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.

Lance Armstrong

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2005 Jul 25-28	79%	6	8	7

Michele Bachmann

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2011 Dec 15-18^	32%	49	12	7
^ WORDING: Minnesota congresswoman, Michele Bachmann

Joe Biden

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Mar 25-27	46	41	6	7
2010 Jul 8-11	43	41	7	9
2009 Oct 16-19	42	40	7	11
2009 Jul 10-12	48	36	8	9
2009 Jan 9-11	53	29	7	11
2008 Nov 7-9	59	29	5	7
2008 Oct 31 - Nov 2 ‡	53	32	5	11
2008 Oct 3-5	57	27	6	9
2008 Sep 5-7	49	30	7	14
2007 Apr 2-5	20	25	38	17
‡ USA Today/Gallup poll asked on Gallup tracking survey

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
WORDING: British Prime Minister, Tony Blair

New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2007 Jul 6-8	36%	27	11	26

John Boehner

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Apr 20-23 ^	34	34	18	14
2011 Jan 14-16 ^	42	22	19	16
2010 Nov 4-7 †	34	26	21	19
2010 Oct 14-17 †	27	31	27	15
2010 May 24-25 †	26	30	27	17
2010 Mar 26-28 †	29	32	26	13
2009 Jul 10-12 †	25	23	32	20
^ WORDING: Speaker of the House, John Boehner † WORDING: House Republican leader, John Boehner

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

George H.W. Bush

	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
1992 Nov 1-2 †‡	43	52	*	5
1992 Oct 23-24 †‡	44	49	--	7
1992 Oct 16-18 †‡	38	57	*	5
1992 Oct 13-15 †‡	40	54	*	5
1992 Oct 4-6 †‡	42	53	--	5
1992 Sep 28-30 †‡	40	56	--	4
1992 Sep 11-15 †‡	49	46	*	5
1992 Aug 31-Sep 2 †‡	45	49	*	6
1992 Aug 21-23 †‡	50	47	--	3
1992 Aug 19-20 †‡	48	48	--	3
1992 Aug 10-12 †‡	43	51	*	6
1992 Jul 17-18 †‡	40	53	--	7
1992 Jul 6-8 †‡	49	45	--	6
1992 Jun 26-30 †‡	44	51	--	5
1992 Jun 12-14 †‡	44	51	--	5
1992 May 18-20 †‡	48	47	--	4
1992 May 7-10 †	50	46	*	4
1992 Apr 9-12 †	49	44	*	7
1992 Mar 26-29 †	48	44	*	7
1992 Feb 28-Mar 1 †	55	42	--	3
1992 Jan 31-Feb 2 †	56	41	*	2
1992 Jan 3-6	54	43	*	3
* Less than 0.5%
‡ Based on registered voters
^ WORDING: Former President George Bush
† WORDING: George Bush

George W. Bush

	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion
	%	%	%
2010 Nov 4-7	44	53	3
2010 Jul 8-11	45	51	4
2009 Mar 27-29	35	63	2
2009 Jan 9-11	40	59	1
2008 Aug 21-23	35	62	3
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 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
* Less than 0.5%
^ Asked of a half sample
† Based on registered voters
‡ WORDING: Texas Governor, George W. Bush

Jeb Bush

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2011 Mar 25-27^	35%	44	7	14
2005 Apr 1-2†	44%	38	5	13
^ Wording: Former Florida governor, Jeb Bush † Wording: Florida governor, Jeb Bush

Laura Bush

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2009 Jan 9-11	76	15	1	8
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
	%	%	%	%
2010 Jul 8-11	36	52	3	9
2009 May 29-31	37	54	3	6
2009 Mar 27-29	30	63	2	5
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 Sep 15-17 †	46	24	8	22
2000 Aug 18-19	51	19	8	22
2000 Aug 4-5	44	22	12	22
2000 Jul 25-26	46	15	14	25
^ Asked of a half sample
† Based on registered voters

New Jersey governor, Chris Christie

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2011 Mar 25-27	27%	22	34	18

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.

