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.
Trump is supposed to investigate every 12,000 employee’s legal status?
Sorry, I love you as a FReeper, but this conversation is like talking to a 3 year old.
But they write lots of checks and are rich liberals like Trump.
There is a fine line between “charisma” and slick-talking flimflam man. In Trump’s case, it is clear which one it is. Obama and Clinton, two of the biggest scum to ever stand at a podium, both could be said to have “charisma”.
“Sorry, I love you as a FReeper, but this conversation is like talking to a 3 year old.”
That’s just how I feel whenever conservative FReepers try to present facts to Trump zealots.
Actually he wants to triple the deductible for all Obamacare policies. Plus he wants to give all koranimal refugees Gold Obamacare policies.
I got that from a reliable source...
No worries brother FReeper, after the GOP convention, we will be fighting from the same fox hole.
Unpopular with the parties maybe. The PEOPLE, however, love him.
Whew, nothing like striking a Nerve, you know when you get all the foolish venom replies.
So what if Rubio’s parents are Cubans, he’s american, just like many other people born here whose parents were from somewhere else. Cruz’s mother is American, so that makes him an american. McCain was not born on U.S. soil, but he is still an American who ran for president.
Of course they are all Americans. So am I, and I was not even born here. That is not the question. The question is are any of us NBC?
If they are I am afraid the 900+ Saudi’s born in Saudi Arabia from American mothers and Saudi fathers, practicing Sharia to subjugate all women folk, are also Natural Born Citizens. Because they are exactly same as Ted Cruz.
McCain is the most NBC because both his parents were citizens and his father was on temporary GOVERNMENT official assignment in a Foreign country. Cruz’s parents were living permanently in Canada, just like the Saudi situation. Rubio is half better because he was born on US soil to LEGAL permanent residents. But still questionable because none of his parents were US citizens at the time of his birth.
A very high level court, such as SCOTUS will have to rule on who is NBC and whi is not.
Wish I could agree again but perhaps not.
Sweet!
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