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    Political Figures: E - F              John Edwards | Russell Feingold | Bill Frist


Data are from nationwide surveys of Americans 18 & older.

         

John Edwards (D-North Carolina)

USA Today/Gallup Poll. Jan. 10-13, 2008. N=1,021 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.        <Graphic>
RV = registered voters

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"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. How about John Edwards?"
12/06: ". . . former North Carolina Senator John Edwards"
1/2-5/04 & earlier: ". . . North Carolina Senator John Edwards"

.

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never
Heard of

Unsure

%

%

%

%

1/10-13/08

48 37 4 10

12/14-16/07

53 33 6 8

11/30 - 12/2/07

50 35 7 8

11/2-4/07

50 31 8 11
10/12-14/07 48 34 8 10
10/4-7/07 48 31 11 10
9/14-16/07 51 35 6 7
9/7-8/07 47 32 8 14
8/13-16/07 47 36 8 9
8/3-5/07 47 35 9 10
7/12-15/07 44 33 12 12
7/6-8/07 50 32 8 9
6/1-3/07 44 32 9 15
5/10-13/07 56 24 11 9
5/4-6/07 49 31 9 9
4/13-15/07 52 31 6 11
4/2-5/07 53 30 9 9

3/23-25/07

55 25 8 11

3/2-4/07

51 28 9 12

2/9-11/07

49 31 12 8

12/8-10/06

54 21 13 12

10/9-10/04

48 37 6 9

9/3-5/04

56 30 3 11

8/23-25/04

52 28 4 16

7/30 - 8/1/04

59 27 3 11

7/19-21/04

52 26 5 17

7/8-11/04

55 24 6 15
7/6/04  RV 54 16 12 18
1/29 - 2/1/04 54 21 10 15
1/2-5/04 24 24 27 25
11/03 22 18 37 23

 

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Jan. 9-12, 2008. N=1,130 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3. Fieldwork by TNS.

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"Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of John Edwards?"

.

Favorable

Unfavorable

Unsure

% % %

1/9-12/08

57 34 9

10/29 - 11/1/07

49 35 16

2/22-25/07

46 39 14

12/7-11/06

49 26 25

 

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Dec. 14-17, 2007. N=approx. 500 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.4.

.

"Now I'm going to read you the names of several public figures and organizations, and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the name, please just say so. John Edwards."

.

Very
Positive

Somewhat Positive


Neutral

Somewhat Negative

Very
Negative

Don't
Know
Name/

Not Sure

%

%

%

%

%

%

12/14-17/07 11 27 23 14 17 8
11/1-5/07 9 28 25 16 15 7
9/7-10/07 12 29 22 14 13 10
7/27-30/07 12 25 26 14 13 10
6/8-11/07 12 24 29 12 14 9
3/2-5/07 8 25 32 12 11 12
12/8-11/06 11 23 26 13 8 19
12/9-13/04 16 24 24 16 13 7
3/04 12 24 27 14 6 17
1/04 4 12 24 8 6 45
12/03 3 14 21 8 5 49

 

CBS News Poll. Oct. 12-16, 2007. N=1,143 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.
Among registered voters, except where noted.

.

"Is your opinion of John Edwards favorable, not favorable, undecided, or haven't you heard enough about John Edwards yet to have an opinion?"

.

Favorable

Not
Favor
able

Undecided

Haven't
Heard

%

%

%

%

10/12-16/07

30 30 28 11

9/4-9/07

30 29 29 11

8/8-12/07

31 30 27 11

7/9-17/07

34 29 26 11

6/26-28/07

33 27 26 14

5/18-23/07

30 28 27 14

4/9-12/07

32 23 27 17

3/26-27/07 Adults

24 25 28 22

3/7-11/07 Adults

28 25 30 18
1/1-3/07 Adults 34 21 26 18
10/14-17/04 32 30 14 24
10/9-11/04 34 25 14 27
10/1-3/04 31 25 13 31
9/20-22/04 33 23 12 32
9/12-16/04 28 22 16 34
9/6-8/04 34 20 14 31
8/15-18/04 35 19 13 33
7/30 - 8/1/04 35 18 13 34
7/11-15/04 35 13 13 39
5/20-23/04 26 11 24 38
2/24-27/04 30 11 21 38
1/12-15/04 10 11 21 57
12/03 8 14 17 61
8/03 6 10 15 69

 

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Sept. 7-9, 2007. N=1,017 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

.

