Dean continues to have highest favorability rating in NH

[CMT]

The new ARG poll which gives Dean a solid 2-1 lead among potential voters in NH and shows John Kerry fighting his way back to a solid second also had interesting numbers on favorable/unfavorable ratings for each candidate.

Overall Dean leads with 45% of the vote followed by
Kerry 20%
Clark 8%
Lieberman 6%
Gephardt 3%
Edwards 2%
Kucinich 1%
and Sharpton and Braun under 1%
Undecided 15%

Dean: 72% favorable/ 19% unfavorable/ 9% uncertain
Kerry: 51% favorable/ 23% unfavorable/ 24% uncertain
Clark 49% favorable/ 16% unfavorable/ 33% uncertain
Gephardt 53% favorable/ 21% unfavorable/ 26% uncertain
Edwards 45% favorable/ 16% unfavorable/ 34% uncertain
Kucinich 29% favorable/ 28% unfavorable/ 14% uncertain
Sharpton 19% favorable/ 51% unfavorable/ 21% uncertain
Braun 24% favorable/ 14% unfavorable/ 30% uncertain

****Of the 15% of likely democratic primary voters undecided 56% have a favorable opinion of Dean, 41% have a favorable opinion of Kerry and 29% have a favorable opinion of Lieberman.

****of the 45% of likely democratic voers who said they would vote for Dean, 42% have a favorable opinion of Kerry, 53% have a favorable opinion of Lieberman and 42% have an unfavorable opinion of Lieberman.

****of the 44% of democratic voters who say have have a favorable opinion of Lieberman, 48% said they would vote for Dean. Of the 40% who have an unfavorable opinion of Lieberman, 47% would vote for Dean.

http://www.americanresearchgroup.com/nhpoll/dem

[helleborient]

1. Negative campaigning always tanks favorability...

To slightly alter a quote by Sally Field...

They like him! They really like him!!

[mzmolly]

2. :)

:)

[TexasSissy]

3. His unfavorable rating has jumped from 9% to 17% recently.

But Sharpton and Lieberman are ahead of him in unfavorability rating in NH.