| National Survey of 800 Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||
| Conducted January 3-4, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | |||||||||||
| LV | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65 or older | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | ||
| Obama | very favorable | 20% | 19% | 21% | 18% | 21% | 23% | 20% | 19% | 17% | 46% | 17% | 7% | 35% | 14% |
| somewhat favorable | 32% | 31% | 33% | 31% | 34% | 27% | 33% | 34% | 33% | 20% | 39% | 23% | 32% | 41% | |
| somewhat unfavorable | 19% | 24% | 15% | 9% | 13% | 23% | 24% | 23% | 21% | 15% | 16% | 29% | 12% | 19% | |
| very unfavorable | 12% | 17% | 8% | 22% | 9% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 14% | 14% | 2% | 22% | 7% | 10% | |
| not sure | 16% | 9% | 23% | 20% | 23% | 15% | 12% | 13% | 16% | 5% | 27% | 19% | 14% | 16% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | |||||||||||
| LV | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65 or older | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | ||
| Romney | very favorable | 6% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 13% | 6% | 10% | 0% | 10% | 3% | 5% |
| somewhat favorable | 23% | 27% | 19% | 13% | 25% | 21% | 24% | 28% | 23% | 31% | 17% | 29% | 18% | 23% | |
| somewhat unfavorable | 23% | 27% | 20% | 14% | 17% | 24% | 31% | 24% | 24% | 23% | 21% | 18% | 25% | 26% | |
| very unfavorable | 12% | 17% | 9% | 22% | 11% | 14% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 10% | 15% | 10% | 17% | 9% | |
| not sure | 35% | 23% | 46% | 43% | 46% | 36% | 30% | 26% | 35% | 27% | 46% | 33% | 36% | 37% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Political Party | |||||||||||
| LV | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65 or older | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | ||
| Edwards | very favorable | 17% | 17% | 18% | 8% | 13% | 26% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 30% | 16% | 3% | 31% | 16% |