Future Performance as President - Marco Rubio (February 2016)

Future Performance as President - Marco Rubio (February 2016)

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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."

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categorycolumn-1
Great president5%
Good president17%
Average president30%
Poor president20%
Terrible president17%
Don't know11%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Great president2%3%10%
Good president8%11%29%
Average president26%34%31%
Poor president26%22%14%
Terrible president28%14%7%
Don't know11%16%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Great president6%10%13%
Good president27%24%33%
Average president38%32%26%
Poor president16%13%12%
Terrible president5%6%10%
Don't know8%15%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Great president2%3%1%
Good president9%8%7%
Average president34%25%21%
Poor president24%29%25%
Terrible president25%19%36%
Don't know5%16%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Great president2%3%9%
Good president5%6%31%
Average president21%34%30%
Poor president25%23%15%
Terrible president42%17%7%
Don't know6%17%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Great president9%10%9%
Good president26%33%33%
Average president30%30%28%
Poor president17%15%13%
Terrible president5%4%15%
Don't know12%7%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Great president5%0%0%
Good president6%5%3%
Average president31%16%15%
Poor president23%29%21%
Terrible president29%45%54%
Don't know7%5%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Great president2%13%7%
Good president7%29%31%
Average president22%30%34%
Poor president27%15%15%
Terrible president32%7%10%
Don't know10%6%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Great president6%2%6%
Good president18%8%18%
Average president28%30%32%
Poor president18%22%20%
Terrible president18%22%15%
Don't know11%15%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Great president6%5%
Good president18%16%
Average president29%30%
Poor president21%19%
Terrible president19%16%
Don't know7%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Community is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Great president4%6%6%
Good president17%16%17%
Average president29%30%30%
Poor president19%21%18%
Terrible president22%16%15%
Don't know10%10%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Great president8%4%5%7%
Good president14%18%17%16%
Average president32%30%28%30%
Poor president22%18%22%15%
Terrible president14%14%18%24%
Don't know9%15%10%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Great president2%6%6%7%6%4%
Good president14%14%16%13%23%19%
Average president28%30%31%29%30%27%
Poor president22%23%16%25%18%21%
Terrible president23%14%21%12%15%21%
Don't know11%13%10%14%9%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president." Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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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 president9%6%1%
Good president17%21%7%
Average president32%33%18%
Poor president19%20%26%
Terrible president12%10%41%
Don't know11%10%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Great president7%6%3%2%
Good president19%18%12%9%
Average president30%36%24%20%
Poor president19%18%27%21%
Terrible president13%13%23%38%
Don't know11%10%12%11%

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