DATA
Enter
The Ryan
Factor
100 %
HUFFINGTON
08.26.12
Paul Ryan is the only recent VP pick since Dan
Quayle whose selection was initially rated more
negatively than positively by Americans. Click on
the bars below to see the outcome of the races.
PUBLIC REACTION
TO VP PICKS
Unsure
Excellent/Pretty Good
Only Fair/Poor
80 %
60 %
TAP YEAR
FOR ELECTION
RESULTS
Poll data from 2000
to 2012 conducted by
Gallup/USA Today. This
year’s poll surveyed all
adults, while past polls
surveyed registered
voters. Data from 1988
is from a poll of likely
voters by Louis Harris
and Associates.
1988
2000
2004
2008
ROMNEY—RYAN
OBAMA—BIDEN
McCAIN—PALIN
KERRY—EDWARDS
BUSH—CHENEY
GORE—LIEBERMAN
20 %
BUSH—QUAYLE
GERARDO MORA/GETTY IMAGES (RYAN)
40 %
2012