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. 

Condoleezza Rice

• Very favorable 29% [32%]
  
• Somewhat favorable 36% [34%]
• Somewhat unfavorable 18%
  
• Very unfavorable 6%
• No opinion 12%

Paul Ryan

• Very favorable 21% (22%)
• Somewhat favorable 18% (14%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 10% (13%)
• Very unfavorable 15% (17%)
• No opinion 35% (35%)

Bobby Jindal

• Very favorable 15%
• Somewhat favorable 19%
• Somewhat unfavorable 18%
• Very unfavorable 13%
• No opinion 36%
  

Tim Pawlenty

• Very favorable 7%
• Somewhat favorable 25%
• Somewhat unfavorable 19%
• Very unfavorable 13%
• No opinion 37%
  

Rob Portman

• Very favorable 5% {3%} (2%)
• Somewhat favorable 18% {20%} (12%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 16% {23%} (15%)
• Very unfavorable 8% {8%} (11%)
• No opinion 53% {47%} (60%)
  

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Condoleezza Rice 65% [66%] / 24% [24%] {+41%}
• Paul Ryan 39% (36%) / 25% (30%) {+14%} 
• Bobby Jindal 34% / 31% {+3%}
• Tim Pawlenty 32% / 32% {0%}
• Rob Portman 23% {23%} (14%) / 24% {31%} (26%) {-1%}

National survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted July 15-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted June 19-20, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 24-25, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-11, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Eighty-three percent (83%) of Republicans and 63% of voters not affiliated with either major party give Rice favorable marks. She’s even viewed favorably by a plurality (47%) of Democrats.

Male voters regard Rice more favorably than female voters do, but 59% of women share a favorable opinion of her. Unusual for a prominent Republican, most black voters (58%) also hold a favorable view of Rice.

Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Ryan. Unaffiliated voters tend to view him favorably, but 42% have no opinion.

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Republicans like Jindal. Among unaffiliated voters, 31% view him favorably, 29% unfavorably, and 40% have no opinion.

Among GOP voters, 52% see Pawlenty in a favorable light. Unaffiliated voters are closely divided in their views of the ex-governor, but 46% have no opinion of him.

Forty-two percent (42%) of Republicans have a favorable view of Portman, who also served as budget director under President George W. Bush, but nearly as many (40%) don’t know what they think of him. Seventy percent (70%) of unaffiliated voters have no opinion of Portman.