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South Dakota: John Thune

Job Approval Rating
Favorability Rating

Job Approval Rating

John Thune Job Approval Rating

Poll	Date	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	November 8-11, 2006	61%	36%	4%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	October 12-15, 2006	60%	36%	4%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	September 14-17, 2006	62%	34%	5%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	August 11-13, 2006	56%	41%	3%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	July 14-16, 2006	55%	41%	4%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	June 9-11, 2006	57%	39%	4%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	May 12-14, 2006	56%	40%	4%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	April 7-9, 2006	58%	38%	4%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	March 10-12, 2006	56%	39%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	February 10-12, 2006	60%	37%	3%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	January 13-15, 2006	59%	37%	4%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	December 9-11, 2005	57%	36%	6%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	November 11-13, 2005	58%	38%	4%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	October 14-16, 2005	60%	36%	4%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	September 16-18, 2005	59%	38%	4%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	August 12-14, 2005	55%	39%	6%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	July 8-10, 2005	51%	42%	7%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	June 10-12, 2005	52%	42%	7%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	May 6-8, 2005	56%	36%	8%	600	± 4.1

1 "Do you approve or disapprove of the job John Thune is doing as United States Senator?"

John Thune Job Approval Rating

Pollster	Date	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	No opinion	Sample	MoE
KELO-TV / Mason-Dixon¹	October 13-15, 2008	24%	40%	26%	8%	2%	800 LV	± 3.5

1 "How would you rate the performance of John Thune as South Dakota's U.S. Senator: excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?"

Favorability Rating

John Thune Favorability Rating

Pollster	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No opinion	Sample	MoE
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	July 24-26, 2006	51%	28%	19%	2%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	October 19-21, 2004	46%	35%	18%	1%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	September 20-22, 2004	50%	34%	15%	1%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	May 10-12, 2004	54%	23%	21%	2%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	February 5-7, 2004	54%	24%	21%	1%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	October 30-November 2, 2003	54%	21%	23%	2%	400 RV	± 5.0
KSFY-TV / Argus Leader¹	August 26-27, 2003	53%	22%	23%	2%	400 RV	± 5.0
KSFY-TV / Argus Leader¹	October 25-27, 2002	50%	31%	17%	2%	805 RV	± 3.5
KSFY-TV / Argus Leader¹	September 16-19, 2002	51%	21%	25%	3%	800 RV	± 3.5

1 "Do you have a favorable, unfavorable or neutral opinion of John Thune?"

John Thune Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	October 25, 2004	56%	41%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	October 12, 2004	57%	40%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	September 27, 2004	58%	37%	5%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	September 8, 2004	65%	33%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
Zogby²	March 28-29, 2004	67%	24%	9%	501 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	February 11, 2004	64%	30%	6%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of John Thune?"

2 "Please tell me if you overall opinion of John Thune is very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very unfavorable or you are not familiar enough to form an opinion?"