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Data are from nationwide surveys of
Americans 18 & older.
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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois)
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CBS News/New York Times Poll.
May 1-3, 2008. N=601 registered voters nationwide.
Among registered voters, except where noted. |
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"Is your opinion of
Barack Obama favorable, not favorable, undecided, or haven't you
heard enough about Barack Obama yet to have an
opinion?" |
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Favorable |
Not
Favorable |
Undecided |
Haven't
Heard |
Refused |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
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5/1-3/08 |
44 |
30 |
20 |
6 |
0 |
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4/25-29/08 |
39 |
34 |
21 |
5 |
1 |
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3/28 - 4/2/08 |
43 |
24 |
25 |
8 |
0 |
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3/15-18/08 |
44 |
28 |
20 |
8 |
0 |
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2/20-24/08 |
45 |
23 |
23 |
9 |
0 |
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10/12-16/07 |
38 |
24 |
26 |
11 |
1 |
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9/4-9/07 |
35 |
21 |
29 |
14 |
1 |
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8/8-12/07 |
36 |
20 |
27 |
17 |
0 |
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7/9-17/07 |
37 |
21 |
24 |
18 |
0 |
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6/26-28/07 |
40 |
22 |
22 |
15 |
1 |
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5/18-23/07 |
34 |
21 |
25 |
20 |
0 |
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4/9-12/07 |
36 |
18 |
25 |
21 |
0 |
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3/26-27/07 Adults |
31 |
17 |
21 |
30 |
0 |
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3/7-11/07 Adults |
39 |
18 |
20 |
23 |
0 |
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1/18-21/07 |
29 |
9 |
20 |
41 |
1 |
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1/1-3/07 Adults |
28 |
10 |
14 |
47 |
1 |
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USA Today/Gallup Poll.
May 1-3, 2008. N=1,019 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
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"Next, I'd like to get
your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please
say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have never heard of them.
How about
Barack Obama?"
12/06: ". . . Illinois Senator Barack Obama" |
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Favorable |
Unfavorable |
Never
Heard of |
Unsure |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
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5/1-3/08 |
58 |
37 |
1 |
4 |
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4/18-20/08 |
60 |
34 |
1 |
5 |
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3/14-16/08 |
62 |
33 |
1 |
5 |
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2/21-24/08 |
61 |
32 |
1 |
6 |
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2/8-10/08 |
58 |
34 |
3 |
5 |
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1/30 - 2/2/08 |
59 |
32 |
3 |
5 |
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1/10-13/08 |
59 |
32 |
3 |
6 |
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12/14-16/07 |
57 |
30 |
4 |
9 |
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11/30 - 12/2/07 |
53 |
33 |
7 |
6 |
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11/2-4/07 |
53 |
30 |
7 |
10 |
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10/12-14/07 |
53 |
32 |
6 |
9 |
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10/4-7/07 |
54 |
27 |
11 |
8 |
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9/14-16/07 |
56 |
29 |
8 |
7 |
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9/7-8/07 |
48 |
32 |
11 |
10 |
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8/13-16/07 |
52 |
29 |
9 |
10 |
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8/3-5/07 |
48 |
34 |
9 |
9 |
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7/12-15/07 |
49 |
26 |
11 |
14 |
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7/6-8/07 |
53 |
27 |
11 |
10 |
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6/1-3/07 |
53 |
25 |
10 |
13 |
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5/10-13/07 |
55 |
20 |
16 |
9 |
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5/4-6/07 |
50 |
24 |
13 |
12 |
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4/13-15/07 |
52 |
27 |
10 |
10 |
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4/2-5/07 |
49 |
24 |
14 |
12 |
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3/23-25/07 |
53 |
24 |
14 |
9 |
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3/2-4/07 |
58 |
18 |
15 |
9 |
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2/9-11/07 |
53 |
19 |
16 |
12 |
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12/8-10/06 |
42 |
11 |
33 |
14 |
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CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. April 28-30, 2008. N=1,008 adults
nationwide. MoE ± 3. |
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"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read
each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have never heard of them. Illinois Senator Barack
Obama."