Bill Clinton

	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion
	%	%	%
2010 Jul 8-11	61	34	5
2008 Aug 21-23	52	44	4
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
1992 Nov 1-2 †	51	43	6
1992 Oct 23-24 †	49	42	9
1992 Oct 16-18 †	55	38	8
1992 Oct 13-15 †	54	40	6
1992 Oct 4-6 †	53	40	7
1992 Sep 28-30 †	53	38	8
1992 Sep 11-15 †	53	39	7
1992 Aug 31-Sep 2 †	57	37	6
1992 Aug 21-23 †	57	37	6
1992 Aug 19-20 †	57	36	7
1992 Aug 10-12 †	57	34	9
1992 Jul 17-18 †	62	25	12
1992 Jul 6-8 †	41	49	10
1992 Jun 26-Jul 1 †	45	43	12
1992 Jun 12-14 †	41	47	12
1992 May 18-20 †	42	48	10
1992 May 7-10	50	36	14
1992 Apr 20-22 †	42	49	9
1992 Apr 9-12	34	46	20
1992 Mar 26-29	38	39	23
1992 Feb 28-Mar 1	36	39	24
1992 Jan 31-Feb 2	38	32	30
1992 Jan 3-6	21	10	69

Hillary Clinton

	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion
	%	%	%
2011 Mar 25-27	66	31	3
2010 Jul 8-11	61	35	4
2009 Oct 1-4	62	34	3
2009 Jan 9-11	65	33	3
2008 Aug 21-23	54	43	3
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 9-10 †	55	26	19
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

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 25-27	35	33	14	18
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: Democratic National Committee Chair, Howard Dean
† WORDING: Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean

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.

John Edwards

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2009 Oct 1-4	21	59	9	11
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
2004 Oct 9-10	48	37	6	9
2004 Sep 3-5	56	30	3	11
2004 Aug 23-25 ^	52	28	4	16
2004 Jul 30-Aug 1	59	27	3	11
2004 Jul 19-21 ^	52	26	5	17
2004 Jul 8-11	55	24	6	15
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	54	21	10	15
2004 Jan 2-5‡	24	24	27	25
2003 Nov 10-12 ‡	22	18	37	23
^ Asked of a half sample
† WORDING: Former North Carolina Senator, John Edwards
‡ WORDING: North Carolina Senator, John Edwards

Robert Gates

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Mar 25-27^	52	22	13	14
2009 Oct 16-19 ^	49	19	13	20
^ WORDING: Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates

Newt Gingrich

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Dec 15-18	32	52	10	6
2010 Jul 8-11	36	38	13	14
2007 Jun 1-3	27	48	11	14
2007 Mar 23-25	29	48	9	14
2007 Mar 2-4	29	49	10	12
2003 Jul 25-27 ^	39	42	8	11
1998 Dec 28-29 †	38	51	2	9
1998 Nov 20-22 †	32	53	4	11
1998 Oct 9-12 †	42	49	2	7
1998 Jun 5-7	32	53	5	10
1998 Feb 13-15	37	48	4	11
1997 Dec 18-21 †	30	55	6	9
1997 Oct 27-29 †	30	58	3	9
1997 Jul 25-27	26	64	3	7
1997 Jun 26-29	25	61	4	10
1997 Apr 18-20	24	62	6	8
1997 Jan 3-5	25	61	5	9
1996 Aug 5-7 ♥	32	56	5	7
1996 Mar 15-17	24	58	6	12
1996 Jan 12-15	31	57	4	8
1995 Nov 6-8	25	56	9	10
1995 Aug 4-7	31	47	6	16
1995 Apr 17-19 †	37	51	4	8
1995 Mar 17-19 †	33	47	6	14
1995 Jan 16-18	34	37	9	20
1994 Dec 28-30 ‡	27	35	14	24
1994 Nov 28-29 ‡	29	25	22	24
1994 Oct 7-9 ♠	19	22	42	17
^ WORDING: Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich
† WORDING: Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich
‡ WORDING: Incoming Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich
♠ WORDING: House Minority Leader, Newt Gingrich
♥ Based on registered voters

Rudy Giuliani

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2008 Jan 10-13	45	44	4	6
2007 Dec 14-16	50	41	4	5
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	52	37	4	7
2007 Nov 2-4	55	32	7	6
2007 Oct 12-14	49	39	6	6
2007 Oct 4-7	54	30	8	8
2007 Sep 14-16	52	38	5	6
2007 Sep 7-8	53	30	8	9
2007 Aug 13-16	59	27	6	8
2007 Aug 3-5	55	32	7	6
2007 Jul 12-15	52	32	7	9
2007 Jul 6-8	55	31	6	8
2007 Jun 1-3	57	26	6	11
2007 May 10-13	62	24	6	8
2007 May 4-6	61	24	7	8
2007 Apr 13-15	57	29	6	8
2007 Apr 2-5	61	27	6	6
2007 Mar 23-25	60	26	6	7
2007 Mar 2-4	64	21	6	9
2007 Feb 9-11	66	22	7	5
2007 Jan 5-7	62	17	10	10
2006 Dec 8-10 †	77	12	7	4
2005 Jul 25-28	64	19	9	8
2004 Aug 23-25 ^	65	14	6	15
^ Asked of a half sample
† WORDING: Former New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani

