McCain: Favorable/Unfavorable

Polling Data

PollDateSampleFavorable Unfavorable Spread
RCP Average06/15 - 07/21--52.734.1Fav/Unfav +18.6
Rasmussen07/19 - 07/213000 LV5740Fav/Unfav +17.0
CBS News/NY Times07/07 - 07/141462 RV3132Fav/Unfav -1.0
Quinnipiac07/08 - 07/131725 LV5031Fav/Unfav +19.0
Newsweek07/09 - 07/101037 RV5532Fav/Unfav +23.0
CNN06/26 - 06/29906 RV5937Fav/Unfav +22.0
FOX News06/17 - 06/18900 RV5832Fav/Unfav +26.0
USA Today/Gallup06/15 - 06/191625 A5935Fav/Unfav +24.0

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Recent Commentary & News Stories

- McCain Was Right on Surge, But Story Has Shifted - Tom Friedman, NYT

- Behind Maliki's Games - Max Boot, Washington Post

- Sloppy Attacks Aren't Helping McCain - John Dickerson, Slate

- The Media Gets a Tingling Up Its Leg - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

- Obama: Cocky or Commander in Chiefly? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

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Polling Data

PollDateSampleFavorable Unfavorable Spread
RCP Average06/15 - 07/21--52.734.1Fav/Unfav +18.6
Rasmussen07/19 - 07/213000 LV5740Fav/Unfav +17.0
CBS News/NY Times07/07 - 07/141462 RV3132Fav/Unfav -1.0
Quinnipiac07/08 - 07/131725 LV5031Fav/Unfav +19.0
Newsweek07/09 - 07/101037 RV5532Fav/Unfav +23.0
CNN06/26 - 06/29906 RV5937Fav/Unfav +22.0
FOX News06/17 - 06/18900 RV5832Fav/Unfav +26.0
USA Today/Gallup06/15 - 06/191625 A5935Fav/Unfav +24.0
Newsweek06/18 - 06/19896 RV4937Fav/Unfav +12.0
ABC News/Wash Post06/12 - 06/151125 A5639Fav/Unfav +17.0
Hotline/FD06/05 - 06/08806 RV5237Fav/Unfav +15.0
CBS News05/30 - 06/03930 RV3437Fav/Unfav -3.0
Pew Research05/21 - 05/251505 A4644Fav/Unfav +2.0
Newsweek05/21 - 05/221205 RV5440Fav/Unfav +14.0
USA Today/Gallup05/01 - 05/031019 A6230Fav/Unfav +32.0
CBS News/NY Times05/01 - 05/03601 RV3235Fav/Unfav -3.0
CBS News/NY Times04/25 - 04/29956 RV3334Fav/Unfav -1.0
Rasmussen04/23 - 04/261600 LV5146Fav/Unfav +5.0
Newsweek04/24 - 04/251203 RV5141Fav/Unfav +10.0
USA Today/Gallup04/18 - 04/211019 A6330Fav/Unfav +33.0
Newsweek04/16 - 04/171209 RV5242Fav/Unfav +10.0
ABC News/Wash Post04/10 - 04/131197 A5340Fav/Unfav +13.0
Rasmussen04/08 - 04/111600 LV5344Fav/Unfav +9.0
CBS News/NY Times03/28 - 04/021368 RV3529Fav/Unfav +6.0
Hotline/FD03/28 - 03/31799 RV5832Fav/Unfav +26.0
Rasmussen03/26 - 03/291600 LV5444Fav/Unfav +10.0
SurveyUSA03/25 - 03/251000 A3439Fav/Unfav -5.0
NBC/WSJ03/24 - 03/25800 RV4525Fav/Unfav +20.0
Pew Research03/19 - 03/221503 A4541Fav/Unfav +4.0
CBS News/NY Times03/15 - 03/18952 RV3831Fav/Unfav +7.0
Gallup03/14 - 03/161025 A6727Fav/Unfav +40.0
Rasmussen03/08 - 03/111600 LV5145Fav/Unfav +6.0
NBC/WSJ03/08 - 03/101012 RV4726Fav/Unfav +21.0
Newsweek03/05 - 03/061215 RV5535Fav/Unfav +20.0
Rasmussen02/26 - 02/291600 LV5442Fav/Unfav +12.0
LA Times/Bloomberg02/21 - 02/251246 RV6126Fav/Unfav +35.0
Pew Research02/20 - 02/241508 A4838Fav/Unfav +10.0
CBS News/NY Times02/20 - 02/241115 RV3632Fav/Unfav +4.0
Rasmussen02/08 - 02/111600 LV4849Fav/Unfav -1.0
USA Today/Gallup02/08 - 02/101016 A5436Fav/Unfav +18.0
Pew Research01/30 - 02/021502 A5331Fav/Unfav +22.0
USA Today/Gallup01/30 - 02/021016 A5632Fav/Unfav +24.0
NBC/WSJ01/20 - 01/221008 A4522Fav/Unfav +23.0
USA Today/Gallup01/10 - 01/131016 A5929Fav/Unfav +30.0
Pew Research01/09 - 01/131515 A5531Fav/Unfav +24.0
ABC News/Wash Post01/09 - 01/121130 A5930Fav/Unfav +29.0
CNN/Opinion Research01/09 - 01/101033 A5429Fav/Unfav +25.0

