Registered Voters
Overall, do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of Michelle Obama?
Favorable Unfavorable Unsure-Never Heard
Row % Row % Row %
Registered Voters 63% 21% 16%
Party Identification Democrat 85% 6% 9%
Republican 42% 39% 19%
Independent 58% 21% 21%
Tea Party Supporters 35% 41% 24%
Political Ideology Liberal 80% 7% 14%
Moderate 74% 14% 12%
Conservative 43% 37% 20%
Region Northeast 68% 17% 15%
Midwest 64% 20% 16%
South 60% 24% 16%
West 63% 18% 18%
Household Income Less than $50,000 64% 20% 17%
$50,000 or more 65% 18% 17%
Education Not college graduate 61% 22% 17%
College graduate 67% 18% 16%
Age Under 45 68% 16% 15%
45 or older 60% 23% 17%
Age 18 to 29 71% 15% 14%
30 to 44 66% 17% 16%
45 to 59 60% 23% 17%
60 or older 60% 23% 17%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 71% 15% 15%
Gen X (31-46) 68% 17% 16%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 59% 25% 16%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 60% 21% 19%
Race White 60% 24% 16%
Non-white 69% 12% 19%
Gender Men 54% 22% 24%
Women 71% 20% 9%
Interview Type Landline 63% 23% 14%
Cell Phone 62% 13% 25%
Marist Poll National Registered Voters: Interviews conducted September 13th and September 14th, 2011, N=825 MOE +/- 3.5%. Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.