John Glenn

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
1998 Dec 28-29	83%	7	5	5
WORDING: U.S. Senator, John Glenn

Alberto Gonzales

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2007 Mar 23-25	26%	38	18	18
2005 Jun 24-26	32%	17	27	24
WORDING: Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales

Al Gore

	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion
	%	%	%
2010 Jul 8-11	44	49	8
2007 Oct 12-14	58	37	5
2007 Aug 13-16	50	42	8
2007 Aug 3-5	48	46	6
2007 Jul 12-15	51	40	8
2007 Jul 6-8	52	42	6
2007 Jun 1-3	50	43	7
2007 May 10-13	57	38	5
2007 May 4-6	49	43	8
2007 Apr 13-15	48	47	5
2007 Apr 2-5	50	44	6
2007 Mar 23-25	56	38	6
2007 Mar 2-4	55	39	6
2007 Feb 9-11	52	45	3
2006 Jun 23-25	48	45	8
2003 Jun 27-29	49	45	6
2002 Dec 16-17	49	45	6
2002 Sep 23-26	46	47	7
2002 Apr 29-May 1	46	48	6
2001 Aug 3-5	52	42	6
2001 Apr 20-22	55	41	4
2001 Jan 15-16	56	41	3
2000 Dec 15-17	57	40	3
2000 Dec 2-4	46	52	2
2000 Nov 13-15	53	44	3
2000 Nov 4-5 †	56	39	5
2000 Oct 24-26 †	53	42	5
2000 Oct 23-25 †	55	40	5
2000 Oct 20-22 †	57	39	4
2000 Oct 5-7 †	57	37	6
2000 Sep 28-30 †	61	31	8
2000 Sep 15-17 †	62	30	8
2000 Aug 18-19	64	30	6
2000 Aug 4-5	52	42	6
2000 Jul 25-26	56	38	6
2000 Jul 14-16	58	34	8
2000 Jun 23-25	52	39	9
2000 Jun 6-7	59	35	6
2000 Apr 28-30	53	38	9
2000 Mar 10-12	59	36	5
2000 Feb 25-27	59	35	6
2000 Feb 20-21	56	37	7
2000 Feb 4-6	57	37	6
2000 Jan 17-19	56	38	6
1999 Dec 20-21	57	36	7
1999 Dec 9-12	54	42	4
1999 Oct 21-24	58	36	6
1999 Oct 8-10	54	42	4
1999 Sep 23-26	55	40	5
1999 Aug 16-18	58	37	5
1999 Aug 3-4	52	40	8
1999 Jul 22-25	53	35	12
1999 Jun 25-27	56	39	5
1999 Apr 30-May 2	55	37	8
1999 Apr 13-14	54	39	7
1999 Feb 19-21	59	33	8
1999 Feb 4-8	61	31	8
1998 Dec 28-29	57	28	15
1998 Sep 14-15	56	32	12
1998 Feb 13-15	57	33	10
1998 Jan 30-Feb 1	62	31	7
1998 Jan 23-25	56	32	12
1997 Dec 18-21	50	37	13
1997 Oct 27-29	53	38	9
1997 Oct 3-5	47	42	11
1997 Sep 25-28	51	39	10
1997 Sep 6-7	55	32	13
1997 Jun 26-29	57	32	10
1997 Apr 18-20	56	34	10
1997 Mar 24-26	57	31	12
1997 Jan 3-5	60	26	14
1996 Oct 26-29 †	61	31	8
1996 Aug 30- Sep 1 †	61	27	12
1996 Aug 28-29 †	60	26	14
1996 Aug 16-18 †	59	30	11
1996 Jan 12-15	52	34	14
1995 Jan 16-18	57	29	14
1994 Sep 6-7	56	31	13
1994 Apr 22-24	60	28	12
1994 Mar 25-27	56	29	15
1994 Jan 15-17	62	26	12
1993 Nov 15-16	53	32	15
1993 Nov 2-4	49	30	21
1993 Jul 19-21	55	30	15
1993 Apr 22-24	55	24	21
1993 Jan 18-19	63	22	15
1992 Nov 10-11	56	28	16
1992 Oct 9-11 †	63	24	14
1992 Sep 11-15 †	56	26	18
1992 Aug 31-Sep 2 †	63	24	13
1992 Aug 21-23 †	60	23	17
1992 Aug 19-20 †	57	23	21
1992 Aug 10-12 †	62	20	18
1992 Jul 23-24 †	59	13	28
1992 Jul 17-18 †	64	14	22
1992 Jul 6-8 †	39	17	44
^ Asked of a half sample
† Based on registered voters

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.

