We did job approval ratings last month on the these three newly elected positions, so this month we decided to do favorable/unfavorable ratings to see if we get much of a difference. We may alternate back and forth in the coming months to see if voters separate their feelings for a person with their job performance.
Nevertheless, on to the numbers:
We asked, "I am now going to read you a list of names. After I read each
name, please tell me if you have heard of that person, and then if you
have, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
that person."
Barack Obama:
Very Favorable – 42%
Somewhat Favorable – 22%
Somewhat Unfavorable – 13%
Very Unfavorable – 11%
No Opinion – 12%
A net favorable rating for Obama of 64% is fairly strong especially given the contentiousness beginning to develop in regards to his budget and spending. We were in the field before the teleprompter gaffes occurred, but his numbers are still fairly high.
Interestingly, of the 130 African-Americans that were in our survey, not a single one gave Obama a very or somewhat unfavorable rating. Only 4 said they had no opinion.
Bev Perdue
Very Favorable – 22%
Somewhat Favorable – 36%
Somewhat Unfavorable – 12%
Very Unfavorable – 8%
No Opinion – 20%
Not Aware – 3%
Net favorable ratings of 58%, unfavorable of 20% gives Gov. Perdue a good working margin to go into tough budget negotiations. We were in the field as her budget was coming out, so this may reflect some of her budget proposals, but more than likely most of the analysis of her budget was done after our survey.
Kay Hagan
Very Favorable – 17%
Somewhat Favorable – 30%
Somewhat Unfavorable – 12%
Very Unfavorable – 10%
No Opinion – 25%
Not Aware – 6%
Hagan, unlike her two other high ranking Democrats, has favorables under 50%, coming in at a net 47%. Some of this is from the fairly high "No Opinion" category which reinforces the thought that people weren't exactly voting FOR her last November as much as they were voting AGAINST Elizabeth Dole and/or the Republicans.
Hagan also may be feeling the force of the anti-card check movement that is pressuring her very hard to stand with our state's businesses and against radical unionization for our state.
Either way, not as good as numbers as a freshman Senator thought to still be in a honeymoon period should have.
Full release and all the crosstabs are here.
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