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.
Doesn’t matter what polls say, doesn’t matter what the media says, don’t be complacent – go vote. Go vote. Go vote. Go vote. I can’t stress this enough, this kind of bullshit puff piece exists solely to keep people from voting by lulling into a false sense of security.
I don’t care if there’s a poll that says 100% of the country hates one or the other, GO VOTE. Ignore these bullshit polls, they are completely and utterly worthless.
Not only that, volunteer or donate if you can. Even if you only can spare 5 minutes or $5 a week, organizations like Vote Save America will help you direct your energy or 100% of your donations where they will do the most good.
I might donate if they didn’t spam donation pleas at everyone who’s donated in the past decade.
Political messages are not subject to the same spam limitations as regular marketing messages. It’s “political speech”, so for some reason they can shout it at you constantly.
I completely feel your pain.
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/table-18-states-with-all-mail-elections
If you live in one of these 18 states, don’t even bother going anywhere to vote. I get my primary ballot, and my general ballot in the mail just over one month before election day. As long as it has a postmark on or before election day, (don’t wait till election day) it is a valid vote.
If you don’t live in one of the 18, flood your state legislature with calls, emails, and visits to their office in support of mail in voting measures. This is so much better for everyone.
I don’t have to stand in a line, I don’t have to remember an exact day. I get the envelope and within a week or two I sit down with the ballot, and the ballot guide, and then start looking for news stories about the candidates that are not from the current campaign year. It helps remind me that, oh yeah, this Democrat decided to embezzle a bunch of money a couple years back, better check the competition out. It normally only takes me a few hours, but I have their vote history, and everything else I need to try to pick someone that isn’t gonna screw anyone over.
Mail in voting is the best. I love it so much. It’s a crime that not everyone has the option.
1000% this.
You are correct and this is why we never pay attention to polls. I dont even know why this one was posted.
Propaganda
Pokemon go fucking vote.
I’ll vote when there’s a candidate worth voting for, or they make “none of the above” an option that disbars the candidates from running again in the future.
With that statement we can ignore everything you say. If you don’t take part in the voting process you don’t have a voice and your opinion doesn’t matter.
With that statement they’re also saying they don’t give a shit about anyone other than themselves, and especially not of at-risk Americans
I don’t live in a swing state, so that’s already the case.
In my opinion this is flawed logic. Not voting doesn’t accomplish any of the things you want, on the contrary it plays into goals of parties because they want voter apathy – the less people voting the easier it is for an unpopular candidate to win. I’m definitely not voting for someone I like, I’m voting against the person I think will destroy democracy (and I similarly hate that this is the set of options we are given – no one would have picked these candidates).
I can’t argue with that logic, except that it relies on a false premise of what I want from the election and an unrealistic understanding of just how little influence I can have on it as a citizen of a non-swing state.
I don’t want to see either of the major parties in the white house. Logic suggests that I should make an accelerationist vote for Trump, as his presidency would no doubt hasten the inevitable collapse of the American Empire, or at least its current political establishment. But I can’t vote for Trump for the same reason that I can’t vote for Biden, the active support for genocide.
I also see voting “against” as a corruption of the principles of democracy. Elections aren’t a process by which leaders are selected, that’s merely a secondary effect. The purpose of elections is to legitimize the State, a reification of the “implied consent of the governed” that entitles a government to act with authority. But I see our current government as fundamentally illegitimate (as evidenced by our abysmal voter turnout figures), and voting against the worst candidate is still placing a vote of confidence in the government itself.
So, until there’s an option that doesn’t want to arm rogue states in the middle east, I’ll just save myself some time on voting day.
Logic suggests that I should make an accelerationist vote for Trump, as his presidency would no doubt hasten the inevitable collapse of the American Empire, or at least its current political establishment.
This is a terrible gamble and one you are not likely to win. You think things are almost as bad as they can get, that we’re close to the brink of some glorious revolution. We are not. Things can get SO MUCH worse. The amount of misery can increase exponentially. Take a minute to process that word, “exponentially”. As bad as it is now, it can get twice as bad. And then twice as bad as that, which is already worse than you’re capable of imagining. But we’re not nearly done yet. We have barely gotten started on our terrible journey. The depths of misery are deeper than the Mariana Trench. We have a loooooooong way to go.
It’s not a path worth pursuing unless “things getting worse” is your desired ends, rather than just a means to an end. You will be dead (and likely not of old age) before things get bad enough to reach a tipping point.
The better path, the path involving less human suffering, is the slow and steady march of progress. This path may not excite the minds of heady teenagers, but it WORKS.
I’m not happy about it either, but I predicted Trump would win 2024 back in 2018 when the DNC pulled their shenanigans against Bernie and nothing that’s happened since then suggests a change in course.
America isn’t a Democracy, it merely pretends it isn’t an oligarchy.
I’m not happy about it either,
Like hell you’re not. This mindset of yours very coincidentally requires absolutely no action on your part. That’s what you’re happy about.
You’re not evil, you’re just lazy and trying to justify it.
My state has universal mail-in voting, it literally requires no effort.