Rev. Billy Graham

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2005 Jun 16-19	66%	20	6	8
2002 Sep 23-26	60%	22	7	11

Alan Greenspan

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2003 Mar 14-15	63	14	9	14
2002 Jul 26-28	62	16	10	12
2002 Jan 11-14	64	13	9	14
1999 Aug 16-18	50	13	21	16
1998 Dec 28-29	57	9	17	17
1997 Jul 25-27	52	11	18	19
WORDING: Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan

Mike Huckabee

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Mar 25-27^	41	32	12	16
2010 Jul 8-11	40	23	18	19
2009 Jul 10-12	42	23	16	18
2008 Feb 8-10	41	38	6	15
2008 Jan 10-13	38	36	11	15
2007 Dec 14-16	34	24	22	19
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	33	16	33	18
2007 Nov 2-4	18	18	42	22
2007 Oct 4-7	18	15	50	17
2007 Aug 13-16	17	14	49	20
^ Wording: Former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee

Jon Huntsman

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2011 Dec 15-18^	22%	30	33	14
^ WORDING: Former Utah governor, Jon Huntsman

Jesse Jackson

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2005 Sep 8-11	34	55	3	8
2003 Jun 27-29 ^	38	54	3	5
2001 Mar 9-11	33	58	1	8
2000 Dec 15-17	46	48	1	5
1999 May 7-9	70	22	1	7
1999 Feb 19-21	59	31	2	8
1995 Jul 20-23	47	40	1	12
1995 Apr 17-19	38	55	1	6
1992 Jul 6-8	38	54	1	7
1992 May 7-10	46	42	11	1
^ Asked of a half sample

Bobby Jindal

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2010 Jul 8-11 ^	34%	16	31	18
^ Wording: Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal

Angelina Jolie

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2006 May 5-7 ^	43%	28	8	21
^ Asked of a half sample

Ted Kennedy

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2 ^	40	48	3	8
2005 Jul 22-24 ^	48	38	6	8
2004 Jul 19-21 †	50	39	3	8
2004 Mar 26-28	42	47	3	8
2003 Jun 27-29 †	44	44	4	8
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	45	42	3	10
1996 Oct 26-29 ‡	43	45	1	11
^ WORDING: Massachusetts Senator, Ted Kennedy
† Asked of a half sample
‡ Based on registered voters

John Kerry

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2006 Dec 8-10 †	43	45	6	5
2006 Sep 15-17 †	44	43	3	10
2005 Jul 25-28	42	48	3	7
2004 Oct 29-31	52	43	*	5
2004 Oct 22-24 ^	52	44	--	4
2004 Oct 14-16	52	45	*	3
2004 Oct 9-10	52	44	*	4
2004 Oct 1-3	52	43	1	4
2004 Sep 13-15 ^	51	44	*	5
2004 Sep 3-5	53	43	*	4
2004 Aug 23-25	52	40	1	7
2004 Jul 30-Aug 1	57	37	1	5
2004 Jul 19-21	55	37	2	6
2004 Jul 8-11	56	34	2	8
2004 Jun 21-23	58	35	2	5
2004 Apr 16-18	54	37	3	6
2004 Mar 26-28	53	36	3	8
2004 Feb 16-17	60	26	4	10
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	61	23	6	10
2004 Jan 2-5 †	31	32	19	18
2003 Nov 10-12 †	31	24	26	19
2002 Dec 16-17 †	31	13	32	24
1999 Feb 19-21 †	30	9	39	22
* Less than 0.5%
^ Asked of a half sample
† WORDING: Massachusetts Senator John Kerry

Joe Lieberman

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2006 Sep 15-17 ^	43	28	11	18
2006 Jul 28-30 ^	40	29	13	18
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	45	35	8	12
2004 Jan 2-5 ^	38	37	10	15
2003 Nov 10-12 ^	39	28	15	18
2003 Mar 29-30 ^	41	26	13	20
2002 Dec 16-17 ^	44	24	16	16
2001 Mar 9-11 †	52	20	10	18
2000 Dec 2-4	47	30	11	12
2000 Nov 13-15	48	23	8	21
2000 Sep 15-17 ‡	52	17	9	22
2000 Aug 18-19 ‡	58	12	9	21
^ WORDING: Connecticut Senator, Joe Lieberman
† WORDING: Senator Joe Lieberman
‡ Based on registered voters

Rush Limbaugh

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2003 Nov 10-12	34%	51	9	6

Cindy McCain, wife of John McCain

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2008 Sep 5-7	51%	24	4	21
2008 Aug 21-23	47%	20	8	25
2008 May 30-Jun 1	40%	19	10	31

