Friday, October 16, 2009

Edwards even less popular in NC than nationally

When it comes to John Edwards' popularity apparently familiarity breeds contempt.

A new Gallup survey today finds that 59% of Americans nationally have an unfavorable opinion of him to just 21% that see him in a positive light.

Those numbers are pretty bad, but they compare favorably to the reviews he got the last time we polled about him in North Carolina. 69% of voters in the state said they didn't like him. So much for a home field advantage.

That would seem to indicate Edwards is one politician where the better you know him the less you like him.

2 comments:

  1. North Carolinians were more personally involved, thus more likely to be upset.

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  2. Also, the more important thing here is probably the favorable/unfavorable ratio. Even though Gov. Hoeven of North Dakota is incredibly popular there, more North Dakotans will view him unfavorably than North Carolinians.

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