A new poll of the feelings toward America's most well-known public figures by Quinnipiac University Polling Institute finds Rudy Guiliani the most universally liked - and John Kerry the least. Thomas Ferraro reports for Reuters:
The survey asked respondents to rate 20 political figures on a "feeling thermometer." The warmer or more favorable they felt toward a person the higher score they gave them on a scale of zero to 100. Respondents were given the option of saying they did not know enough about the figure to offer a rating.
In the current poll, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican, ranked first with a mean score of 64.2, followed by Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, 58.8, and McCain, 57.7. All three are potential presidential candidates.Bush finished 15th with 43.8, behind former Vice President Al Gore, a Democrat who lost the 2000 White House race to Bush, who was 14th with 44.9.
Kerry was last with a rating of 39.6. In three earlier polls this year, he never scored above 46.3.
In the new Likeability survey, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ranked fourth with 56.1, followed by former Democratic President Bill Clinton, 55.8, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record) of Connecticut, who won re-election this month as an independent after losing the Democratic primary, 52.7.
Read the whole article at the link above. This offers encouragement to Guiliani, Obama, and McCain in their potential Presidential bids. Of the three, Obama's high rating is the most suspect, as Americans don't really have any idea of his stands on issues, and he has been feted by a fawning press ever since his election to the Senate in 2004. A Presidential campaign would bring a harsh spotlight to his shadowy popularity.
Guiliani and McCain - and Lieberman, for that matter - are well established figures on the national scene, and their high rankings come after having lived in the national spotlight for years.
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Betcha this story doesn;t g... (Below threshold)1. Posted by ironman | November 28, 2006 6:47 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Betcha this story doesn;t get big play on Kos..those damm CT voters sending Lieberman back after he told him to get lost...the nerve of them
1. Posted by ironman | November 28, 2006 6:47 AM |
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Posted on November 28, 2006 06:47
2. Posted by McCain | November 28, 2006 8:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It must take a whole lot for the average Joe to "like" a politician. One wonders how can 35.8% of the public NOT like Rudy Giuliani?
2. Posted by McCain | November 28, 2006 8:06 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2006 20:06