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CNN poll McCain more popular among Democrats than Republicans
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- 68% of Democrats said they had a favorable opinion of Sen. John McCain
- 54% of adults said that they had a positive view of the Arizona lawmaker
Sixty-eight
percent of Democrats said they had a favorable opinion of the
Republican senator, whereas 48% of independents and 46% of Republicans
responded the same way.
McCain is popular overall, the poll shows, with 54% of adults answering that they had a positive view of the Arizona lawmaker.
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Only 30% said their opinion of McCain was unfavorable.
McCain returned to Arizona on Sunday, where he is continuing to recover from the side-effects of chemotherapy for a brain tumor.
His return home came just before the vote on a massive Republican tax overhaul bill, which is expected to take place Tuesday.
"Senator
McCain has returned to Arizona and will undergo physical therapy and
rehabilitation at Mayo Clinic," McCain's office said in a statement
Sunday. "He is grateful for the excellent care he continues to receive,
and appreciates the outpouring of support from people all over the
country. He looks forward to returning to Washington in January."
The
poll was conducted by telephone December 14-17 among a random national
sample of 1,001 adults. Results for the full sample have a margin of
sampling error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points, it is 7.3 points
for the party breakdown.
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