now I'd like to read you a list of things some people say worry them about President Obama's first 100 days in office.

After I read this list I'd like you to tell me, in your own opinion, which TWO worry you the most about PresidentObama's first 100 days in office?

Spending and deficits among biggest worries about Obamas first 100 days

None of the above

Data based on 851 likely 2010 voters from Democracy Corps survey of 1,0002008 voters nationwide conducted April 22-26, 2009


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More concerned Congress

will block Obama agenda

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spending, gov. size

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First Statement: I am more concerned thatRepublicans in Congress will block PresidentObama's effort to get the economy moving again.

Second Statement: I am more concerned thatPresident Obama will spend too much moneyand increase the size of government.

Growing worry about spending and size of government

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Not well at all Not too well Ver well Well

Now, I am going to read you a list of words and phrases which people use to describe political figures. For each word

or phrase, please tell me whether it describes Barack Obama very well, well, not too well, or not well at all.

Obamas attributes extraordinary, including big spender

Fiscally irresponsible

A big spender

Promises things that sound good, wont be able to get done

Will raise my taxes

Out of touch

Too liberal

Willing to work with both parties

Has realistic solutions to the countrys problems

Makes me feel hopeful about the future

On your side

Strong leader

Has good plans for the economy

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Now I am going to ask you something different. I am going to read a list of issues and I want you to tell me

whether, overall, you think the Democrats or the Republicans would do a better job with this issue.

Since January, Democrats maintain big advantages, but lose it on deficit

The budget deficit

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The New Electorate and Government


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Questions of control, inefficiency between gov. and insurance co.

First Statement: I'm more concerned that if wedon't change the current system, insurancecompanies will continue to have too much controlover my health care.

Second Statement: I'm more concerned that if wechange the current system, the government will endup having too much control over my health care.

First Statement: When it comes to health care,insurance companies are more inefficient becausethey are profit-driven and spend so much money onmarketing and advertising instead of providingquality care.

Second Statement: When it comes to health care,the government is more inefficient becauseeverything the government runs is rampant withwaste, fraud and abuse.

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Now Im going to read you some pairs of statements. After I read each pair, please tell me whether the FIRST statement

or the SECOND statement comes closer to your own view, even if neither is exactly right.

In the base, trust government over corporate

Likely 2010 Voters African Americans Unmarried Women Latino 18-29 Year Olds

First: Concern aboutInsurance Companycontrol/inefficiency:46 percent





Second: Concernabout Governmentcontrol/inefficiency:

47 percent


32 percent


40 percent


33 percent


46 percent

*Note: Shows self-reported vote from this survey. Other graph data represents percent of group voting for Obama based on ElectionDay exit polls. From Democracy Corps survey of 1,013 2008 voters (890 likely 2010 voters) nationwide May 28-June 1, 2009.

49% Voted

for Obama*

95% Votedfor Obama

70% Votedfor Obama

67% Votedfor Obama

66% Votedfor Obama


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More caution about government in the electoral battleground

Likely 2010 Voters IndependentsDem. Congressional

Gain 06/08

2010 Competitive

Senate States

White Non-South

Rural

First: Concern aboutInsurance Company

control/inefficiency:46 percent










47 percent


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for Obama*

52% Votedfor Obama

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More caution about government in the electoral battleground

Likely 2010 VotersWhite Married

WomenWhite Non-College White Seniors Suburban

Concern aboutInsurance Company










Concern aboutGovernmentcontrol/inefficiency:

47 percent


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49% Votedfor Obama*

42% Votedfor Obama

42% Votedfor Obama

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55% Votedfor Obama



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