47% of BASE see Hillary as UNFAVORABLE!

[karynnj]

136. No - and that goes to the difficulty in really understanding or comparing these numbers

Here, I suspect that the 42% of people who have enough information to know what they think on Carson is highly concentrated on the right. He is a hero of talk show radio and Fox News. On the left, he is likely known mostly to people with a very healthy interest in politics -- and they are most of the 17% unfavorable.

I suspect (though obviously could not prove) that the vast majority of the 48% unsure would become "unfavorable" if they received information (from BOTH sides) on Carson.

Biden on the other hand is known to nearly everyone. I suspect that almost all Republicans, in this politically charged world, are giving him an "unfavorable". If you go to pollingreport.com and look back at past politicians, you would see that things were far less polarized. I suspect that Biden might also suffer from some Democrats knowing he has not ruled out running for President - and some of rating unfavorable or not sure (though he has been VP for 6 years).