Now the polls show him with a favorable rating of only about half that 1985 mark.

He now has a favorable rating of about 50 percent.

Yet, despite such problems, the company has received generally favorable ratings from state and Federal agencies.

He also just happens to be the most popular politician in his state, with favorable ratings above 60 percent.

By contrast, 48 percent of those questioned said they had a favorable rating.

More recently, only about one in three people has given him a favorable rating.

He has received generally favorable ratings by other environmental groups.

That was well below the 62.4 percent favorable rating of only four months ago.

She still has favorable ratings that would thrill most politicians.

But the president's favorable rating is holding steady at 70 percent, nearly 10 points higher than his share of the vote in October 2002.