Reply #74: the tables seem to tell a different story [View All]

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Obama's 'unfavorables' actually stayed the same following the post-Iowa negative blitz:

Date Fav. Unfav.
11/06/07 48% 47% (+1)
11/13/07 45% 50% (-5)
11/20/07 44% 50% (-6)
...
01/03/08 50% 46% (+4)
...
02/11/08 52% 45% (+7)
...
02/29/08 51% 46% (+5)

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/favorable_ratings_for_presidential_candidates

Compare to Hillary's Ras. numbers in the same period:

Date Fav. Unfav.
11/06/07 47% 50% (-3)
11/13/07 45% 52% (-7)
11/20/07 46% 52% (-6)
...
01/03/08 50% 48% (+2)
...
02/11/08 48% 50% (-2)
...
02/29/08 46% 53% (-7)

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/favorable_ratings_for_presidential_candidates

(apologies for possibly heinous table formatting)