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| Poll | Date | Sample | Favorable | Unfavorable | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 06/15 - 07/21 | -- | 52.7 | 34.1 | Fav/Unfav +18.6 |
| Rasmussen | 07/19 - 07/21 | 3000 LV | 57 | 40 | Fav/Unfav +17.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 07/07 - 07/14 | 1462 RV | 31 | 32 | Fav/Unfav -1.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 07/08 - 07/13 | 1725 LV | 50 | 31 | Fav/Unfav +19.0 |
| Newsweek | 07/09 - 07/10 | 1037 RV | 55 | 32 | Fav/Unfav +23.0 |
| CNN | 06/26 - 06/29 | 906 RV | 59 | 37 | Fav/Unfav +22.0 |
| FOX News | 06/17 - 06/18 | 900 RV | 58 | 32 | Fav/Unfav +26.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 06/15 - 06/19 | 1625 A | 59 | 35 | Fav/Unfav +24.0 |
- 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
See All McCain: Favorable/Unfavorable Commentary & News Stories
| Poll | Date | Sample | Favorable | Unfavorable | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 06/15 - 07/21 | -- | 52.7 | 34.1 | Fav/Unfav +18.6 |
| Rasmussen | 07/19 - 07/21 | 3000 LV | 57 | 40 | Fav/Unfav +17.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 07/07 - 07/14 | 1462 RV | 31 | 32 | Fav/Unfav -1.0 |
| Quinnipiac | 07/08 - 07/13 | 1725 LV | 50 | 31 | Fav/Unfav +19.0 |
| Newsweek | 07/09 - 07/10 | 1037 RV | 55 | 32 | Fav/Unfav +23.0 |
| CNN | 06/26 - 06/29 | 906 RV | 59 | 37 | Fav/Unfav +22.0 |
| FOX News | 06/17 - 06/18 | 900 RV | 58 | 32 | Fav/Unfav +26.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 06/15 - 06/19 | 1625 A | 59 | 35 | Fav/Unfav +24.0 |
| Newsweek | 06/18 - 06/19 | 896 RV | 49 | 37 | Fav/Unfav +12.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 06/12 - 06/15 | 1125 A | 56 | 39 | Fav/Unfav +17.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 06/05 - 06/08 | 806 RV | 52 | 37 | Fav/Unfav +15.0 |
| CBS News | 05/30 - 06/03 | 930 RV | 34 | 37 | Fav/Unfav -3.0 |
| Pew Research | 05/21 - 05/25 | 1505 A | 46 | 44 | Fav/Unfav +2.0 |
| Newsweek | 05/21 - 05/22 | 1205 RV | 54 | 40 | Fav/Unfav +14.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 05/01 - 05/03 | 1019 A | 62 | 30 | Fav/Unfav +32.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 05/01 - 05/03 | 601 RV | 32 | 35 | Fav/Unfav -3.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 04/25 - 04/29 | 956 RV | 33 | 34 | Fav/Unfav -1.0 |
| Rasmussen | 04/23 - 04/26 | 1600 LV | 51 | 46 | Fav/Unfav +5.0 |
| Newsweek | 04/24 - 04/25 | 1203 RV | 51 | 41 | Fav/Unfav +10.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 04/18 - 04/21 | 1019 A | 63 | 30 | Fav/Unfav +33.0 |
| Newsweek | 04/16 - 04/17 | 1209 RV | 52 | 42 | Fav/Unfav +10.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 04/10 - 04/13 | 1197 A | 53 | 40 | Fav/Unfav +13.0 |
| Rasmussen | 04/08 - 04/11 | 1600 LV | 53 | 44 | Fav/Unfav +9.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 03/28 - 04/02 | 1368 RV | 35 | 29 | Fav/Unfav +6.0 |
| Hotline/FD | 03/28 - 03/31 | 799 RV | 58 | 32 | Fav/Unfav +26.0 |
| Rasmussen | 03/26 - 03/29 | 1600 LV | 54 | 44 | Fav/Unfav +10.0 |
| SurveyUSA | 03/25 - 03/25 | 1000 A | 34 | 39 | Fav/Unfav -5.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 03/24 - 03/25 | 800 RV | 45 | 25 | Fav/Unfav +20.0 |
| Pew Research | 03/19 - 03/22 | 1503 A | 45 | 41 | Fav/Unfav +4.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 03/15 - 03/18 | 952 RV | 38 | 31 | Fav/Unfav +7.0 |
| Gallup | 03/14 - 03/16 | 1025 A | 67 | 27 | Fav/Unfav +40.0 |
| Rasmussen | 03/08 - 03/11 | 1600 LV | 51 | 45 | Fav/Unfav +6.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 03/08 - 03/10 | 1012 RV | 47 | 26 | Fav/Unfav +21.0 |
| Newsweek | 03/05 - 03/06 | 1215 RV | 55 | 35 | Fav/Unfav +20.0 |
| Rasmussen | 02/26 - 02/29 | 1600 LV | 54 | 42 | Fav/Unfav +12.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 02/21 - 02/25 | 1246 RV | 61 | 26 | Fav/Unfav +35.0 |
| Pew Research | 02/20 - 02/24 | 1508 A | 48 | 38 | Fav/Unfav +10.0 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 02/20 - 02/24 | 1115 RV | 36 | 32 | Fav/Unfav +4.0 |
| Rasmussen | 02/08 - 02/11 | 1600 LV | 48 | 49 | Fav/Unfav -1.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 02/08 - 02/10 | 1016 A | 54 | 36 | Fav/Unfav +18.0 |
| Pew Research | 01/30 - 02/02 | 1502 A | 53 | 31 | Fav/Unfav +22.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 01/30 - 02/02 | 1016 A | 56 | 32 | Fav/Unfav +24.0 |
| NBC/WSJ | 01/20 - 01/22 | 1008 A | 45 | 22 | Fav/Unfav +23.0 |
| USA Today/Gallup | 01/10 - 01/13 | 1016 A | 59 | 29 | Fav/Unfav +30.0 |
| Pew Research | 01/09 - 01/13 | 1515 A | 55 | 31 | Fav/Unfav +24.0 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 01/09 - 01/12 | 1130 A | 59 | 30 | Fav/Unfav +29.0 |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 01/09 - 01/10 | 1033 A | 54 | 29 | Fav/Unfav +25.0 |
- 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