Donald Trump is setting new records in myriad areas, including being the most broadly unpopular presidential candidate since Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. Nick Gass reports:
Two in three Americans surveyed in the poll — 67 percent — said they held an unfavorable view of Trump, while just 31 percent said they saw him favorably and only 2 percent said they had no opinion of him. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's favorability rating was marginally higher, at 36 percent, while 53 percent said they had an unfavorable view of him and 11 percent said they had no opinion. Ohio Gov. John Kasich made out the best in the poll, with 39 percent each responding that they had a favorable and unfavorable opinion of him, but 22 percent said they had no opinion either way.
Trump's 67 percent unfavorable rating is nearly as low as the 69 percent of Americans who said they had a negative view of Duke in a February 1992 poll. Unlike Trump, Duke went on to receive fewer than 120,000 votes and zero convention delegates.
Well, that’s a sad statement on America today. On top of all this, since just 2 percent of voters didn’t have an opinion on Trump, he really has no chance of persuading voters who have held out judgment. Plus, he had the same unfavorable rating last month, so perceptions have really leveled out. And by the way, this poll's findings are just a touch off from Trump’s high of a 71 percent unfavorable rating about a year ago. Check it out: