Hillary has the Second Highest Candidate Unfavorable Rating Ever

Any other year, this would be a headline that Republicans would be cheering over and sharing with all of their liberal friends. Unfortunately, Hillary Clinton’s dismal 33% unfavorable rating is only the second worst in the 60 years that Gallup has surveyed with this question. The worst is her Republican nemesis. Donald Trump’s unfavorable is 42%, To put it into perspective, it’s almost double what Mitt Romney had in 2012 and is more than double what John McCain had in 2008.

Gallup poll shows that Trump's unfavorably rating is equal to Mitt Romney's and John McCain's COMBINED. https://t.co/VIjNp9tkLM

— JD Rucker (@JDRucker) July 4, 2016

As the LA Times points out, getting an unfavorable rating means getting the lowest or second-lowest rating on a 10-point scale. In other words, it wasn’t just people saying they disapprove of him. They assigned him a favorability number of either 1- or 2-out-of-10.

Donald Trump breaks a record, and it's not a good one – https://t.co/6aUOT9MM7s https://t.co/UeM6Lm41i1

— Clippers aggbot (@TheClippers) July 4, 2016

There are many of us who would rate both of them as a 1 on a 10 pt. scale and that’s a huge dilemma, particularly for conservatives. When we’re faced with a liberal liar and a liberal scoundrel as our two options, we’re forced to try to discern the lesser of two evils. Unfortunately, I can’t see myself ever willfully voting for a liberal even if both options fit the bill.

Here’s how the poll results came out:

 

Highly Favorable and Highly Unfavorable Ratings of Major Party Presidential Nominees, 1956-2016

Based on U.S. adults; Ranked by % highly favorable

 

	Nominee	Highly favorable	Highly unfavorable
		% (+4 to +5)	% (-4 to -5)
1956 Oct 18-23	D. Eisenhower	57	4
1964 Oct 8-13	L. Johnson	49	5
1960 Oct 18-23	J. Kennedy	43	5
1984 Sep 21-24	R. Reagan	43	18
1976 Sep 24-27	J. Carter	42	5
1972 Oct 13-16	R. Nixon	41	11
1968 Oct 17-22	R. Nixon	39	8
1960 Oct 18-23	R. Nixon	37	8
2008 Oct 23-26	B. Obama	37	22
2012 Oct 27-28	B. Obama	36	24
2004 Oct 22-24	G.W. Bush	34	23
1956 Oct 18-23	A. Stevenson	34	16
1980 Oct 10-13	J. Carter	31	17
2012 Oct 27-28	M. Romney	30	22
1976 Sep 24-27	G. Ford	29	9
1968 Oct 17-22	H. Humphrey	29	11
1984 Sep 21-24	W. Mondale	28	15
2008 Oct 23-26	J. McCain	28	20
1992 Oct 23-25	B. Clinton	27	15
1980 Oct 10-13	R. Reagan	26	16
1992 Oct 23-25	G.H.W. Bush	25	18
2004 Oct 22-24	J. Kerry	22	22
2016 June 14-23	H. Clinton	22	33
1972 Oct 13-16	G. McGovern	21	20
1964 Oct 8-13	B. Goldwater	17	26
2016 June 14-23	D. Trump	16	42
2016 nominees are presumptive; Dates for all years except 2016 are final pre-election; No data for 1988, 1996 and 2000
GALLUP

 

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