Pretend I’m happy and lazy if you want, I’ll be over here making plans to GTFO the USA.
Can’t argue with any of your points – I can only commiserate with the way you feel as I share a lot of the same sentiments. I appreciate the open candor and willingness to have a dialogue about this!
Likewise! I love to argue about politics but so many people just get angry when presented with a different perspective. The occasional chat like this is such a treat. _
I heard a piece of a speech by the head of Salem Media Group, and he absolutely said he does not want people to vote because they have a better chance of getting christofascists into power. Just so you’re aware.
The only way that is happening is if the election system changes to ranked choice voting (or similar) and there is only one party that will allow that to happen.
Why would the Democrats voluntarily give up their edge over third parties?
Because many actually believe in democracy and want this country to be better.
Then why didn’t they even try to do that last time they held all three branches of government?
Because that hasn’t happened for Democrats since 1969.
Then vote for a third party. It’s better than not voting at all. I live in a state that has no chance of going blue but I still vote every year. Sometimes for third party candidates.
Maybe if the PSL or the Greens run somebody worthwhile, but I’m not holding my breath.
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
Still gonna vote for the one that hasn’t explicitly said they want to be a dictator….
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.
If Biden stops funding Israel’s genocide, he’d win the election in a blowout,
Echo chamber in action. Democrats are 50/50 on supporting Israel’s genocide. Independents favor Israel even more.
20% uncommitted echo chamber? Who’s the one in the chamber?
80%+ of Dem voters want to stop israel’s Genocide. Only Dems paid by AIPAC want to keep it going.
Biden will lose 100% if he keeps the Genocide going. He can’t even campaign on colleges because of all the protests he’s getting. His own left voters are working against him until he stops.
It’s up to 60% of Dems as of late January. Source. If you have a more recent poll that shows 80% feel free to link it.
Half of US adults say Israel has gone too far in war in Gaza
No 50%+ of Democrats believe israel is committing Genocide
As for the ceasefire a quick google gives us 77% 15 days ago.
Even the majority of Republicans support a ceasefire. This is not a controversial opinion by now.
“Ceasefire” and “genocide” are two very different words coming from different camps.
“80% of Democrats want a ceasefire” is not what you said.
If Biden negotiates a ceasefire, obviously that will be a huge win. No one is doubting that.
If Biden takes a hard line against Israel, and starts using the word “genocide”, he will lose voters.
You should not confuse those two positions.
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.
Except one of the teams is seeking to completely destroy democracy, and the other is not.
I don’t think there’s ever been an US election between people so unpopular.
Calling it now, Trump loses the popular vote but wins the electoral vote. After which we will get opinion pieces on NYT about how this is all for our benefits and getting rid of the electoral college will somehow make things worse
“It’s only right and proper that rural voters [1] count more and get to select Presidents and decide majorities in the House and Senate.” -thinkpieces in elite “liberal media”, probably. [1] - aka, “the heartland”, aka “real America”.
That’s nice. Still vote like your life depends on it, because it probably does.
After all, polls only matter if you actually vote
And a good portion of those 29 percent are deplorables, by the way. Hillary was right.
100% of those people are deplorables
A basket of them, one might say.
An ABC News/Ipsos survey of 536 U.S. adults
Only 536? How is this newsworthy?
That’s how random samples work. A small number like that is enough to get a decent estimate of the entire population. Give ar take a percentage point if three. That is, if the sample is actually random. That’s actually near impossible to guarantee, as people who pick up their phones (or answer their door, or walk in the street and allow folks to ask them a question, or answer a letter) are different from those who don’t.
Still, that’s not a great sample for a nationwide poll. Many are closer to 2000 or even 6000.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
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.
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.
That rating dipped to 25 percent—with 61 percent viewing him unfavorably—at the start of April last year, immediately after he became the first president in U.S. history to be indicted with criminal charges, which he denies, in New York.
The same ABC/Ipsos poll found that President Joe Biden, who is on course to be renominated by the Democratic Party, is also viewed as similarly unpopular, though his unfavorability rating is slightly lower.
But the president has brushed off queries about his physical and mental health, telling a news conference in February that his “memory is fine” and “I know what the hell I’m doing.”
Recent polling also shows that nearly half of U.S. adults think Trump, 77, is too old to serve another term, and the former president has also faced questions about his mental agility.
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Next up, poll shows how popular Trump is. 🙄
Gotta say, it’s nice to see a bit of hope for America.
Once the Supreme Court over-ruled Colorado (and every state) removing Trump from the ballots via the insurrectionist clause, I’ve essentially given up hope.
The current president is a senile moron, with the country begging for change, but the only other option put forward is a dementia ridden dictator deadset on dismantling Americas democracy to fuel his own petty vindications. That’s not good for anyone but Americas enemies.
A glimer of hope is welcome in the darkness.
Someone missed the state of the union.
The messaging now is Biden is too strong.
Try to keep up.
Great, and now how unpopular is Biden ?
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approval/joe-biden/?ex_cid=abcpromo
Looks like he’s at ~38% approval, ~58% disapproval.
For what it’s worth, the ipsos poll here is a bit of an outlier compared to other recent polls.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/
