Being well known doesn’t necessarily coincide with being well liked, especially in the case of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
According to a new Gallup poll from the last two weeks, 91 percent of those surveyed have an opinion of Trump, but just 32 percent said they had a favorable view of him, compared with 59 percent who had an unfavorable view. Those numbers give him a favorability rate of -27 percent.
While many other candidates aren’t seen in a positive light, Trump is easily the least-favorably viewed candidate. Jeb Bush is closest, with a -14 percent favorability rate, Chris Christie is at -5 percent, and Hillary Clinton is at -4 percent.
But while Trump is the least popular candidate, Bush’s standing has fallen the most since July. Back in the summer, his rating was -3 percent.
Clinton is the most recognized candidate, as 94 percent of those asked had an opinion about her. But others have seen their recognition climb since July. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has doubled his familiarity over the last five months, from 30 percent to 66 percent. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders had the second-largest bump, going from 44 percent to 66 percent.
Carson also had the largest net positive favorability rating of +6 percent (30 percent unfavorable to 36 percent favorable), followed by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at +5 points (28 percent unfavorable to 33 percent favorable).
Gallup’s rolling daily survey of roughly 6,600 U.S. adults was conducted Nov. 23-Dec. 7 with individual respondent pools ranging between 1,800 and 1,950 adults. The margin of error for samples in which respondents rated each candidate is plus or minus 2 percentage points.
