Favorability: People in the News

Next, 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.

Pop singer, Christina Aguilera

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Mar 2-4

51%

24

9

15

Virginia Senator, George Allen

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2006 Jul 28-30

12%

10

56

23

Jennifer Aniston

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2006 May 5-7 ^

59%

12

9

21

^ Asked of a half sample

Lance Armstrong

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2005 Jul 25-28

79%

6

8

7

Joe Biden

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Apr 2-5

20%

25

38

17

British Prime Minister, Tony Blair

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Mar 2-4

65%

20

6

9

2005 Jul 22-24

75%

11

6

8

2003 Nov 14-16

76%

10

7

7

2003 Oct 6-8

69%

16

8

7

2003 Mar 29-30

78%

8

7

7

2003 Jan 31-Feb 2

72%

9

11

8

2002 Sep 23-26

69%

8

14

9

1998 Dec 28-29

58%

8

18

16

New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Jul 6-8

36%

27

11

26

Baseball player, Barry Bonds

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2008 Feb 21-24

25%

47

10

17

Sam Brownback

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Aug 13-16

9%

16

55

20

2006 Jun 23-25 ^

10%

13

57

19

^WORDING: Kansas Senator, Sam Brownback

Former President George Bush, the father of the current president

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Feb 9-11

62%

36

--

2

2001 Jan 15-16 ^

69%

28

--

3

2000 Aug 4-5 ^

73%

24

*

3

1993 Jan 18-19 †

62%

33

--

5

1993 Jan 8-11 †

68%

28

--

4

1992 Nov 10-11 †

47%

50

--

3

* Less than 0.5%

^ WORDING: Former President George Bush

† WORDING: George Bush

George W. Bush

Favorable

Unfavorable

No opinion

2008 Apr 18-20

32%

66

2

2007 Jul 12-15

37%

59

3

2007 Jun 1-3

40%

58

2

2007 Feb 9-11

44%

55

1

2007 Jan 5-7

45%

53

2

2006 Nov 9-12

38%

61

1

2006 Oct 6-8

42%

55

3

2006 Jun 23-25

40%

59

2

2006 Apr 28-30

39%

60

1

2005 Dec 16-18

46%

53

1

2005 Jul 25-28

48%

50

2

2005 Apr 1-2

54%

45

1

2005 Feb 25-27

56%

42

2

2005 Feb 4-6

59%

39

2

2004 Nov 19-21

60%

39

1

2004 Oct 29-31

51%

46

3

2004 Oct 22-24 ^

53%

44

3

2004 Oct 14-16

55%

44

1

2004 Oct 9-10

51%

46

3

2004 Oct 1-3

53%

45

2

2004 Sep 13-15 ^

55%

44

1

2004 Sep 3-5

55%

44

1

2004 Aug 23-25

54%

44

2

2004 Jul 30-Aug 1

52%

46

2

2004 Jul 19-21

52%

46

2

2004 Jul 8-11

52%

46

2

2004 Jun 21-23

53%

45

2

2004 Apr 16-18

56%

42

2

2004 Mar 26-28

57%

41

2

2004 Feb 16-17

56%

42

2

2004 Jan 29-Feb 1

52%

47

1

2004 Jan 2-5

65%

35

*

2003 Oct 6-8

60%

39

1

2003 Jun 27-29 ^

65%

34

1

2003 Jun 9-10

66%

33

1

2003 Jan 31-Feb 2

68%

32

*

2002 Dec 16-17

68%

30

2

2002 Sep 23-26

70%