"Illinois Senator" omitted prior to June 2007. |
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Favorable |
Unfavorable |
Never
Heard of |
Unsure |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
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4/28-30/08 |
56 |
38 |
- |
5 |
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2/1-3/08 |
58 |
31 |
2 |
8 |
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1/9-10/08 |
55 |
28 |
6 |
11 |
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9/7-9/07 |
49 |
27 |
10 |
13 |
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6/22-24/07 |
47 |
24 |
14 |
15 |
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3/9-11/07 |
44 |
21 |
19 |
16 |
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11/3-5/06 |
36 |
11 |
37 |
16 |
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Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton
Survey Research Associates International. April 24-25, 2008. N=1,203
registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5. |
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"We'd like your overall opinion of the three presidential candidates still
in the race. As I read each name, please tell me if you have a favorable or
unfavorable opinion of this candidate -- or if you had never heard of them
before this interview. What about Barack Obama?" |
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Favorable |
Unfavorable |
Never
Heard of |
Unsure |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
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4/24-25/08 |
53 |
40 |
1 |
6 |
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4/16-17/08 |
57 |
36 |
1 |
6 |
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3/5-6/08 |
61 |
28 |
1 |
10 |
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7/2-3/07
Adults |
54 |
19 |
13 |
14 |
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5/11-12/06
Adults |
31 |
9 |
50 |
10 |
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"As far as you know, what is Barack Obama's religion? Is he a Christian, a
Muslim, or something else?" |
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Christian |
Muslim |
Something
Else |
Unsure |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
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4/24-25/08 |
52 |
13 |
9 |
26 |
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ABC News/Washington Post
Poll. April 10-13, 2008. N=1,197 adults
nationwide. MoE ± 3. Fieldwork by TNS. |
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"Do
you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of
Barack Obama?" |
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Favorable |
Unfavorable |
Unsure |
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% |
% |
% |
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4/10-13/08 |
56 |
39 |
5 |
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1/9-12/08 |
63 |
30 |
7 |
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10/29 -
11/1/07 |
51 |
36 |
13 |
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2/22-25/07 |
53 |
30 |
16 |
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1/16-19/07 |
45 |
29 |
25 |
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12/7-11/06 |
44 |
23 |
33 |
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Diageo/Hotline Poll
conducted by Financial Dynamics. March
28-31, 2008. N=799 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5. |
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"Please tell me if you have a
favorable or unfavorable opinion of the following public figures. If you
haven't heard of them, just tell me and we'll
move on. Barack Obama." |
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Favorable |
Unfavorable |
Heard of/
Can't Rate
(vol.) |
Haven't
Heard of |
Unsure |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
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3/28-31/08 |
56 |
37 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
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3/29 - 4/1/07 |
47 |
22 |
14 |
12 |
5 |
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2/21-24/07 |
50 |
19 |
16 |
13 |
2 |
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1/11-14/07 |
45 |
17 |
14 |
22 |
3 |
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11/8-12/06 |
40 |
8 |
9 |
36 |
6 |
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10/19-23/06 |
32 |
12 |
12 |
42 |
3 |
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2/16-19/06 |
29 |
8 |
7 |
49 |
7 |
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NBC
News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the
polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). March 24-25,
2008. N=700 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.7.
RV = registered voters |
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"Now I'm going to
read you the names of several public figures and organizations, and I'd like
you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat
positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know
the name, please just say so. Barack Obama." |
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Very
Positive |
Somewhat
Positive |
Neutral |
Somewhat
Negative |
Very
Negative |
Don't
Know
Name/
Not Sure |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
%
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3/24-25/08 RV |
24 |
25 |
18 |
16 |
16 |
1 |
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3/7-10/08 RV |
25 |
26 |
18 |
13 |
15 |
3 |
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1/20-22/08 RV |
18 |
29 |
22 |
12 |
15 |
4 |
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12/14-17/07 |
17 |
29 |
22 |
14 |
12 |
6 |
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11/1-5/07 |
15 |
28 |
24 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
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9/7-10/07 |
15 |
27 |
23 |
13 |
12 |
10 |
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7/27-30/07 |
16 |
26 |
24 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
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4/20-23/07 |
19 |
26 |
25 |
8 |
6 |
16 |
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3/2-5/07 |
18 |
19 |
26 |
11 |
6 |
20 |
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12/8-11/06 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
7 |
6 |
34 |
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10/28-30/06
RV |
14 |
17 |
18 |
5 |
6 |
40 |
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Pew Research Center for the
People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research
Associates International. March 19-22, 2008. N=1,503 adults nationwide. MoE
± 3. Aug. 2007
survey conducted by Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas. |
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".
. . Would you say your overall opinion of Barack Obama is very
favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable?" |
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Very
Favorable |
Mostly
Favorable |
Mostly
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Never
Heard
Of
(vol.) |
Can't
Rate
(vol.) |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
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3/19-22/08 |
21 |
35 |
16 |
18 |
1 |
9 |
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8/1-18/07 |
14 |
34 |
16 |
10 |
13 |
13 |
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Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. Feb. 21-25,
2008. N=1,246 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3. |
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"What is your impression of Illinois Senator Barack
Obama? As of today, is it very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat
unfavorable, very unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him to say?" |
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Favorable |
Unfavorable |
Haven't
Heard |
Unsure |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
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2/21-25/08 |
61 |
27 |
8 |
4 |
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Quinnipiac University
Poll. Nov. 13-19, 2006.
N=1,623 registered voters nationwide. MoE ±
2.4. |
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"I'd like to get your feelings toward some of our political leaders and
other people who have been in the news. I'll read the name of a person and
I'd like you to rate that person using something called the feeling
thermometer. You can choose any number between 0 and 100. The higher the
number, the warmer or more favorable you feel toward that person, the lower
the number, the colder or less favorable. If we come to a person who you
haven't heard enough about to form an opinion, you don't need to rate the
person. Just tell me and we'll move on to the next one. How do you feel
about Barack Obama?" |
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MEAN
RATING |
Unsure/
Refused |
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% |
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11/13-19/06 |
58.8 |
41 |
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8/17-23/06 |
54.9 |
54 |
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5/23-30/06 |
58.4 |
55 |
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2/21-28/06 |
59.9 |
59 |
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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CBS News
Poll. July 13-14, 2005. N=632
adults nationwide. MoE ± 4. |
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"Is your
opinion of
Sandra Day O'Connor
favorable, not favorable, undecided,
or haven't you heard enough about
Sandra Day O'Connor
yet to have an opinion?" |
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Favorable |
Not
Favorable |
Undecided |
Haven't
Heard
Enough |
Refused |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
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7/13-14/05 |
37 |
3 |
13 |
45 |
2 |
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FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll.
July 12-13, 2005. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ±
3. |
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"I'm going to
read the names of some prominent people. Please tell me whether you have a generally
favorable or unfavorable opinion of each one. If you've never heard of someone, please
just say so. Sandra Day O'Connor." |
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Favorable |
Unfavorable |
Can't
Say (vol.) |
Never
Heard Of |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
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7/12-13/05 |
57 |
11 |
20 |
11 |
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