John McCain Well-Known, Well-Liked for Much of His Career

The late U.S. Sen. John McCain was one of the best-known and best-liked U.S. politicians of this political era. Gallup tracked Americans’ views of McCain periodically beginning in 1999. McCain’s favorable rating stood above 50% most of the time but started below it in 1999, when he was not a generally well-known figure, and fell below it in 2007, as he ran for the GOP presidential nomination. CONT.

Andrew Dugan, Gallup