Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Sarah Palin? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?
- Strongly favorable 16% [17%] {18%} (20%)
- Somewhat favorable 23% [20%] {20%} (23%)
- Somewhat unfavorable 15% [14%] {16%} (18%)
- Strongly unfavorable 39% [41%] {38%} (34%)
- Strongly favorable 6%
- Somewhat favorable 7%
- Somewhat unfavorable 17%
- Strongly unfavorable 65%
- Strongly favorable 30%
- Somewhat favorable 41%
- Somewhat unfavorable 12%
- Strongly unfavorable 10%
- Strongly favorable 14%
- Somewhat favorable 25%
- Somewhat unfavorable 18%
- Strongly unfavorable 35%
- Is qualified 27% {26%} (38%)
- Is not qualified 67% {71%} (60%)
- Is qualified 14% {6%} (22%)
- Is not qualified 82% {91%} (76%)
- Is qualified 47% {46%} (61%)
- Is not qualified 46% {52%} (36%)
- Is qualified 23% {29%} (37%)
- Is not qualified 70% {67%} (59%)
Inside the numbers:
While there are political and ideological divides on Palin, she faces hurdles across the board. Even in her own party, Republicans divide, 47 percent to 46 percent, on whether she’s qualified or unqualified to serve as president. Conservatives split, 45-48 percent, as do Tea Party supporters, 48-48 percent.
In only two groups do majorities see Palin as qualified – conservative Republicans, by 55-40 percent; and “strong” supporters of the Tea Party movement, by a broad 73-22 percent. (They’re a small group, one in 10 registered voters.)
While 82 percent of Democrats and 84 percent of liberals see her as unqualified, as do 70 percent of swing-voting independents and 77 percent of self-described political moderates.
At her peak, shortly after the Republican National Convention, 58 percent of Americans saw her favorably. That fell to 46 percent by the 2008 election and 40 percent last summer, and hasn’t recovered since.
Beyond the expected partisan and ideological differences, Palin is notably more popular among evangelical white Protestants, 61 percent favorable, than among their mainline counterparts, 41 percent. And fewer than half in two key voter groups, independents and white Catholics, see her favorably overall.
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