Poll Results: Sochi reflection

February 26, 2014, 2:38 PM GMT+0

These are the topline results of a YouGov/Economist survey of 1000 US adults interviewed February 22-24, 2014 on the Sochi olympics. The results show that the Winter Olympics went better than most Americans thought it would. The margin of error is 4.1%.

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Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia?
Very favorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4%
Somewhat favorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%
Somewhat unfavorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25%
Very unfavorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34%
Don’t know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%

How much of the Winter Olympic Games have you watched?
I have watched lots of events every day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
I have watched lots of events when I can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
I have watched a few events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%
I have not watched any of them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34%

Have the Winter Olympics in Sochi been successful or unsuccessful?
Very successful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Somewhat successful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40%
Somewhat unsuccessful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13%
Very unsuccessful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%