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

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

  • aleph@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    The bottom line is “they both suck”, according to the majority of poll respondents.

    AFAIK, they have the lowest approval ratings ever for an incumbent US president and his opponent on the run up to an election.

    • caffinatedone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      It’s probably more due to increased asymmetric partisan polarization than anything. The same issue shows in polling on the economy. When Trump was in, republicans reported that the economy was great. As soon as Biden took office, the economy was doing horribly.