Recent poll shows big jump in Pelosi 'favorable' impression

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Mike Sheehan
Published: Tuesday December 5, 2006

Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's approval rating has jumped substantially from the level it was at before the November election, according to a recent survey.

"The Nov. 9-12 USA Today/Gallup poll clearly shows that incoming House Speaker Pelosi's profile has been raised after the elections," says a report from Gallup News Service. "Thirty-eight percent of Americans say they have a favorable opinion of her, while 24% have an unfavorable view and 38% are not familiar enough with her to give an opinion."

Before the election, Pelosi scored a relatively meager 26 percent. "Now," Gallups exclaims, "her favorable rating outnumbers her unfavorable rating by 14 percentage points." Additionally, Pelosi now outscores incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who registered a 27 percent positive view among those surveyed. Reid does, however, enjoy a higher positive (27 percent) than negative (19 percent) score, according to the poll.

Gallup News Service notes that the results of the survey "are based on telephone interviews with a randomly selected national sample of 1,004 adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Nov. 9-12, 2006." Full data is viewable here.