Seven in 10 Americans, including half of Republican voters, view GOP frontrunner Donald Trump unfavorably, an Associated Press poll released Thursday has found. The unfavorable opinion numbers are held by majorities of men, women, young voters, old voters, conservatives, moderates, liberals, blacks, whites, and Hispanics, the poll further revealed.
A majority of people also said they would not describe Trump as civil, compassionate, or likable. Trump's likability is continually declining, too; AP reports it has dropped 10 percentage points since mid-February.
"At first, I thought he was great. He was bringing out a lot of issues that weren't ever said, they were taboo," said Arroyo Grande, California, resident Candi Edie, 64. Edie now believes Trump is "such a bigot."
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Andrew Glaves, 29, a self-described "hard core" Republican from Bothell, Washington, said he is even considering voting for Hillary Clinton over Trump. "I'd be willing to take that as opposed to doing so much harm to the country's reputation," Glaves said.
People who identify both as Republicans and Tea Party supporters, on the other hand, are one of the few groups to have a majority with a favorable view of Trump — 68 percent see him in a positive light.
The Associated Press' poll was conducted online March 31 through April 4, sampling 1,076 adults drawn from GfK's probability-based "KnowledgePanel," which is intended to be representative of the American population. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.3 percent.
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