28

2

2002 Jul 26-28

71%

26

3

2002 May 20-22

80%

18

2

2002 Apr 29-May 1

79%

19

2

2002 Jan 11-14

83%

15

2

2001 Nov 26-27

87%

11

2

2001 Aug 3-5

60%

35

5

2001 Jun 8-10

62%

36

2

2001 Apr 20-22

65%

32

3

2001 Mar 9-11

63%

32

5

2001 Mar 5-7

69%

28

3

2001 Feb 19-21

67%

27

6

2001 Feb 1-4

64%

33

3

2001 Jan 15-16

62%

36

2

2000 Dec 15-17

59%

36

5

2000 Dec 2-4

56%

40

4

2000 Nov 13-15

53%

43

4

2000 Nov 13-15 †

54%

43

3

2000 Nov 4-5 †

55%

39

6

2000 Oct 24-26 †

62%

33

5

2000 Oct 23-25 †

60%

35

5

2000 Oct 20-22 †

59%

37

4

2000 Oct 5-7 †

58%

36

6

2000 Sep 28-30 †

55%

38

7

2000 Sep 15-17 †

51%

41

8

2000 Aug 18-19

60%

34

6

2000 Aug 4-5

67%

28

5

2000 Jul 25-26

63%

31

6

2000 Jul 14-16

64%

29

7

2000 Jun 23-25

60%

31

9

2000 Jun 6-7

64%

29

7

2000 Apr 28-30

61%

33

6

2000 Mar 10-12

63%

32

5

2000 Feb 25-27

57%

35

8

2000 Feb 20-21

58%

35

7

2000 Feb 4-6

63%

31

6

2000 Jan 17-19

66%

26

8

1999 Dec 9-12

68%

25

7

1999 Oct 21-24

71%

21

8

1999 Oct 8-10

70%

25

5

1999 Sep 23-26

71%

22

7

1999 Aug 16-18

68%

21

11

1999 Jun 25-27

69%

16

15

1999 Apr 13-14

73%

15

12

1999 Feb 19-21

69%

12

19

^ Asked of a half sample

† Based on registered voters

Florida Governor, Jeb Bush

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2005 Apr 1-2

44%

38

5

13

Laura Bush

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2006 Jun 23-25

69%

22

1

8

2005 Dec 16-18

73%

13

2

12

2005 Feb 4-6

80%

12

1

7

2004 Oct 22-24 ^

73%

16

1

10

2004 Oct 1-3

74%

16

2

8

2004 Aug 23-25 ^

63%

20

4

13

2003 Jun 9-10

69%

13

7

11

2001 Nov 26-27

77%

7

4

12

2001 Jan 15-16

56%

11

13

20

2000 Aug 4-5

45%

14

17

24

2000 Jun 22-25

34%

8

35

23

^ Asked of a half sample

Jimmy Carter

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Feb 9-11

69%

27

2

2

Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2008 Feb 21-24

5%

83

2

9

2006 Aug 18-20

8%

82

2

8

2002 May 20-22

9%

78

3

10

1959 Jul 23-28

15%

38

22

25

Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Mar 2-4

9%

57

17

17

Dick Cheney

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Jul 12-15

30%

62

2

6

2007 Feb 9-11

37%

58

1

3

2007 Jan 5-7

38%

52

1

9

2006 Apr 28-30

34%

62

1

2

2005 Dec 16-18

41%

50

2

7

2005 Oct 28-30

42%

51

2

5

2005 Oct 13-16

43%

47

2

8

2005 Jun 24-26

48%

44

2

6

2005 Feb 4-6

51%

41

2

6

2004 Nov 19-21

53%

41

2

4

2004 Oct 9-10

46%

46

2

6

2004 Sep 3-5

48%

44

2

6

2004 Aug 23-25 ^

44%

45

2

9

2004 Jul 19-21 ^

47%

43

2

8

2004 Jul 8-11

46%

42

3

9

2004 Feb 16-17

45%

42

3

10

2003 Oct 24-26

55%

33

3

9

2003 Sep 19-21

54%

36

3

7

2003 Jun 27-29 ^

54%

34

3

9

