Poll Watch: Huffington Post/YouGov Survey on Russia

Huffington Post/YouGov Poll on Russia

Do you consider Russia to be a friend or an enemy of the United States?

Among Registered Voters

• Ally of U.S. 4%
• Friendly 15%
• Unfriendly 45%
• Enemy of the U.S. 12%

Do you approve or disapprove of President Obama’s decision to cancel one-on-one meetings with Vladimir Putin, after Russia granted Snowden political asylum?

Among Registered Voters

• Strongly approve 22%
• Somewhat approve 23%
• Somewhat disapprove 20%
• Strongly disapprove 18%

Among Democrats

• Strongly approve 33%
• Somewhat approve 27%
• Somewhat disapprove 14%
• Strongly disapprove 7%

Among Republicans

• Strongly approve 17%
• Somewhat approve 20%
  
• Somewhat disapprove 25%
• Strongly disapprove 23%

Among Independents

• Strongly approve 12%
• Somewhat approve 19%
  
• Somewhat disapprove 23%
• Strongly disapprove 21%

Survey of 1,000 adults, including 922 registered voters, was conducted August 7-8, 2013. The margin of error is +/- 4.3 percentage points.

Poll Watch: Rasmussen Survey on Russia and Vladimir Putin

Rasmussen Survey on Russia and Vladimir Putin

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable opinion of Vladimir Putin?

• Very favorable 2% (2%)
• Somewhat favorable 13% (9%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 34% (29%)
• Very unfavorable 27% (23%)

Generally speaking, is Russia an ally of the United States, an enemy of the United States or somewhere in-between?

• Ally 9% (6%)
• Enemy 15% (16%)
• Somewhere in-between 69% (66%)

Note: Republicans are more likely than Democrats to consider Russia a U.S. enemy, by a 23% to seven percent (7%) margin. Fourteen percent (14%) of unaffiliated adults share that view.

How important are U.S. relations with Russia?

• Very important 40% (38%)
• Somewhat important 45% (40%)
• Not very/not at all important 8% (13%)

Is Russia a growing national security problem for the United States?

• Yes 35% (36%)
• No 28% (25%)
• Not sure 37% (39%)

Note: A plurality (47%) of Republicans consider Russia a growing national security threat to the United States, compared to only 22% of Democrats and 35% of independents.

Survey of 1,000 adults was conducted March 6-7, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted September 27-28, 2011 are in parentheses.

Poll Watch: Rasmussen Survey on Russia and Vladimir Putin

Rasmussen Survey on Russia and Vladimir Putin

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable opinion of Vladimir Putin?

• Very favorable 2%
• Somewhat favorable 9%
• Somewhat unfavorable 29%
• Very unfavorable 23%

Generally speaking, is Russia an ally of the United States, an enemy of the United States or somewhere in-between?

• Ally 6%
• Enemy 16%
• Somewhere in-between 66%

How important are U.S. relations with Russia?

• Very important 38%
• Somewhat important 40%
• Not important 13%

Is Russia a growing national security problem for the United States?

• Yes 36%
• No 25%

Survey of 1,000 adults was conducted September 27-28, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.

Inside the numbers:

Republicans have a more negative view of Putin than Democrats and adults not affiliated with either party do. Republicans are also much more likely to see Russia as a growing national security problem for the United States.