Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has strong favorable ratings among the six declared and potential Republican presidential candidates tested in a
Pew Research Center poll, while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has a strong unfavorable rating.
The survey of 2,002 adults conducted over five days ending on Monday showed Rubio, who declared his candidacy last month, finishing with a 51 percent favorable rating, compared with a 20 percent unfavorable one.
Bush, who has yet to formerly announce a White House bid, had a 52 percent favorable rating among those identifying themselves as Republicans, versus 35 percent unfavorable.
The poll's results were released on Tuesday.
Here's how the others finished in the Pew survey:
- Former Arkansas Sen. Mike Huckabee: 54-23 percent.
- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul: 52-24 percent.
- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: 46-17 percent.
- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz: 45-25 percent.
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who declared her bid last month, rated high in the survey, with a 77 percent favorability rating.
Overall, 57 percent of those identifying as Republicans told Pew that they had an "excellent" or "good" impression of the party's declared or possible candidates.
That compared with only 45 percent of those Democrats who said they had positive impressions of their candidates, according to Pew.
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