Ted Cruz Favorability Trend

Ted Cruz Favorability Trend

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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Ted Cruz."
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FavorableUnfavorableNeither/Don't Know
May 201223%19%58%
October 201237%26%37%
February 201339%28%33%
June 201340%31%30%
October 201338%37%24%
February 201443%37%20%
June 201446%34%21%
October 201444%36%19%
February 201541%36%22%
June 201540%37%23%
November 201541%38%20%
February 201636%48%18%
June 201631%48%21%
October 201632%49%19%
June 201737%45%18%
October 201738%45%17%
February 201840%42%18%
June 201841%42%17%
October 201847%42%12%
June 202344%43%12%
December 202344%42%15%
February 202444%41%15%
April 202447%40%14%
June 202444%44%11%
August 202445%45%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Ted Cruz."

    Republican identification is based on the PID3 variable. Respondents who initially indicated no party affiliation, but then indicated that they leaned towards the Republican Party are included as Republican identifiers. 
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FavorableUnfavorableNeither/Don't Know
May 201238%15%45%
October 201267%6%26%
February 201367%7%26%
June 201370%7%24%
October 201367%12%21%
February 201473%12%15%
June 201480%9%12%
October 201476%9%15%
February 201571%11%19%
June 201567%14%20%
November 201571%15%15%
February 201664%25%12%
June 201655%27%18%
October 201660%24%16%
June 201768%15%18%
October 201766%19%15%
February 201870%14%16%
June 201876%10%14%
October 201886%7%6%
June 202377%12%12%
December 202375%12%13%
February 202473%12%14%
April 202479%11%9%
June 202477%12%11%
August 202479%10%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Ted Cruz."

    Democratic identification is based on the PID3 variable. Respondents who initially indicated no party affiliation, but then indicated that they leaned towards the Democratic Party are included as Democratic identifiers. 
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FavorableUnfavorableNeither/Don't Know
May 20128%26%65%
October 20127%52%40%
February 201312%53%35%
June 201310%57%33%
October 201310%66%24%
February 201412%68%21%
June 201411%69%20%
October 201411%69%19%
February 20159%73%19%
June 201512%68%20%
November 20158%69%23%
February 201612%71%16%
June 201610%75%14%
October 20165%76%19%
June 20178%76%15%
October 20176%76%18%
February 201813%71%16%
June 20189%76%16%
October 20187%81%11%
June 202315%76%9%
December 202312%78%10%
February 202417%70%12%
April 202418%69%12%
June 202414%78%8%
August 202411%82%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Ted Cruz."

    Conservatism was determined by respondents self-identified ideological orientation on the libcon variable.
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FavorableUnfavorableNeither/Don't Know
May 201242%16%42%
October 201269%10%22%
February 201366%9%25%
June 201369%5%25%
October 201367%15%17%
February 201475%13%12%
June 201478%10%13%
October 201475%12%13%
February 201569%15%16%
June 201567%14%19%
November 201571%15%14%
February 201664%23%13%
June 201655%27%18%
October 201658%27%14%
June 201767%18%15%
October 201767%19%13%
February 201869%18%14%
June 201875%14%13%
October 201879%12%9%
June 202374%16%9%
December 202373%14%14%
February 202474%14%13%
April 202478%14%8%
June 202476%15%9%
August 202477%14%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Ted Cruz."

    Liberalism was determined by respondents self-identified ideological orientation on the libcon variable.
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FavorableUnfavorableNeither/Don't Know
May 20127%33%60%
October 20123%72%25%
February 20136%67%26%
June 20136%72%22%
October 20138%75%17%
February 201412%68%21%
June 20149%75%15%
October 20149%76%15%
February 20154%82%14%
June 20159%81%10%
November 20158%79%13%
February 20166%85%9%
June 20165%87%8%
October 20167%86%8%
June 20177%84%9%
October 20177%84%10%
February 20188%82%10%
June 20186%85%9%
October 20188%88%4%
June 202316%78%6%
December 202313%77%9%
February 202412%73%15%
April 202412%74%13%
June 202413%76%10%
August 202410%84%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Ted Cruz."

    Tea Party Identification was determined by responses to the following question: "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?" Tea Party identifiers are those who chose the tea party candidate.
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FavorableUnfavorableNeither/Don't Know
May 201251%14%35%
October 201277%5%20%
February 201385%3%7%
June 201388%3%10%
October 201392%2%5%
February 201486%3%10%
June 201493%1%6%
October 201488%2%10%
February 201590%5%6%
June 201582%8%10%
November 201589%5%6%
February 201678%11%11%
June 201670%13%17%
October 201672%17%10%
June 201787%5%7%
October 201779%13%7%
February 201876%16%9%
June 201884%11%5%
October 201887%10%3%

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