All Commentary & News Stories

- McCain Was Right on Surge, But Story Has Shifted - Tom Friedman, NYT

- Behind Maliki's Games - Max Boot, Washington Post

- Sloppy Attacks Aren't Helping McCain - John Dickerson, Slate

- The Media Gets a Tingling Up Its Leg - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

- Obama: Cocky or Commander in Chiefly? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

- What Obama Could Learn on Vacation - David Harsanyi, Denver Post

- Israel Has No Reason to Fear Obama - Jack Rosen, Jerusalem Post

- Is Jindal the One Republicans Are Waiting For? - Kathleen Parker, RCP

- Romney: A Mistake for McCain - Dick Morris, The Hill

- Mr. Obama in Iraq - Washington Post

- McCain's Iraq Dilemma - Ross Douthat, The Atlantic

- Voters Still Hesitant About Obama - Charlie Cook, National Journal

- Is the 'Toss-Up' Race an Illusion? - Michael Grunwald, Time

- McCain's Mettle - Stuart Koehl, Weekly Standard

- A Conversation with U.S. Senator Jim Webb - Charlie Rose Show

- Obama Shows Hawkish Side On Mideast Trip - Brian Montopoli, CBS News

- Barack and the Dollar - Joshua Zumbrun & Brian Wingfield, Forbes

- McCain's War on Women - Kate Sheppard, In These Times

- Obama's High-Wire Act - RIchard Wolffe, Newsweek

- Obama's Overseas Education - Ralph Peters, New York Post

- Back Obama for Commander-in-Chief - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

- Obama's Head in the Sand - Pete Hegseth, National Review

- McCain's Courting the Wrong Voters - Pat Buchanan, Pitt Trib-Review

- Afghanistan Doesn't Need a 'Surge' - Ann Marlowe, Wall Street Journal

- Why Jesse Jackson Hates Obama - Shelby Steele, Wall Street Journal

- Obama's Iraq Mission - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post

- Getting Iraq Right - Senator John McCain, New York Post

- Is the Media Trying to Elect Obama? - Dee Dee Myers, Vanity Fair

- Eventually, We'll All Hate Obama Too - David Aaronovitch, London Times

- Meet the High Priest of the McCain Cult - Michael Crowley, New Republic

- Swing State Review: Ohio, Part II - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

- The Need for a New Social Compact - Marie Cocco, Indianapolis Star

- Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? - Amy Wilentz, New York Magazine

