Republican Party's Favorability Strongest In The South

Northeast: DC, ME, VT, NY, MD, PA, CT, DE, MA, NH, RI, WV, NJ South: FL, NC, SC, AL, MS, GA, VA, TN, KY, LA, AR, TX Midwest: IL, MN, MI, OH, WI, IA, MO, KS, IN, ND, SD, OK, NE West: NM, CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, MT, ID, UT, NV, AZ, WY, CO

New results from the weekly Research 2000 poll conducted for Daily Kos. Most of the results are about what we've come to expect -- President Obama's ratings are more favorable than unfavorable (55% to 38%); neither congressional caucus is popular, though Dems are more than twice as popular as Republicans (39% to 18%), and the Democratic Party has a 41% favorable rating to the GOP's 23%.

When the Republican Party favorability poll numbers are broken down by region, the GOP's favorable vs. unfavorable numbers are very weak in Northeast (7% vs. 87%), and only marginally better in the Midwest (13% vs. 78%) and West (14% vs. 75%). In the South, however, 50% have a favorable opinion of the GOP, and only 37% have an unfavorable view.