2003 Jan 31-Feb 2

61%

28

2

9

2002 Sep 23-26

65%

24

4

7

2002 Jul 26-28

57%

30

3

10

2002 Jan 11-14

67%

20

3

10

2001 Apr 20-22

64%

22

3

11

2001 Mar 5-7

63%

18

5

14

2001 Jan 15-16

61%

23

5

11

2000 Dec 15-17

61%

23

6

10

2000 Dec 2-4

58%

23

8

11

2000 Nov 13-15

51%

22

9

18

2000 Nov 13-15

53%

22

8

17

2000 Sep 15-17

46%

24

8

22

2000 Aug 18-19

54%

21

5

20

2000 Aug 4-5

48%

21

9

22

2000 Jul 25-26

51%

14

12

23

^ Asked of a half sample

Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2005 Sep 8-11

34%

33

17

16

2005 Jun 24-26

33%

17

27

23

Baseball player, Roger Clemens

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2008 Feb 21-24

32%

34

14

21

Bill Clinton

Favorable

Unfavorable

No opinion

2008 May 30-Jun 1

50%

45

5

2008 Apr 18-20

52%

45

3

2008 Jan 30-Feb 2

50%

47

3

2007 Oct 4-7

56%

40

4

2007 Mar 23-25

60%

38

2

2007 Feb 9-11

63%

35

2

2006 Jun 23-25

59%

37

4

2005 Oct 21-23

60%

38

2

2005 Feb 4-6

56%

41

3

2004 Jul 19-21 ^

54%

43

3

2004 Jun 21-23

53%

44

3

2003 Jun 9-10

54%

45

1

2003 Mar 14-15

46%

51

3

2002 Sep 23-26

47%

49

4

2001 Nov 26-27

48%

47

5

2001 Aug 3-5

49%

48

3

2001 Apr 20-22

48%

50

2

2001 Mar 5-7

39%

59

2

2001 Feb 19-21

42%

55

3

2001 Feb 1-4

51%

48

1

2000 Dec 2-4

57%

41

2

2000 Nov 13-15

57%

41

2

2000 Oct 25-28

54%

44

2

2000 Sep 15-17 †

46%

48

6

2000 Aug 18-19

48%

48

4

2000 Aug 4-5

42%

54

4

2000 Apr 28-30

47%

51

2

1999 Dec 9-12

45%

53

2

1999 Sep 23-26

54%

45

1

1999 Aug 3-4

52%

46

2

1999 Jul 22-25

57%

41

2

1999 Jun 25-27

48%

50

2

1999 Apr 30-May 2

53%

45

2

1999 Apr 13-14

51%

47

2

1999 Mar 5-8

54%

43

3

1999 Feb 19-21

55%

43

2

1999 Feb 4-8

55%

44

1

1999 Jan 8-10

58%

40

2

1998 Dec 28-29

56%

42

2

1998 Dec 4-6

56%

40

4

1998 Nov 20-22

57%

40

3

1998 Oct 9-12

54%

43

3

1998 Sep 14-15

51%

47

2

1998 Aug 21-23

55%

43

2

1998 Aug 10-12

60%

38

2

1998 Aug 7-8

58%

40

2

1998 Jun 5-7

61%

36

3

1998 Mar 20-22

60%

35

5

1998 Feb 20-22

64%

34

2

1998 Feb 13-15

58%

39

3

1998 Jan 30-Feb 1

65%

34

1

1998 Jan 25-26

53%

43

4

1998 Jan 24-25

58%

39

3

1998 Jan 23-24

57%

40

3

1997 Dec 18-21

58%

37

5

1997 Oct 27-29

62%

35

3

1997 Oct 3-5

56%

40

4

1997 Sep 25-28

61%

35

4

1997 Sep 6-7

63%

32

5

1997 Jul 25-27

62%

35

3

1997 Jun 26-29

59%

37

4

1997 Apr 18-20

60%

38

2

1997 Mar 24-26

63%

34

3

1997 Feb 24-26

61%

34

5

1997 Jan 31-Feb 2

64%

32

4

1997 Jan 10-13

65%

31

4

1997 Jan 3-5

60%

36

4

1996 Nov 3-4 †

56%

39

5

1996 Oct 11-12 †

62%

34

4

1996 Sep 2-4 †

62%

33

5

1996 Aug 30-Sep 1 †

61%

35

4

1996 Aug 28-29 †

60%

34

6

1996 Aug 16-18 †

57%

41

2

1996 Aug 14-15 †

