Politics

Howard Dean: 25% Favorable, 40% Unfavorable

Survey of 1,000 Adults

June 13-14, 2005

Howard Dean
Favorable	25%
Unfavorable	40%
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Ken Mehlman
Favorable	9%
Unfavorable	16%
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June 17, 2005--Twenty-five percent (25%) of Americans have a favorable opinion of Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic Party. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 40% have an unfavorable view.

The fact that 65% of Americans have an opinion is unusual for a Party Chairman. Just 25% have an opinion about Dean's Republican Ken Mehlman-- 9% favorable and 16% unfavorable.

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Among Democrats, 36% have a favorable opinion of Dean while 27% have an unfavorable view. Republicans, by a 57% to 16% margin, have an unfavorable view of Dean. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 22% have a favorable opinion of Dean while 34% have an unfavorable view.

Mehlman is viewed favorably by 15% of Republicans, 6% of Democrats, and 4% of unaffiliated voters. His unfavorables are 10%, 22%, and 17% respectively.

Forty-eight percent (48%) of men have an unfavorable opinion of Dean while 29% have a favorable view. Among those who are married, Dean's numbers are 25% favorable view and 43% unfavorable.

Mehlman is viewed favorably 12% of men and unfavorably among 20%.

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The telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports June 13-14, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. 37% of survey respondents were Republican, 37% Democrat, and 26% unaffiliated (see Methodology)