Topeka, KS -- Senator Pat Roberts leads Jim Slattery by seventeen points according to a survey conducted in Kansas of 540 likely voters by SurveyUSA on behalf of Public Opinion Strategies and the Roberts for Senate Campaign.  The poll was conducted June 22-23 and has a margin of error of +/- 4.2% in 95 out of 100 cases.

MEMORANDUM

TO: ROBERTS FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN

FROM: NEIL NEWHOUSE---PUBLIC OPINION STRATEGIES

SUBJECT: RECENT POLL RESULTS

DATE: JUNE 24, 2008

The purpose of this memo is to briefly review the results of a survey conducted in Kansas of 540 likely voters by SurveyUSA on behalf of Public Opinion Strategies and the Roberts for Senate Campaign.  The poll was conducted June 22-23 and has a margin of error of +/- 4.2% in 95 out of 100 cases.

Key Findings

Senator Pat Roberts has a significant 51-34% lead over Former Rep. Jim Slattery.

Roberts wins a higher percentage of Republicans in the state (76%-14%) than Slattery wins Democrats (67%-15%), and the Senator wins Independents handily (46%-36%).  Roberts leads among both male and female voters, among all voter age groups, and in every region of the state.

McCain holds a comfortable (50%-39%) lead over Obama. 

Bottom Line

Other surveys published in this race have to be taken with a grain of salt.  This SurveyUSA poll reinforces our own POS data from this Spring showing Senator Pat Roberts with a comfortable lead.

This is the only poll available in this race which takes into account recent events such as Roberts’ role in helping Boeing on the tanker contract, working to bring federal funds to Kansas communities hit hard by natural disasters, and his campaign’s initial wave of advertising.

This polling clearly shows that Senator Roberts remains in good position to win re-election.