58%

37

5

1996 Aug 5-7 ^

60%

37

3

1996 Jul 18-21

62%

35

3

1996 Jun 18-19

60%

36

4

1996 May 28-29

59%

38

3

1996 May 9-12

60%

39

1

1996 Mar 15-17

58%

38

4

1996 Feb 23-25

60%

37

3

1996 Jan 12-15

54%

44

2

1995 Nov 6-8

59%

38

3

1995 Sep 22-24

55%

41

4

1995 Aug 4-7

51%

44

5

1995 Jul 7-9

57%

40

3

1995 Apr 17-19

56%

42

1

1995 Mar 17-19

51%

45

4

1995 Jan 16-18

56%

42

2

1994 Dec 28-30

48%

49

3

1994 Nov 28-29

50%

47

3

1994 Sep 6-7

47%

50

3

1994 Jul 15-17

49%

48

3

1994 Apr 22-24

56%

41

3

1994 Mar 25-27

56%

40

4

1994 Mar 7-8

59%

38

3

1994 Jan 15-17

60%

37

3

1994 Jan 6-8

62%

35

3

1993 Nov 19-21

55%

41

4

1993 Nov 15-16

56%

38

6

1993 Nov 2-4

54%

42

4

1993 Sep 24-26

63%

32

5

1993 Aug 8-10

53%

42

5

1993 Jul 19-21

51%

45

4

1993 Jun 5-6

48%

44

8

1993 Apr 22-24

63%

32

5

1993 Jan 29-31

65%

27

8

1993 Jan 18-19

66%

26

8

1992 Nov 10-11

58%

35

7

^ Asked of a half sample

† Based on registered voters

Hillary Clinton

Favorable

Unfavorable

No opinion

2008 May 30-Jun 1

54%

43

3

2008 May 1-3

52%

45

3

2008 Apr 18-20

53%

44

4

2008 Mar 14-16

53%

44

3

2008 Feb 21-24

48%

48

4

2008 Feb 8-10

48%

49

4

2008 Jan 30-Feb 2

48%

48

4

2008 Jan 10-13

50%

46

4

2007 Dec 14-16

51%

48

2

2007 Nov 30-Dec 2

47%

50

3

2007 Nov 2-4

52%

45

3

2007 Oct 12-14

53%

44

2

2007 Oct 4-7

51%

44

5

2007 Sep 14-16

49%

49

2

2007 Sep 7-8

49%

46

5

2007 Aug 13-16

47%

48

5

2007 Aug 3-5

47%

49

3

2007 Jul 12-15

47%

48

5

2007 Jul 6-8

48%

48

5

2007 Jun 1-3

46%

50

3

2007 May 10-13

53%

45

2

2007 May 4-6

50%

47

3

2007 Apr 13-15

45%

52

4

2007 Apr 2-5

47%

49

4

2007 Mar 23-25

48%

48

3

2007 Mar 2-4

54%

42

3

2007 Feb 9-11

58%

40

1

2006 Nov 9-12

53%

42

5

2006 Jul 28-30

50%

44

7

2006 Jun 23-25

51%

44

5

2005 Oct 21-23

54%

41

5

2005 Jul 25-28

53%

43

4

2005 May 20-22

55%

39

6

2005 Feb 25-27

53%

41

6

2004 Jul 19-21 ^

56%

38

6

2003 Oct 24-26

51%

44

5

2003 Sep 19-21

54%

40

6

2003 Jun 27-29 ^

52%

44

4

2003 Jun 9-10

53%

43

4

2003 Mar 14-15

45%

46

9

2002 Dec 16-17

48%

46

6

2002 Sep 23-26

47%

44

9

2001 Aug 3-5

51%

44

5

2001 Mar 5-7

44%

53

3

2001 Feb 19-21

49%

44

7

2001 Feb 1-4

52%

43

5

2000 Nov 13-15

56%

39

5

2000 Oct 25-28

52%

43

5

2000 Aug 4-5

45%

50

5

2000 Feb 4-6

55%

39

6

1999 Dec 9-12

48%

48

4

1999 Sep 23-26

56%

40

4

1999 Aug 3-4

56%

41

3

1999 Jul 22-25

62%

35

3

1999 Jun 25-27

56%

42

2

1999 Mar 5-7

65%

31

4

1999 Feb 19-21

65%

30

5

1999 Feb 4-7

66%

31

3

1998 Dec 28-29

67%

29

4

1998 Oct 9-12 ^

63%

33

4

1998 Sep 14-15

61%

33

6

1998 Aug 21-23

61%

33

6

1998 Aug 10-12

60%

36

4

1998 Aug 7-8

