Posted on 04/02/2016 3:48:28 PM PDT by Steelfish
Donald Trump Is Now The Least Popular American Politician In Three Decades
By David Lauter
For months, as Donald Trump lurched from controversy to controversy, commentators marveled that his voters remained loyal: Trump is impervious to political attack, some said. Not so. Trump wasn't immune; analysts were just failing to look at the whole board.
While Trump’s polarizing campaign did not dent his standing with core supporters in the Republican primaries, it took a punishing toll on how the rest of the electorate views him. Trump’s image, which was poor even before he ran for president, has plunged to an unequaled low. Among scores of major political figures measured in polls over the last 30 years, Trump’s numbers are the worst.
If Trump were to win the GOP presidential nomination with his current public image, he would be the most unpopular nominee in the history of U.S. opinion surveys, veteran Democratic pollster Peter Hart said in an email.
“By a lot,” he added.
The share of Americans with an unfavorable view of Trump is extraordinary: 68% in the most recent Bloomberg poll, 67% in the CNN/ORC survey, 67% in the ABC/Washington Post poll, 65% from Gallup. The 57% unfavorable rating he received in the most recent CBS/New York Times survey looks mild by comparison.
Comparable numbers are difficult to find, particularly over a sustained period. Even during the worst of the Vietnam War, for example, only 38% of Americans in Gallup polls gave an unfavorable rating to President Lyndon B. Johnson, although all public figures and institutions received more favorable rankings in that era.
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I guess someone forgot to tell the thousands upon thousands of supporters who show up for his rallies just how unpopular he is. Give it up!
(Yes I will vote for and support Trump as the nominee. He just shouldn't be the nominee.)
Donald Trump is the last chance for turning power back to the people. After that it will be revolution...at some distant date apparently.
your comment deserves further in-depth examination :)
He’s not a politician. period.
That is the rub.
LA TIMES fruits and nut
“He’s not a politician. period. That is the rub.”........
And PRECISELY why he is soooooooooooooo popular with “We, The People” who hate lying crooked politicians.
Since polls and the media are just such reliable sources right?
Barbara Streisand, Bernie Sanders !!!
...and THAT's why Trump is so popular. I don't care about the opinion of pundits who say stuff like this.
Apparently Romney is more unpopular...
Horseshit.
This post is all over the board. “The great rush has spoken”. OK... Reagan’s mantle, I think many would love to see that man!! Utah, reddest of the red States, Yet these reds will go for HRC, OK... Wow! Just realized, I’ll never get these couple minutes back, thanks!
This is not an election its an INSURRECTION
deny Trump the nomination via hook and crook and it moves to a revolution....Roger Stone is planning days of rage at convention that sounds like bill ayers at 68 chicago...America wake up an save the Republic before its too late.
IF not...well it sure will be interesting for this old codger
Freegards
LEX
They can’t beat Trump in the primaries, so all these polls projecting all the way to November and polls that supposedly rank popularity are what they’ve got to work with.
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