This Washington Post-ABC News poll by telephone Nov. 4-8, 2015 among a random national
sample of 1,023 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The
results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5
percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Media, Pa.
(Full methodological details appended at the end.)
*= less than 0.5 percent
(Order of questions 1-7 randomized)
1. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Donald Trump? Do you
feel that way strongly or somewhat?
------- Favorable ------------ Unfavorable -----No
NET
Strongly
Somewhat
NET
Somewhat
Strongly
opinion
11/8/15
38
16
23
59
13
46
3
9/20/15
35
14
21
60
19
41
5
8/30/15
37
16
21
59
16
43
4
7/12/15
33
14
19
61
16
45
6
5/31/15
16
7
9
71
16
55
13
12/18/11
40
12
29
48
21
27
12
1/16/00*
20
NA
NA
70
NA
NA
11
10/31/99*
18
NA
NA
70
NA
NA
12
*“Regardless of how you might vote, please tell me if you have a favorable or
unfavorable impression of Donald Trump, or perhaps you don't know enough to say.”
2. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Ben Carson? Do you
feel that way strongly or somewhat?

11/8/15
9/20/15

------- Favorable ------NET
Strongly
Somewhat
50
19
31
45
19
26

------ Unfavorable -----NET
Somewhat
Strongly
32
17
15
27
16
11

No
opinion
18
28

3. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Marco Rubio? Do you
feel that way strongly or somewhat?

11/8/15
5/31/15
3/29/15
6/23/13
8/10/12
6/3/12

------- Favorable ------NET
Strongly
Somewhat
41
10
31
31
9
22
24
8
16
26
7
19
29
13
16
29
9
20

------ Unfavorable -----NET
Somewhat
Strongly
37
23
14
31
14
17
38
19
19
25
16
16
26
14
12
32
16
16

No
opinion
22
37
38
49
45
39

4. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Jeb Bush? Do you feel
that way strongly or somewhat?

11/8/15
8/30/15
7/12/15
5/31/15

------- Favorable ------NET
Strongly
Somewhat
36
8
29
38
7
31
38
9
29
32
8
23

------ Unfavorable -----NET
Somewhat
Strongly
55
27
28
55
26
29
47
23
25
51
17
34

No
opinion
9
7
14
17

 3/29/15
6/3/12

33
36

11
13

22
22

53
45

20
18

33
27

14
19

5. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Ted Cruz? Do you feel
that way strongly or somewhat?

11/8/15
5/31/15
3/29/15

------- Favorable ------NET
Strongly
Somewhat
34
9
25
25
7
18
25
8
17

------ Unfavorable -----NET
Somewhat
Strongly
44
23
21
38
13
25
45
17
29

No
opinion
23
37
30

6. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Hillary Clinton? Do
you feel that way strongly or somewhat?

11/8/15
10/11/15
8/30/15
7/12/15
5/31/15
3/29/15
1/23/14
6/23/13
1/20/13
12/2/12
4/22/12
8/22/08 RV
6/15/08
4/13/08
1/12/08
11/1/07
2/25/07
1/19/07
12/11/06
5/15/06
3/5/06
6/5/05
6/1/03
9/2/99
6/6/99
3/14/99
2/14/99
11/1/98
8/21/98
8/19/98
4/4/98
1/30/98
1/19/98
3/9/97
9/4/96 RV
6/30/96
1/21/96
1/19/96
10/31/94
5/15/94
3/27/94
1/23/94
11/14/93
8/8/93

------- Favorable ------NET
Strongly
Somewhat
46
23
24
47
20
26
45
21
24
52
25
26
45
24
21
49
30
20
58
32
26
61
31
30
67
35
32
66
35
30
65
33
32
52
29
23
54
26
28
44
22
23
58
32
26
50
28
22
49
25
24
54
31
23
56
27
29
54
29
25
52
27
25
51
NA
NA
44
15
29
49
NA
NA
59
60
63
64
64
64
58
60
52
47
47
44
28
32
47
54
53
55
58
59

------ Unfavorable -----NET
Somewhat
Strongly
51
13
38
49
14
35
53
14
39
45
14
30
49
10
39
46
11
35
38
12
26
33
13
21
26
12
14
28
14
14
27
14
13
44
14
30
43
17
26
54
15
39
40
11
29
46
11
35
48
13
35
44
14
30
40
11
29
42
11
31
46
12
33
46
NA
NA
48
16
32
44
NA
NA
35
36
31
31
28
32
33
30
39
44
42
47
36
34
44
41
39
34
33
33

No
opinion
3
5
2
4
6
4
4
6
6
6
8
4
3
2
2
4
3
3
4
4
2
3
8
7
6
4
6
5
8
4
10
10
9
9
12
9
36
34
8
5
8
11
9
8

 4/26/93
2/23/93
1/17/93
7/8/92
3/18/92

54
59
51
30
28

"

"

26
24
20
26
22

"

"

20
18
29
43
51

7. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Bernie Sanders? Do
you feel that way strongly or somewhat?

11/8/15
10/11/15
7/12/15

------- Favorable ------NET
Strongly
Somewhat
40
14
27
35
14
21
27
9
18

------ Unfavorable -----NET
Somewhat
Strongly
38
17
21
35
19
16
28
15
12

No
opinion
21
30
45

*** END ***
METHODOLOGICAL DETAILS
This poll was jointly sponsored and funded by The Washington Post and ABC News. The
poll is a random sample adults of the United States, including interviews in English
and Spanish. These questions were part of an “omnibus” survey in which other questions
were asked before or after these question.
A dual frame landline and cellular phone telephone sample was generated using Random
Digit Dialing procedures. Interviewers called landlines cellular phone numbers, first
requesting to speak with the youngest adult male or female at home. The final sample
included 505 interviews completed on landlines and 518 interviews completed via
cellular phones, including 308 interviews with adults in cell phone-only households.
This survey uses statistical weighting procedures to account for differential chances
of being selected due to landline and cellular phone access and household size.
Weighting also corrects for deviations in the survey sample from known population
characteristics, which helps correct for differential survey participation and random
variation in samples.
The overall adult sample is weighted using a raking procedure to match the demographic
makeup of the population by sex, region, age, education, race/ethnicity, marital
status, and population density according to Census estimates. The sample is also
weighted to match phone estimates of the share of the population who are cell phoneonly, landline-only and mixed user populations according to the National Health
Interview Survey.
All error margins have been adjusted to account for the survey’s design effect, which
is 1.4 for this survey. The design effect is a factor representing the survey’s
deviation from a simple random sample, and takes into account decreases in precision
due to sample design and weighting procedures. Surveys that do not incorporate a
design effect overstate their precision.
Contact polls@washpost.com for further information about how The Washington Post
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