60%

35

5

1998 Feb 13-15

60%

36

4

1998 Jan 30-Feb 1

64%

34

2

1998 Jan 24-25

61%

33

6

1998 Jan 23-24

60%

35

5

1997 Dec 18-21

56%

38

6

1997 Oct 27-29

61%

34

5

1997 Jun 26-29

51%

42

7

1997 Feb 24-26

51%

42

6

1997 Jan 31-Feb 2

55%

39

6

1997 Jan 10-13

56%

37

7

1996 Oct 26-29 †

50%

42

8

1996 Aug 28-29 †

51%

41

8

1996 Aug 16-18 †

47%

48

5

1996 Aug 5-7 †

48%

45

7

1996 Jun 18-19

46%

47

6

1996 Mar 15-17

47%

48

5

1996 Jan 12-15

43%

51

6

1995 Jul 7-9

50%

44

6

1995 Mar 17-19

49%

44

7

1995 Jan 16-18

50%

44

6

1994 Nov 28-29

50%

44

6

1994 Sep 6-7

48%

47

5

1994 Jul 15-17

48%

46

6

1994 Apr 22-24

56%

40

4

1994 Mar 25-27

52%

42

6

1994 Mar 7-8

55%

40

5

1994 Jan 15-17

57%

36

7

1993 Nov 2-4

58%

34

8

1993 Sep 24-26

62%

27

11

1993 Aug 8-10

57%

33

10

1993 Jul 19-21

56%

34

10

1993 Apr 22-24

61%

27

12

1993 Mar 22-24

61%

31

8

1993 Jan 18-19

59%

26

16

1992 Nov 10-14

49%

30

21

1992 Aug 31-Sep 2

56%

25

19

1992 Jul 17-18 †

51%

24

25

1992 Jul 6-8 †

45%

30

27

1992 Apr 20-22 †

38%

39

20

1992 Mar 20-22 †

39%

26

35

^ Asked of a half sample

† Based on registered voters

2002-March 2003 WORDING: New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

George Clooney

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2006 May 5-7 ^

66%

16

3

15

2003 Feb 24-26

61%

19

7

13

^ Asked of a half sample

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2007 Sep 14-16

30%

24

26

21

Tom Cruise

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2006 May 5-7 ^

35%

51

1

13

2005 Jun 16-19

58%

31

1

10

^ Asked of a half sample

Democratic National Committee Chair, Howard Dean

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2006 Oct 6-8

37%

37

13

13

2005 May 20-22 ^

35%

33

18

14

2005 Feb 4-6 ^

31%

38

16

15

2004 Jan 29-Feb 1 ^

42%

42

5

11

2004 Jan 2-5 †

28%

39

17

16

2003 Nov 10-12 †

26%

24

33

17

^ WORDING: Howard Dean

† WORDING: Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean

John Edwards

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never heard of

No opinion

2008 Jan 10-13

48%

37

4

10

2007 Dec 14-16

53%

33

6

8

2007 Nov 30-Dec 2

50%

35

7

8

2007 Nov 2-4

50%

31

8

11

2007 Oct 12-14

48%

34

8

10

2007 Oct 4-7

48%

31

11

10

2007 Sep 14-16

51%

35

6

7

2007 Sep 7-8

47%

32

8

14

2007 Aug 13-16

47%

36

8

9

2007 Aug 3-5

47%

35

9

10

2007 Jul 12-15

44%

33

12

12

2007 Jul 6-8

50%

32

8

9

2007 Jun 1-3

44%

32

9

15

2007 May 10-13

56%

24

11

9

2007 May 4-6

49%

31

9

9

2007 Apr 13-15

52%

31

6

11

2007 Apr 2-5

53%

30

9

9

2007 Mar 23-25

55%

25

8

11

2007 Mar 2-4

51%

28

9

12

2007 Feb 9-11

49%

31

12

8

2006 Dec 8-10 †

54%

21

13

12