A Monmouth University poll released on Monday confirmed the historically low favorability ratings of both major presidential candidates this year, and found that millennials were the most likely to dislike both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Looking at data that goes back to 1984, the number of voters who don’t have a favorable opinion of either candidate is currently at a record high. According to Monmouth, the highest this percentage has been in the last 30 years was in the 1992 election between incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush and Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. Bush had a 53 percent unfavorable rating when he lost re-election to Clinton, and 9 percent of voters had an unfavorable opinion of both candidates.
This year, an unprecedented 1-in-3 voters (35 percent) do not have a favorable opinion of either candidate. Among those, 36 percent are under the age of 35, while 24 percent are 35-49 years old, 26 percent are 50-64 years old, and 15 percent are 65 and older.
The poll found there are more Republicans than Democrats who are dissatisfied with both nominees. Twenty-nine percent of voters with an unfavorable opinion of both are Republican and 21 percent lean Republican, while 13 percent are Democrats and 20 percent lean Democrat.
