Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Survey on Paul Ryan

Rasmussen (R) Poll on Paul Ryan

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of Paul Ryan?

• Very favorable 21% {29%} [21%] (22%)
• Somewhat favorable 22% {21%} [18%] (14%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 16% {19%} [10%] (13%)
• Very unfavorable 30% {13%} [15%] (17%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Paul Ryan 43% {50%} [39%] (36%) / 46% {32%} [25%] (30%) {-3%}

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 August 12-13, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 15-16, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted April 10-11, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Seventy-six percent (76%) of GOP voters have a favorable opinion of Ryan, compared to 83% last summer. Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Democrats and a plurality (48%) of unaffiliated voters view Ryan unfavorably.

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

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