No Republican 2016 candidate is less liked by his or her party than Jeb Bush

WaPo ^ | 28 September 2015 | Phillip Bump

[Rockitz]

By now, you surely know that Donald Trump is the least-liked Republican candidate for president. How could he not be, after months and months of coverage of how disliked he is? A new Fox News survey reveals that, thanks to opposition from Democrats, Trump is indeed viewed less favorably than any other candidate.

But if you look only at Republican respondents, that changes: Republicans view Jeb Bush even worse.

Among all voters, Trump is at negative-25 -- that is, he is viewed 25 points more unfavorably than favorably. Bush is at -21. Among Republicans? Bush gets lower marks than anyone, at plus-1. Even Chris Christie is at +4. The difference is inside the margin of error, but this is clearly not where Bush would like to be.

Part of that is thanks to Bush's slide in favorability over time. His drop looks a lot like that of another person with a famous last name: Hillary Clinton. Clinton was doing better than Bush when Fox polled in March and May, and is still doing better than him now; but for all of the hand-wringing over Clinton's trustworthiness, Bush has fared just as badly.

[Company Man]

Get off my lawn! AND STAY OUTTA THE BUSHES!!!

[Defiant]

That’s only because they don’t know Linda like we do.

[x]

It is a sad state of affairs. Actually I think Jeb is a decent sort of guy. Is it that he is so much disliked - or is it the people resent another member of the Bush family being pushed onto center stage, when what we need is a dynamic personality, high energy type of candidate?

Jeb went out of his way to antagonize the party with his immigration comments. It's not so much the policies he supported as it is the language that he used and his attitude. Add to that the family thing and his low energy and goofiness and that explains a lot.

[Lakeshark]

Wow, it's been a quiet weekend, I think I didn't read one word about something inane or stupid that our Jebbie said. Heck, he should have said how much he was going to miss the greatness of Boehner.

Maybe he said it and I wasn't paying attention.......

[C. Edmund Wright]

Heck, he should have said how much he was going to miss the greatness of Boehner.

Actually, he said something very similar.

[xzins]

The CNN Fiorina poll was cited by Fox for 3 weeks over their own poll and that of others. I heard it used again the other night. It is ALWAYS used to bash Trump.

I’m sure they’ll do the same with Bush on this unfavorability poll