The former president's favorability rating has remained low despite effectively clinching the Republican nomination, fresh polling indicates.

Donald Trump continues to have a low favorability score among Americans, new polling shows, despite being the likely Republican nominee after winning the lion’s share of primaries and seeing off his only remaining rival.

An ABC News/Ipsos survey of 536 U.S. adults, conducted between March 8-9, found that 29 percent have a favorable view of the former president compared to 59 percent who view him unfavorably.

It came after Trump secured all but one of the primaries on Super Tuesday—giving him 1,075 out of 1,215 delegates he needs to become the presumptive Republican nominee—which prompted former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley to drop out of the race to leave him unopposed. Primaries being held on Tuesday could push Trump over the line.

Trump’s popularity has remained largely unchanged since last summer. In similar polls conducted last year, which have a margin of error of 4.5 percent either way, he has hovered around a 30 percent favorability rating.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    8 months ago

    An ABC News/Ipsos survey of 536 U.S. adults, conducted between March 8-9, found that 29 percent have a favorable view of the former president compared to 59 percent who view him unfavorably.

    Sounds great till:

    Some 33 percent viewed the incumbent favorably to 54 percent who viewed him unfavorably. In November, a similar poll put his unfavorability rating at 50 percent with his favorability unchanged, while in prior polls the two ratings have modulated around the same numbers.

    We’re running two incredibly unpopular candidates…

    Only 62% of voters approve of either candidate

    Our system is broken

    • ramble81@lemm.ee
      58·
      8 months ago

      Still gonna vote for the one that hasn’t explicitly said they want to be a dictator….

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        8 months ago

        I hope everyone does.

        But Bidens favorable numbers are stuck, and unfavourably keeps increasing.

        We’re going to see a low turnout election. And thats only good for republicans.

        The more people vote, the better Dems do. Which is why we shouldn’t be running a candidate less than a third of voters approve of.

        If we’re stuck with Biden, his and his campaign need to at least start portraying him in better light, even if the change isn’t real.

        If Biden stops funding Israel’s genocide, he’d win the election in a blowout, I just can’t see him doing it. He’ll risk trump winning instead.

        So he’s got to do a shit ton of little things instead of that one big easy thing.

    • Poggervania@kbin.social
      7·
      8 months ago

      I’ve been saying this more and more, but ever since 2016, the system has gone away from “vote for who you support” and more towards “vote against what you don’t support” for the presidential elections. We have somehow managed to have a good chunk of the US view these actually really important political processes as nothing more than blind fanaticism for “their team” - and that goes for both Team D and Team R.