Washington Post-ABC News Poll

This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone August 15 to 19 2012, among a random national sample of 1,020 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Media, Pa.

*= less than 0.5 percent

1. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of (INSERT)? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat?

a. Paul Ryan, the Republican candidate for vice president

                 ------- Favorable -------   ------ Unfavorable ------     No   
                 NET   Strongly   Somewhat   NET   Somewhat   Strongly   opinion
8/19/12          41       21         20      37       14         23        22
8/12/12          29       11         18      32       15         17        39
 8/8-10/12       23        7         15      32       16         14        45 
 8/11-12/12      38       15         22      33       16         18        30


b. Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for vice president

                 ------- Favorable -------   ------ Unfavorable ------     No   
                 NET   Strongly   Somewhat   NET   Somewhat   Strongly   opinion
8/19/12          43       17         26      43       16         27        14
4/24/09          57       20         37      32       14         18        11
1/16/09          63       28         35      29       15         14         8
10/23/08  LV     59       31         28      33       13         20         9
9/29/08   RV     57       24         33      30       13         17        14   
9/7/08    RV     51       23         27      29       13         16        20
9/4/08*   RV     54       32         23      31       15         16        14
* "the Democratic nominee for vice president"

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