New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are the hottest politicians on today's Quinnipiac University Thermometer of voter attitudes toward the nation's major political figures. The four lowest scores went to the congressional leaders of both parties.
6. (INTRO TO Q6a-Q6v ROTATED) I'd like to get your feelings toward some of our political leaders and other people who have been in the news. I'll read the name of a person and I'd like you to rate that person using something called the feeling thermometer. You can choose any number between 0 and 100. The higher the number, the warmer or more favorable you feel toward that person, the lower the number, the colder or less favorable. If we come to a person who you haven't heard enough about to form an opinion, you don't need to rate the person. Just tell me and we'll move on to the next one. (Split sample, names were rotated) How do you feel about --- ?
Gov. Christie - 53.1
Secretary Clinton - 52.1
Sen. Warren - 49.2
President Obama - 47.6
Sen. Gillibrand - 47.6
Sen. Cruz - 46.8
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida - 46.5
Vice President Joseph Biden - 46.2
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley - 45.7
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal - 45.2
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky - 44.8
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo - 43.9
U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York - 43.6
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan - 43
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - 41.1
Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania - 40.7
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - 40.4
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia - 39.4
Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi - 38.4
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell - 37.5
Republican House Speaker John Boehner - 36.7
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid - 33.8
From July 28 - 31, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,468 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.
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