AND WINNING!
GHEEZ!
Posted on 01/30/2016 11:52:07 AM PST by conservativejoy
Research from the polling firm Gallup has found that Donald Trump is the "most unpopular candidate" for president in either major party - both in this election and all the way back to 1992.
Trump's unfavorable rating currently stands at 60 percent, which is substantially higher than that of any of his Republican rivals. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush is at 45 percent, and everyone else is even lower: Chris Christie is at 38 percent, Ted Cruz is at 37 percent, Marco Rubio is at 33 percent, and the reliably likable Ben Carson is only at 30 percent.
In the Democratic field, not even the scandal-plagued Hillary Clinton matches Trump's low standing - she holds a 52 percent unfavorable rating. Her fellow Democratic contender Bernie Sanders is at 31 percent.
The numbers are drawn from surveys of the entire U.S. population, not just self-identified voters.
Gallup's editor in chief Frank Newport frames these figures historically:
"I wanted to see how Trump's unfavorable played out in the context of previous elections, so I went back to look at the unfavorable ratings of the major-party candidates from 1992 through the current election. The bottom line is that Trump now has a higher unfavorable rating than any candidate at any time during all of these previous election cycles, and that conclusion takes into account the fact that unfavorable ratings tend to rise in the heat of a general election campaign as the barbs, negative ads and heightened partisanship are taken to their highest levels."
Even when compared with sitting presidents at their most unpopular moments, Trump's unfavorable rating sticks out. The 60 percent statistic is sandwiched between Bill Clinton's high of 59 percent in March 2001, shortly after he left office, and George W. Bush's 66 percent, measured in April 2008 amid the tumultuous homestretch of his second term.
Nope he’s for Single Payer.....who’s going to pay for that, why the Gov’t will he says.......
Hard to believe, but you seem oblivious to the fact this is a Political "Black Swan" -- definitely nor a "normal" scenario.
The general election? I think Trump's supporters are the ones who are naive.
What's your point?
What'shisname and his flying monkeys still haven't figured it out!
Sure, man...
Just put down the bong for a minute...
Trump became unlikeable after all he does is attack the likeable Dr Carson & the Conservative Cruz constantly. Meanwhile what does he stand for...making deals with those nice dems.
Card carrying member.
Hussein has a record; 100% horrible; Fact; horribly incompetent.
What could be worse?
card carrying member. lol! funnies phrase of the day.
hitlery and the psycho socialist are too scary to let win.
And he hasn't paid income taxes in 8 years!
I have it on good authority...
Harry Reid and Nancy whatshername...
Promise?
YES!!! :) now i do.
Trump has signed 500,000 PAYCHECKS ON THE FRONT
in the PRIVATE SECTOR over the years!
Reagan signed Zero.
Bush-41 signed zero.
Clinton signed zero.
Bush-43 signed zero.
Obama signed zero.
That is the difference people who do not understand real world main street economy are incapable of understanding.
So many words, so little thought.
The cause? One word :
DESPERATE!
Polls are a joke; this thread is fun but can't be taken seriously. Nut job central.
Also add to that list all current candidates,
only one of them have run a business in private sector by themselves, Rand Paul. Kasich was employed by Lehman Brothers Wall street firm, which went belly up. Rand Paul had his own private medical office. Fiorina was CEO at HP, under her leadership, HP shrank substantially.
Cruz, Rubio, Bush, etc have been cashing government checks all their life.
Cute!
Bravo.
If any recent thread badly needed humor and wit, this one is it.
Perhaps with your reasoning the Schultz, Bloomberg, and Buffett, and Iger, will be your next candidates since they write a lot of private sector checks.
AND WINNING!
GHEEZ!
How many illegals has Trump employed? Oh, that’s right, he didn’t know.
Gallup should try running that poll again now that the Cruz/Beck campaign has threatened people in several States.
No they can not. Their personalities are dorky. They can not resonate with 3 people playing bridge on their table.
Trump = money + charisma + ability to give 2 hour speeches without teleprompters, in front of 35,000 people who connect with him, become cheerful supporters.
But one needs to be intelligent to understand difference between Trump and likes of Bloomberg, Buffett and Gates.
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