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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 13, 2019
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February 13, 2019: Sixty-six percent (66%) of American adults have a favorable opinion of Alexander Hamilton.[1]
Interest in the nation’s first treasury secretary soared recently thanks to the Broadway hit, Hamilton. That show debuted in 2015 and has been sold out ever since.
However, even with a Broadway hit to boost his image, Hamilton still trails his old rival Thomas Jefferson in the court of public opinion. Eighty-two percent (82%) of Americans today have a favorable opinion of the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and served as the third president of the United States.
More than 220 years ago, the bitter rivalry between Hamilton and Jefferson paved the way for the first political parties in the United States. They frequently clashed over issues of state finance and the powers of the federal government. Eventually, then-Secretary of State Jefferson resigned from President George Washington’s cabinet rather than continuing to work with Hamilton.
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