- A Presidential Primer on the Mideast Conflict - Richard Boudreaux, LAT

- Obama Under the Microscope in Israel - Nathan Diament, RealClearPolitics

- Candidates' Positions on Iraq Differ Less Than You'd Think - USA Today

- Maliki's Bet - New York Sun

- McCain's Straight Talk on D.C. Schools - Washington Examiner

- Leaving Iraq: Debate Shifts to When - Michael Scherer, Time

- Maliki Delivers a Body-Blow to McCain - Byron York, National Review

- NYT Rejects McCain Editorial; Should 'Mirror' Obama - Drudge Report

- People See in Obama What They Want to See - Gary Younge, Guardian

- Liberals' Sensitivity No Laughing Matter - Ruth Ann Dailey, Pittsburgh PG

- Netroots Reckon with Life After Revolution - Jason Horowitz, NY Observer

- McCain Flops on Emissions Standards - Daniel Howes, Detroit News

- Obama's Tank Ride? - Robert Stacy McCain, The American Spectator

- Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable - Patrick Cockburn, The Nation

- How Big Will Dem Gains Be This Fall? - Tom Schaller, Salon

- Abortion Still a Political Litmus Test - Al Hunt, Bloomberg

- The Reagan Realignment's Staying Power - Robert Sullivan, Boston Globe

- Obama's Unprecedented Trip - Dan Balz, Washington Post

- Rockbama Plays Baghdad - Jed Babbin, Human Events

- Obama's Iraq Spotlight - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times

- No Downside to Obama's Trip - Noam Scheiber, The New Republic

- The Democrats' Baghdad Two-Step - Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Washington Post

- Hoping Obama Makes the Case for Victory - Bill Kristol, New York Times

- History Suggests McCain is Toast - Clive Crook, Financial Times

- Obama's Rx Plan Will Cover Illegal Immigrants - Morris & McGann, NYP

- Rising Value of a Vote in a Struggling Economy - John Harwood, NY Times

- For Obama, Beyond Civil Rights - Gregory Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times

- The Great African-American Awakening - Myron Magnet, City Journal

- Democrats, Denver, and the First Amendment - USA Today

- Obama Fears the Blair Effect - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times

- An Obama Impact on Bush's Positions? - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer

- Obama Proves Only Symbolism and Speeches - Robert Tracinski, TIA Daily

- Looking for McCain's Economic Veep - David Broder, Washington Post

- How Obama Sees the World - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek

- Overseas Trip Carries Big Risks - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News

- Obama's Ego Problem - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe

- Conservatism: Not Too Big To Fail - George Will, Newsweek

- Obama's Steady Centrism - John Avlon, The Politico

- On Vouchers, Obama Offers No Change - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune

- Obama Brings Needed Values to Europe - Contanze Stelzenmuller, Guardian

- Jesse Jackson's N-Word 'Gotcha' - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune

- The Candidates and Financial Stability - Washington Post

- Obama Goes Abroad With World Watching - Dan Balz, Washington Post

- Europe's Economics Lesson for Obama - Henry Olson, Wall Street Journal

- Ghosts of 1976 in Today's Campaign - Michael Barone, US News & WR

- Will the New Yorker's Image Stick? - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

- Conversation with New Yorker Editor David Remnick - Charlie Rose Show

- Obama's CEO Outreach - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times

- A Bundle of Hypocrisy - Washington Post

- The Commander-in-Chief Test - Michael Hirsh, Newsweek

- Obama, the Democrats, and the Surge - Peter Wehner, Weekly Standard

- Obama's Tidal-Wave Potential - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- Real Men Vote for McCain - Lou Aguilar, National Review Online

- Wolfson on McCain's Dismal Campaign - John Heilemann, NY Magazine

- GOP Reformers Face a Tough Fight - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Journal

- How McCain Should've Handled Obama's Visit - Daniel Finkelstein, Times

- McCain's Against Birth Control - Katha Pollitt, The Nation

- Campaign Promises to Keep - Ashley Johnson, National Journal

- Why Doesn't McCain Freak More Conservatives Out? - Noam Scheiber, TNR

- How to Make Fun of Obama - Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times

- Obama's Summer of Success - Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe

- The Audacity of Vanity - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

- What Would Obama Die For? - David Paul Kuhn, Wall Street Journal

- The Coming Activist Age - David Brooks, New York Times

- McCain, Obama Err to Placate Party Bases - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call

- Are the Obamas Untouchable? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

- 'The Maverick' Gets the Branding Iron - J. Podesta & J. Halpin, The Politico