Diageo Hotline: Guiliani, Obama have the highest favorables of 2008 candidates

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There is 30 pages of information in this poll.  Way too much to post here.  But here are the summarized favorable/unfavorable ratings for President George W. Bush, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the major 2008 presidential candidates from both parties.


President George W. Bush:

Favorable:  35%
Unfavorable: 61%
No Opinion:  3%
Never Heard of:  0%
NET:  -26%



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

Favorable:  33%
Unfavorable:  31%
No Opinion:  17%
Never Heard of:  17%
NET:  +2%



Senator Hillary Clinton:

Favorable:  49%
Unfavorable  46%
No Opinion:  4%
Never Heard of:  1%
NET:  +3%



Former Vice Presidential Candidate John Edwards:

Favorable:  39%
Unfavorable:  27%
No Opinion:  17%
Never Heard of: 14%
NET:  +12%



Former Mayor Rudy Guiliani:

Favorable:  58%
Unfavorable:  25%
No Opinion:  10%
Never Heard of:  6%
NET: +33%




Senator John McCain:

Favorable:  48%
Unfavorable:  26%
No Opinion:  14%
Never Heard of:  10%
NET:  +22%




Senator Barack Obama:

Favorable:  50%
Unfavorable:  19%
No Opinion:  16%
Never Heard of:  13%
NET:  +31%




Former Gov. Mitt Romney:

Favorable:  18%
Unfavorable:  15%
No Opinion:  26%
Never Heard of: 36%
NET:  +3%


http://diageohotlinepoll.com/07_Feb_Data.pdf

[Mr. Morden]

I'm kind of surprised that the "no opinion"/"never heard of" numbers on Obama are not that much higher than on McCain.  The sum of the two numbers is 24% for McCain and 29% for Obama.

[Verily]

Overall, it looks like a strange poll. McCain usually gets higher name recognition than 90%, and 64% having heard of Romney is probably a gross overestimate. 87% having heard of Obama also seems a bit high considering what we've seen of late; I would have predicted around 75%.

[Tender Branson]

WOW, question 28 is cool:

29. Please tell me which of the following categories you think best
describes John McCain's age. Please stop me when I read the right
category. If you are not sure, just tell me and we'll move on.

60% of the Republicans think McCain is younger than 65

4% think he is between 35 and 44 years old (!!!)

6% think Obama is Muslim, 10% of Republicans think so and 5% of Democrats. 1% of Dems think he is Mormon

http://www.diageohotlinepoll.com/07_Feb_Data.pdf

[Reignman]

Damn Hillary is polarizing.