"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. Former North Carolina senator John Edwards." "Former North Carolina senator" omitted March 2007.

.

Favorable

Unfavorable

Never
Heard of

Unsure

%

%

%

%

9/7-9/07

49 30 8 13

6/22-24/07

47 32 8 12

3/9-11/07

42 27 18 13

 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas. Aug. 1-18, 2007. N=3,002 adults nationwide. MoE ± 2. December 2006 and earlier surveys conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International.

.

"Now I'd like your views on some people. Would you say your overall opinion of John Edwards is very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable?"

.

Very
Favorable

Mostly
Favorable

Mostly
Unfavorable

Very
Unfavorable

Never Heard
Of
(vol.)

Can't Rate
(vol.)

%

%

%

%

%

%

8/1-18/07

10

37

19

10

11

13

4/7-16/06

10

37

18

9

11

15

10/12-24/05

12

38

17

6

10

17

9/11-14/04

16

33

18

13

3

17

8/5-10/04

22

36

18

6

4

14

2/04

9

33

17

7

8

26

1/03

4

18

10

4

43

21


 

Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted by Financial Dynamics. March 29-April 1, 2007. N=approx. 400 registered voters nationwide.

.

"Please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the following public figures. If you haven't heard of them, just tell me and we'll move on. John Edwards."

.

Favorable Unfavorable Heard of/Can't
Rate (vol.)
Haven't
Heard of
Unsure
% % % % %
3/29 - 4/1/07 54 23 9 9 6
2/21-24/07 39 27 17 14 4
11/8-12/06 36 25 15 18 5

 

CBS News Poll. March 26-27, 2007. N=831 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.

.

"Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, announced last week that her cancer has returned. . . . Do you think John Edwards is doing the right thing by staying in the presidential race, or should he have withdrawn or suspended his campaign?"

.

Right Thing

Withdrawn/
Suspended

Unsure

%

%

%

3/26-27/07

57 24 19

 

USA Today/Gallup Poll. March 23-25, 2007. Adults nationwide. RV = registered voters

.

"As you may know, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, has had a recurrence of cancer. In your view, do you think John Edwards should stay in the race for president or drop out of the race for president?" N=526, MoE ± 5 (Form A)

.

Stay In

Drop Out

Unsure

%

%

%

3/23-25/07

58 29 13

.

"As you may know, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, has had a recurrence of cancer. Do you think John Edwards will eventually withdraw from the presidential campaign because of his wife's illness, or not?" N=481, MoE ± 5 (Form B)

.

Will
Withdraw

Will Not
Withdraw

Unsure

%

%

%

3/23-25/07

38 50 11

 

Quinnipiac University Poll. Nov. 13-19, 2006. N=1,623 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 2.4.

.

"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. How do you feel about John Edwards?"

.

MEAN
RATING

Unsure/
Refused

 

 

%

11/13-19/06 49.9 20

8/17-23/06

48.5 22

5/23-30/06

49.4 21

2/21-28/06

50.8 20

 

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Oct. 1-3, 2004. N=1,169 likely voters nationwide. MoE ± 3. Fieldwork by TNS. LV = likely voters. RV = registered voters.

.

"Regardless of how you might vote, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of John Edwards, or perhaps you don't know enough to say."

.

Favorable

Unfavorable

Unsure

% % %
10/1-3/04 LV 45 30 25

9/6-8/04 RV

39 26 35

7/30 - 8/1/04 RV

49 18 33
7/22-25/04 RV 50 24 26

 

Time Poll conducted by Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas (SRBI) Public Affairs. July 13-17, 2006. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

.

"Looking ahead to the 2008 presidential election, how favorable an impression do you have of each of the following possible candidates: very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very unfavorable? . . . Former North Carolina Democratic senator John Edwards."

.

Very
Favorable
Somewhat
Favorable
Somewhat
Unfavorable
Very
Unfavorable
Unsure
% % % % %