John McCain

	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion
	%	%	%
2009 Oct 16-19	54	37	9
2008 Nov 7-9	64	33	3
2008 Oct 31 - Nov 2	50	44	6
2008 Oct 10-12	56	41	2
2008 Oct 3-5	55	40	4
2008 Sep 5-7	63	33	4
2008 Aug 21-23	59	36	5
2008 Jul 25-27	62	33	5
2008 Jun 15-19	59	35	6
2008 May 30-Jun 1	56	37	7
2008 May 1-3	62	30	8
2008 Apr 18 -20	60	33	8
2008 Mar 14-16	67	27	7
2008 Feb 21-24	56	33	11
2008 Feb 8-10	54	36	10
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	56	32	13
2008 Jan 10-13	59	29	13
2007 Dec 14-16	54	30	16
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	55	30	15
2007 Nov 2-4	47	34	19
2007 Oct 12-14	46	37	17
2007 Oct 4-7	46	31	22
2007 Sep 14-16	53	34	12
2007 Sep 7-8	46	32	21
2007 Aug 13-16	45	37	18
2007 Aug 3-5	41	42	17
2007 Jul 12-15	41	36	22
2007 Jul 6-8	46	35	19
2007 Jun 1-3	47	33	20
2007 May 10-13	54	27	19
2007 May 4-6	50	30	20
2007 Apr 13-15	51	32	16
2007 Apr 2-5	57	26	17
2007 Mar 23-25	51	28	21
2007 Mar 2-4	57	25	18
2007 Feb 9-11	57	26	17
2007 Jan 5-7	48	24	28
2006 Nov 9-12	54	23	23
2006 Jun 23-25	56	25	19
2005 Jul 25-28	51	22	27
2004 Aug 23-25 ^	55	19	26
2004 Mar 26-28	53	21	26
2002 Apr 29-May 1 †	53	21	26
2001 Jun 8-10 †	60	21	19
2001 Mar 9-11 ♠	61	15	24
2000 Apr 28-30 †	61	18	21
2000 Mar 10-12 †	57	28	15
2000 Feb 25-27 †	66	18	16
2000 Feb 20-21 †	65	17	18
2000 Feb 4-6 †	67	12	21
2000 Jan 17-19 †	51	17	32
1999 Dec 9-12 †	57	11	32
1999 Oct 21-24 †	37	12	51
1999 Apr 13-14 †	35	12	53
1999 Feb 19-21 †	27	8	65
^ Asked of a half sample
† WORDING: Arizona Senator John McCain
♠ WORDING: Senator John McCain

Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2010 May 24-25	28%	30	25	17
2010 Mar 26-28	31%	32	23	14

Dr. Phil McGraw

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2003 Nov 10-12	48%	16	26	10

Former baseball player, Mark McGwire

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2005 Mar 18-20	53%	25	5	17
2000 Jun 22-25 ^	72%	6	10	12
1998 Dec 28-29 †	87%	3	5	5
^ WORDING: Mark McGwire
† WORDING: Baseball player, Mark McGwire

Ralph Nader

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2008 Aug 21-23	29	44	11	16
2004 Sep 13-15 ^	33	48	4	15
2004 Sep 3-5	26	49	6	19
2004 Mar 26-28	30	48	7	15
2001 Aug 3-5	42	31	13	14
2000 Jul 14-16	42	22	17	19
2000 Jun 6-7	36	22	18	24
2000 Apr 28-30	41	20	18	21
^ Asked of a half sample

Benjamin Netanyahu

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
1999 May 7-9 ^	34	20	19	27
1998 Dec 28-29 ^	46	20	15	19
1998 Dec 4-6 ^	35	22	19	24
1997 Apr 11-13 ^	23	28	23	26
WORDING: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

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.

