Future Performance as President - Ben Carson (February 2016)

Future Performance as President - Ben Carson (February 2016)

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categorycolumn-1
Great president4%
Good president17%
Average president25%
Poor president19%
Terrible president25%
Don't know10%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Great president1%0%8%
Good president5%9%32%
Average president20%27%28%
Poor president22%26%13%
Terrible president40%23%12%
Don't know12%15%7%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Great president10%6%9%
Good president30%31%33%
Average president32%27%27%
Poor president13%11%15%
Terrible president11%13%11%
Don't know5%14%4%

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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Great president2%2%1%
Good president5%6%5%
Average president16%23%19%
Poor president17%33%18%
Terrible president50%19%49%
Don't know10%17%9%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Great president2%1%8%
Good president5%6%31%
Average president10%27%31%
Poor president17%23%15%
Terrible president61%25%10%
Don't know6%18%5%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Great president3%8%13%
Good president29%30%33%
Average president26%34%30%
Poor president18%16%13%
Terrible president13%8%10%
Don't know11%4%2%

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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Great president2%2%1%
Good president10%4%0%
Average president9%11%8%
Poor president21%14%15%
Terrible president50%66%68%
Don't know8%3%8%

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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Great president1%7%9%
Good president4%30%35%
Average president18%27%30%
Poor president24%17%15%
Terrible president45%13%7%
Don't know9%6%3%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Great president4%1%5%
Good president20%12%11%
Average president24%21%30%
Poor president16%22%22%
Terrible president26%28%22%
Don't know10%16%10%

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categoryMaleFemale
Great president4%4%
Good president20%14%
Average president22%28%
Poor president18%19%
Terrible president29%22%
Don't know6%14%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Great president3%4%4%
Good president11%18%22%
Average president24%25%29%
Poor president17%20%19%
Terrible president32%24%16%
Don't know14%9%10%

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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Great president4%3%5%3%
Good president15%15%18%17%
Average president32%24%23%26%
Poor president16%18%19%21%
Terrible president25%25%27%21%
Don't know7%15%8%10%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Great president5%4%3%4%6%1%
Good president9%17%19%17%19%11%
Average president29%28%24%31%25%15%
Poor president30%17%18%13%16%22%
Terrible president13%24%25%20%26%43%
Don't know15%10%10%15%8%8%

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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Great president6%5%1%
Good president24%19%5%
Average president28%28%16%
Poor president16%21%18%
Terrible president15%19%55%
Don't know11%9%6%

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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Great president6%4%2%0%
Good president20%17%14%6%
Average president26%32%21%15%
Poor president21%16%21%17%
Terrible president17%23%36%50%
Don't know12%9%6%12%

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