More Americans have a favorable opinion of President Barack Obama than of any of the four Republican presidential candidates, although Obama also has a relatively high unfavorable rating. Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum have about equal favorable ratings, but Santorum and Paul are less well known than Romney. Newt Gingrich's image is the most negative.

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These ratings are from a Feb. 16-19 USA Today/Gallup poll and reflect a political landscape in which no more than half of Americans give any of these presidential contenders a positive rating.