Barack Obama

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%

2011 Dec 15-18	55	44	*	1
2011 Apr 20-23	52	46	*	2
2011 Mar 25-27	54	43	*	3
2011 Jan 14-16	53	45	*	1
2010 Nov 4-7	49	48	*	4
2010 Oct 14-17	47	50	*	3
2010 Jul 8-11	52	44	--	4
2010 May 24-25	54	43	*	3
2010 Mar 26-28	52	48	*	1
2009 Dec 11-13	56	42	*	2
2009 Oct 16-19	55	42	*	3
2009 Oct 1-4	56	40	*	4
2009 Jul 10-12	66	33	*	1
2009 May 29-31	67	32	--	1
2009 Mar 27-29	69	28	--	3
2009 Jan 9-11	78	18	*	5
2008 Nov 7-9	68	27	*	4
2008 Oct 31 - Nov 2 ‡	62	34	*	4
2008 Oct 10-12	62	35	*	2
2008 Oct 3-5	62	34	*	3
2008 Sep 5-7	62	35	*	3
2008 Aug 21-23	63	32	1	4
2008 Jul 25-27	61	35	3	1
2008 Jun 15-19	64	31	1	4
2008 May 30-Jun 1	58	37	*	5
2008 May 1-3	58	37	1	4
2008 Apr 18-20	60	34	1	5
2008 Mar 14-16	62	33	1	5
2008 Feb 21-24	61	32	1	6
2008 Feb 8-10	58	34	3	5
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	59	32	3	5
2008 Jan 10-13	59	32	3	6
2007 Dec 14-16	57	30	4	9
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	53	33	7	6
2007 Nov 2-4	53	30	7	10
2007 Oct 12-14	53	32	6	9
2007 Oct 4-7	54	27	11	8
2007 Sep 14-16	56	29	8	7
2007 Sep 7-8	48	32	11	10
2007 Aug 13-16	52	29	9	10
2007 Aug 3-5	48	34	9	9
2007 Jul 12-15	49	26	11	14
2007 Jul 6-8	53	27	11	10
2007 Jun 1-3	53	25	10	13
2007 May 10-13	55	20	16	9
2007 May 4-6	50	24	13	12
2007 Apr 13-15	52	27	10	10
2007 Apr 2-5	49	24	14	12
2007 Mar 23-25	53	24	14	9
2007 Mar 2-4	58	18	15	9
2007 Feb 9-11	53	19	16	12
2006 Dec 8-10 ^	42	11	33	14
* Less than 0.5%
‡ USA Today/Gallup poll asked on Gallup tracking survey
^ WORDING: Illinois Senator, Barack Obama

Michelle Obama

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2010 Jul 8-11	66	25	1	9
2009 Oct 16-19	61	25	1	13
2009 Mar 27-29	72	17	1	10
2009 Jan 9-11	68	18	*	13
2008 Sep 5-7	54	30	2	14
2008 Aug 21-23	53	25	4	18
2008 May 30-Jun 1	43	30	6	21
* Less than 0.5%

Sarah Palin

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Mar 25-27	35	58	2	5
2011 Jan 14-16	38	53	2	6
2010 Nov 4-7	40	52	2	5
2010 Jul 8-11	44	47	2	7
2009 Dec 11-13	44	47	3	6
2009 Oct 1-4	40	50	4	7
2009 Jul 10-12	43	45	4	8
2008 Nov 7-9	48	47	2	4
2008 Oct 31 - Nov 2 ‡	42	49	3	7
2008 Oct 3-5	51	41	2	6
2008 Sep 5-7	53	28	7	12
2008 Aug 29 ^	22	7	51	20
^ Based on one-night Palin vice presidential selection poll of registered voters (USA Today/Gallup poll asked on Gallup daily tracking survey
‡ USA Today/Gallup poll asked on Gallup tracking survey

Ron Paul

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Dec 15-18^	37	39	15	9
2007 Oct 4-7	12	13	60	15
^ WORDING: Texas congressman, Ron Paul

Nancy Pelosi

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Jan 14-16 ^	33	54	7	7
2010 Oct 14-17 †	29	56	7	8
2010 May 24-25 †	36	51	5	8
2010 Mar 26-28 †	36	54	5	5
2009 Jul 10-12 †	32	48	11	8
2009 May 29-31 †	34	50	8	7
2008 Nov 7-9 †	42	41	8	8
2007 Mar 23-25 †	37	33	19	11
2007 Jan 5-7 †	44	22	13	21
2006 Nov 9-12 ^	38	24	18	20
2006 Oct 6-8 ^	26	28	29	17
2006 Jun 23-25 ^	31	29	27	13
2003 Jul 25-27 ^	23	19	42	16
2003 Jan 3-5 ^	23	18	39	20
† WORDING: Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi ^ WORDING: House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi

Rick Perry

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2011 Dec 15-18^	27%	55	10	9
^ WORDING: Texas governor, Rick Perry

General David Petraeus

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Mar 25-27	55	11	22	12
2010 Jul 8-11	56	9	24	10
2007 Sep 14-16 ^	61	22	7	11
2007 Sep 7-8 ^	52	17	14	17
2007 Aug 3-5 ^	47	21	16	16
^ WORDING: Commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, General David Petraeus

Brad Pitt

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2006 May 5-7 ^	42%	35	4	19
^ Asked of a half sample

Pope Benedict the 16^th

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2010 Mar 26-28	40	35	7	18
2008 Apr 18-20	63	15	4	18
2007 Jun 1-3	52	16	9	23
2005 Dec 16-18	50	11	9	30
2005 Apr 29-May 1	55	12	8	25

