Not much or many on the national stage at the moment according a new FoxNews poll.
What they do like is Planned Parenthood, and by a wide margin. Favorable 57% and unfavorable 32%; net favorable +25. 95% have heard of PP and only 5% have no opinion. This is excellent news. More federal funding of PP would be a rational decision. Expand health services and at a low cost.
The ACA isn’t as well liked as PP. Favorable 50% and unfavorable 47%, net favorable +3. Only 1% has never heard of it and only 2% have no opinion on it. Where the ACA falls down is on the strongly favorable vs. unfavorable ratio. 25% to 36% for a net unfavorable of 10%.
Unless there’s somebody living under a rock that FoxNews pollsters couldn’t find, everybody has heard of Trump and 98% have an opinion. 44% favorable (?!) and 53% unfavorable for a net unfavorable of 9%. (Look out incoming rRump tweet: FoxNews losers putting out FakeNews. I’m doing great.) Strongly favorable 30%, unfavorable 47%, for a net unfavorable of 17%.
Mike Pence is doing better. 95% have heard of him (might be a high for a new VP). 6% have no opinion. Favorable 47% and unfavorable 43% for a net favorable of 4%. Net “strongly” 1% unfavorable. (This might give the GOP congress the impetus to impeach tRump.)
Paul Ryan got a 91% name recognition (might be a high for a Speaker of the House, but he also had that losing VP run in ’12; so, who knows.) 37% favorable and 47% unfavorable for a net unfavorable of 10% (sheet that’s worse than Donnie’s; might need to rethink a Ryan coup). Net “strongly” unfavorable 18%.
Poor Mitch McConnell. 22% have never heard of him and 13% have no opinion. Of those that do, favorable is 20% and unfavorable 44%. Strongly favorable 3% and strongly unfavorable 31%.
Warren leads most of her colleagues, but she is only slightly ahead of McConnnell on that name ID thingy at 81%. No opinion at 10%. Favorable 39% and unfavorable 31% for a net favorable of 8% (twice as good as Pence’s). Strongly net zero (24/24).
Nancy Pelosi is seriously not doing well. Net unfavorable of 17% and net strongly unfavorable of 23%. (Chuckie needs to find himself more of thoseTV cameras. 30% have never heard of him and 14% have no opinion.)
That’s about it — oh, wait one more. Oh, nevermind.
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Sidenotes:
John McCain: Rand Paul `Is Now Working for Vladimir Putin’. McCain and his sidekick remain nuts. (To avoid any misinterpretation, I don’t think much of Rand Paul either even if he’s slightly less crazy than his GOP colleagues.)
Wasn’t there some big news about a tax return being made public yesterday? Expected it would merit some discussion here if no reason other that it put some sunshine on why Trump wants to get rid of the AMT.
