Congress may be split over whether to defund Planned Parenthood , but Americans seem largely decided -- in favor of the family planning provider. An NBC/WSJ poll released Sunday found that Americans feel more favorably toward Planned Parenthood than they do about either the Democratic and Republican Party , the current Republican and Democratic presidential front-runners and President Barack Obama .

Forty-seven percent of Americans rated Planned Parenthood positively, while 31 percent rated it negatively. With a 16 percent net positive rating, the organization was viewed more favorably than any other political entity tested by the poll.