Posted on 04/07/2016 2:34:07 PM PDT by kik5150
For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented unpopularity as he tries to overcome recent campaign setbacks.
Seven in 10 people, including close to half of Republican voters, have an unfavorable view of Trump, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. It's an opinion shared by majorities of men and women; young and old; conservatives, moderates and liberals; and whites, Hispanics and blacks — a devastatingly broad indictment of the billionaire businessman.
Even in the South, a region where Trump has won GOP primaries decisively, close to 70 percent view him unfavorably. And among whites without a college education, one of Trump's most loyal voting blocs, 55 percent have a negative opinion.
Trump still leads the Republican field in delegates and has built a loyal following with a steady share of the Republican primary electorate. But the breadth of his unpopularity raises significant questions about how he could stitch together enough support in the general election to win the White House.
It also underscores the trouble he may still face in the Republican race, which appears headed to a contested convention where party insiders would have their say about who will represent the GOP in the fall campaign.
"He's at risk of having the nomination denied to him because grass-roots party activists fear he's so widely disliked that he can't possibly win," said Ari Fleischer, a former adviser to President George W. Bush.
Beyond their generally negative perception of Trump, large majorities also said they would not describe him as civil, compassionate or likable. On nearly all of these measures, Trump fared worse than his remaining Democratic or Republican rivals.
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Only his millions of voters like him
Another day, another phony-fake-fraud AP poll.
7 in 10 oppose Trump, but Trump’s national numbers are 40 to 50 percent, and Trump’s popular votes rival or surpass Romney’s at this point in the campaign? Does not compute.
Every Republican nominee gets the shaft. The harder they get it the better the probable candidate they are.
Majority of Americans voted for Obama, he must be doing something right.
You've got to switch to Million Man Math.
I believe all “professional politicians” are held in great contempt. If nothing else, Trump isn’t a career politician. That is why they hate and fear him.
Just when I was getting over the overwhelming sure Bibi loss.
Pray America wakes
Not near enough “millions”.
Many millions that don’t like Trump will be voting for Trump.
common core math and propaganda.
Why this crap still keeps getting posted on here is beyond me and why people post it is beyond me.
He was doing great until the Romney speech last month followed by probably 700 million in GOPe PAC phony negative ads... I dont care. Trump or bust. Its over if the establishment is in charge anyway... Still, the eatablishment ia to blame if Trump loses anything, period.
Wow! Guess all those delegate votes are wrong!!! They keep voting fora guy they hate! What is WRONG with these people? (sarcasm). AP Bull.
Yeah, let’s let the AP pick the republican nominee...
...real smart.
There, I fixed it for ya, Associalist Presstitutes.
At this point, STD’s are more liked than Trump is.
[Beyond their generally negative perception of Trump, large majorities also said they would not describe him as civil, compassionate or likable. On nearly all of these measures, Trump fared worse than his remaining Democratic or Republican rivals.]
I don’t find Trump civil, compassionate, or likable either, but I do think he is more compassionate, civil, and likable than Hillary.
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