Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) 2012 Vice Presidential Favorability Survey

Rasmussen (R) 2012 VP Favorability Poll 

I’m now going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression. 

Chris Christie

• Very favorable 21%
  
• Somewhat favorable 22%
• Somewhat unfavorable 19%
  
• Very unfavorable 16%
• No opinion 22%

Marco Rubio

• Very favorable 20%
• Somewhat favorable 15%
• Somewhat unfavorable 16%
• Very unfavorable 12%
• No opinion 37%

Paul Ryan

• Very favorable 22%
• Somewhat favorable 14%
• Somewhat unfavorable 13%
• Very unfavorable 17%
• No opinion 35%

Rick Santorum

• Very favorable 17%
• Somewhat favorable 24%
• Somewhat unfavorable 19%
• Very unfavorable 32%
• No opinion 8%
  

Rob Portman

• Very favorable 2%
• Somewhat favorable 12%
• Somewhat unfavorable 15%
• Very unfavorable 11%
• No opinion 60%
  

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Chris Christie 43% / 35% {+8%}
• Marco Rubio 35% / 28% {+7%}
• Paul Ryan 36% / 30% {+6%}
• Rick Santorum 41% / 51% {-10%}
• Rob Portman 14% / 26% {-12%}

National survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted April 10-11, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.

Inside the numbers: 

Santorum is slightly ahead among Republican voters with favorables of 68%. Florida Senator Marco Rubio is seen favorably by 63% of Republicans, while nearly as many (62%) share a favorable opinion of Christie. Sixty-one percent (61%) of GOP voters like Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. Twenty-six percent (26%) of Republicans hold a favorable opinion of Ohio Senator Rob Portman.