Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Survey on Marco Rubio

Rasmussen (R) Poll on Marco Rubio

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Marco Rubio?

• Very favorable 16% [22%] (20%)
• Somewhat favorable 20% [20%] (15%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 20% [20%] (16%)
• Very unfavorable 12% [11%] (12%)
• Undecided 32% [28%] (37%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Marco Rubio 36% [42%] (35%) / 32% [31%] (28%) {+4%}

National survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted January 17-18, 2013. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted June 19-20, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-11, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Republicans now view Rubio favorably, down slightly from June. This compares to just 19% of Democrats and 36% of voters not affiliated with either major party.

Voters over 65 view Rubio more favorably than younger voters do.

White voters have a more positive opinion of Rubio than blacks and other minority voters.