91% of conservative Catholics favorable toward Francis vs. 84% favorable toward Benedict.

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Ninety-four percent of Catholics who identify as moderate or liberal say they have favorable views of Francis, compared with 73 percent who said the same of his predecessor, Pope Benedict, after he announced his retirement. Among politically conservative Catholics, 91 percent are favorable toward Francis, compared with 84 percent who said the same of Francis’s predecessor in February.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/12/11/National-Politics/Polling/release_278.xml

It is non-Catholic conservatives who don't like Francis for the most part. Conservatives have been counting on Catholics to support their anti-Obama, anti ACA crusade and now Francis is threatening that and they are pissed about it.
Pope Francis is peeling off conservative Catholics from the Right Wing Religious coalition.