Colin Powell

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2004 Nov 19-21 †	87	9	2	2
2003 Jun 27-29 ^	83	13	2	2
2003 Feb 7-9 †	85	8	3	4
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2 †	86	10	1	3
2002 Sep 23-26 †	88	6	3	3
2002 Apr 29-May 1	85	9	3	3
2000 Dec 15-17	83	6	6	5
2000 Aug 4-5	79	8	7	6
2000 Apr 28-30	78	8	7	7
1997 Apr 18-20	77	7	7	9
1996 Aug 14-16	74	13	4	9
1995 Nov 6-8	67	13	5	15
1995 Sep 22-24	64	13	6	17
1995 Jul 20-23 ‡	73	6	7	14
1995 Apr 17-19 ‡	72	9	7	12
1994 Mar 28-30 ♠	66	11	9	14
1994 Jan 15-17 ♠	72	7	11	10
1993 Sep 10-12 ♠	70	8	--	22
1993 Jan 29-31 ♠	71	9	--	20
^ Asked of a half sample
† WORDING: Secretary of State, Colin Powell
‡ WORDING: Retired General Colin Powell
♠ WORDING: General Colin Powell

Prince Charles of England

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2005 Mar 21-23	41	40	1	18
2003 Nov 14-16	45	44	1	10
2002 May 28-29 ^	53	33	2	12
1998 Dec 28-29 ^	54	35	1	10
1997 Sep 4 ^	29	61	--	10
1992 Dec 18-20 ^	25	44	--	31
^ WORDING: Prince Charles

Vladimir Putin

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2003 Oct 6-8 ^	38%	28	16	18
2002 May 20-22 ^	41%	18	13	28
^ WORDING: Russian President, Vladimir Putin

Queen Elizabeth of England

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2003 Nov 14-16	77	15	*	8
2002 May 28-29	75	12	1	12
1998 Dec 28-29	68	21	1	10
1997 Sep 4	47	40	--	13
* Less than 0.5%

Dan Rather

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2006 Jun 23-25	63%	26	5	7

Harry Reid

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Jan 14-16^	25	41	21	12
2010 Nov 4-7 ^	25	43	19	14
2010 May 24-25^	27	41	19	13
2010 Mar 26-28^	29	45	17	9
2008 Nov 7-9^	27	30	28	14
2006 Nov 9-12 ^	27	19	33	20
2005 May 20-22 ^	22	19	42	17
2005 Apr 29-May 1 ^	21	18	44	17
^ WORDING: Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid

Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2006 Aug 18-20	61	26	6	7
2005 Sep 8-11	63	25	5	7
2005 Jun 24-26	61	27	5	7
2005 Feb 25-27	59	27	5	9
2005 Feb 4-6	59	27	4	10
2004 Nov 19-21 ^	63	26	6	5
2004 Apr 16-18 ^	59	24	9	8
2004 Mar 26-28 ^	50	25	14	11
2003 Oct 24-26 ^	55	16	17	12
^ WORDING: National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice

Bill Richardson

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2007 Apr 13-15	18%	18	45	19
2000 Jun 22-25 ^	25%	21	36	18
^ WORDING: Energy Secretary, Bill Richardson

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Roberts

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2005 Sep 8-11 ^	50%	17	14	19
2005 Jul 22-24 ^	46%	13	19	22
^ WORDING: U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee, John Roberts

The Rev. Pat Robertson

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2008 May 30-Jun 1	20%	52	13	15

Mitt Romney

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Dec 15-18	40	42	9	9
2010 Jul 8-11	36	28	18	18
2009 Jul 10-12	37	29	16	18
2008 Feb 8-10	34	46	7	13
2008 Jan 30- Feb 2	37	39	10	14
2008 Jan 10-13	32	42	13	14
2007 Dec 14-16	32	35	17	15
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	36	30	20	14
2007 Nov 2-4	28	31	24	17
2007 Oct 12-14	26	34	23	17
2007 Oct 4-7	29	26	29	15
2007 Sep 14-16	27	35	23	15
2007 Sep 7-8	27	28	28	17
2007 Aug 13-16	33	24	26	17
2007 Aug 3-5	22	31	30	17
2007 Jul 12-15	22	28	31	18
2007 Jul 6-8	23	31	30	16
2007 Jun 1-3	25	24	31	19
2007 May 10-13	27	19	41	14
2007 May 4-6	24	22	39	15
2007 Apr 13-15	23	24	36	17
2007 Apr 2-5	25	21	37	17
2007 Mar 23-25	22	18	37	22
2007 Mar 2-4	23	19	41	17
2007 Feb 9-11	18	18	47	18
2006 Dec 8-10 ^	19	12	52	17
^ WORDING: Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney

