Interesting results from new opinion poll

A wide-ranging April 2015 opinion poll, done by Hart Research Associates for NBC/WSJ, showed these results, among others:

What is your opinion of:
                                                   +          -        net +/-%
Barack Obama                   47        40          7
Democratic Party             38         36         2
Hillary Clinton                   42        42          0
Marco Rubio                      22        23         -1
Scott Walker                      15        17          -2
Republican Party             30        43       -13
Jeb Bush                               23        36      -13
Ted Cruz                                7        32        -15
Tea Party Movement      20        42       -22

Are you --  (A) enthusiastic, (B) comfortable, (C) have some reservations, (D) uncomfortable, (E) not sure -- about a person running for president who is:

                                                    A       B       C        D        E
Gay or lesbian                      13     48     18      19       2
   compare in 2006               5     38     19      34       4

Evangelical Christian        12     40     24     20      4
   compare in 2006               7     34     28     28      5

No college degree                 5     30     30     23     2

A leader of Tea Party           3     30     22     29     6

Not a politician and has        9     21     34     35     1
no previous elected
experience in government


If the Supreme Court decides that gays have a constitutional right to marriage, in effect, legalizing gay marriage throughout the country, would you:

Favor -- feel strongly             44
Favor -- not feel strongly     14
Oppose -- feel strongly          29
Oppose -- not feel strongly    8
Not sure                                        5

These selected results show some interesting comparisons:

1.   The two Democrats and their party all have favorable ratings above 40%, while none of the Republicans or their party rises above 30% favorable rating, and all Republicans have negative net favorable/unfavorable ratings.

2.  Those polled have more positive feelings about having a gay/lesbian president (61%) than about having a president who is:  (1) an evangelical Christian (52%), (2) someone without a college degree (35%), (3) a Tea Party leader (33), or (4) someone who has not held public office (30%).

3.  On making gay marriage legal, the combined "favor" votes outnumber the combined "oppose" votes 58% to 37%.

This opinion poll questioned 1000 adults in telephone interviews.

Ralph