Registered Voters
Overall, do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of Barack Obama?
Favorable Unfavorable Unsure-Never Heard
Row % Row % Row %
Registered Voters 53% 40% 8%
Party ID Democrat 85% 9% 7%
Republican 14% 76% 10%
Independent 53% 42% 5%
Tea Party Supporters 20% 74% 6%
Political Party Liberal 86% 10% 4%
Moderate 63% 30% 7%
Conservative 24% 67% 9%
Region Northeast 58% 33% 9%
Midwest 53% 42% 5%
South 47% 44% 8%
West 57% 34% 9%
Household Income Less than $50,000 58% 32% 10%
$50,000 or more 49% 45% 6%
Education Not college graduate 49% 39% 11%
College graduate 56% 40% 4%
Age Under 45 58% 33% 10%
45 or older 50% 44% 6%
Age 18 to 29 64% 27% 9%
30 to 44 53% 36% 11%
45 to 59 52% 43% 5%
60 or older 47% 45% 8%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 63% 29% 9%
Gen X (31-46) 55% 36% 10%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 51% 43% 6%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 46% 46% 8%
Race White 46% 47% 6%
Non-white 69% 19% 11%
Gender Men 49% 44% 7%
Women 56% 36% 8%
Obama Approval Rating Approve 93% 3% 4%
Disapprove 9% 84% 7%
Interview Type Landline 51% 42% 8%
Cell Phone 60% 32% 8%
Marist Poll National Registered Voters: Interviews conducted January 6th through 10th, 2011, N=827 MOE +/- 3.5%. Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.