Presidential adviser, Karl Rove

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2007 Aug 13-16	26	44	15	15
2007 Mar 23-25	21	44	18	17
2006 Nov 9-12	19	41	21	18
2006 Jul 28-30	22	38	23	16
2006 Apr 28-30	22	50	16	12
2005 Oct 28-30	24	40	21	15
2005 Oct 13-16	22	39	23	16
2005 Jul 22-24	25	34	25	16

Donald Rumsfeld

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2006 Nov 9-12	27	57	7	9
2006 Sep 15-17 ^	41	45	3	10
2006 Aug 18-20 ^	40	47	5	7
2006 Apr 28-30 ^	37	57	2	4
2005 Dec 16-18 ^	42	45	4	9
2005 Jun 24-26 ^	46	44	5	5
2005 Feb 4-6 ^	48	40	4	8
2004 Nov 19-21 ^	51	39	5	5
2003 Sep 19-21 ^	53	33	6	8
2003 Feb 7-9 ^	58	20	10	12
2002 Sep 23-26 ^	61	19	10	10
2002 Jul 26-28 ^	67	15	9	9
^ WORDING: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

Rick Santorum

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2011 Dec 15-18^	21%	35	29	15
^ WORDING: Former Pennsylvania senator, Rick Santorum

Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2005 May 20-22	31%	13	39	17
2000 Dec 15-17	36%	17	29	18

Arnold Schwarzenegger

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2005 Jun 16-19	66%	26	1	7
2004 Aug 23-25 ^	56%	27	1	16
2003 Feb 24-26	72%	14	2	12
^ Asked of a half sample

The Rev. Al Sharpton

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2008 May 30-Jun 1	16%	63	10	11
2003 Nov 10-12	16%	49	24	11
1992 May 7-10	6%	28	53	13

U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2009 Jul 10-12 ^	38%	26	19	17
2009 May 29-31 ^	43%	21	15	21
^ WORDING: U.S. Supreme Court Nominee, Sonia Sotomayor

Talk radio host, Howard Stern

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2005 Dec 16-18	25%	61	3	11
1997 Mar 24-26	27%	46	8	20

Martha Stewart

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2005 Aug 5-7 ^	52	31	1	16
2005 Feb 4-6 ^	53	32	1	14
2003 Jun 9-10 ^	33	52	3	12
2002 Jul 5-8 ^	30	39	7	24
2002 Jun 17-19 ^	46	27	9	18
1999 Oct 21-24 ^	49	16	13	22
^ Asked as a stand-alone question
WORDING: Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Martha Stewart, or have you never heard of her?

Barbra Streisand

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2003 Feb 24-26 ^	52%	33	3	12
^ Asked of a half sample

Professional football player, Tim Tebow

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2011 Dec 15-18	49%	22	18	12

Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2005 May 20-22	44	23	17	16
2000 Dec 15-17	46	33	8	13
1995 Jul 20-23	38	38	8	16
1992 May 7-10	44	31	6	19

Fred Thompson

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2007 Dec 14-16	30	34	23	14
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	39	26	23	12
2007 Nov 2-4	29	28	28	15
2007 Oct 12-14	32	30	23	15
2007 Oct 4-7	33	24	30	13
2007 Sep 14-16	38	22	24	15
2007 Sep 7-8	36	19	28	17
2007 Aug 13-16	30	17	37	16
2007 Aug 3-5	31	20	32	17
2007 Jul 12-15	28	18	37	17
2007 Jul 6-8	30	19	37	14
2007 Jun 1-3	26	14	43	17
2007 May 10-13	27	11	50	13
2007 May 4-6	27	11	50	12
2007 Apr 13-15	25	13	48	13
2007 Apr 2-5	24	11	53	12

Donald Trump

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2011 Apr 20-23	36	53	3	8
2011 Mar 25-27	43	47	2	8
2007 Jan 5-7	41	48	1	11
2005 Jun 16-19	50	38	2	10
1999 Oct 8-10	33	58	2	7
1999 Sep 23-26	41	47	3	9

Oprah Winfrey

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2009 Dec 11-13	65	27	1	7
2007 Oct 12-14	66	26	1	6
2007 Jan 5-7	74	17	*	8
2003 Nov 10-12	73	20	1	6
1992 Mar 26-29	78	14	2	6
* Less than 0.5%

Tiger Woods

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2010 Mar 26-28	33	51	1	15
2009 Dec 11-13	33	57	*	10
2005 Jun 16-19	85	8	1	6
2001 Jun 8-10	84	9	2	5
2000 Jun 22-25	88	5	2	5
* Less than 0.5%

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Never heard of	No opinion
2008 May 30-Jun 1	7%	64	18	11

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