Trump has also faced recent criticism over his harsh assessment of the Mexican judge poised to oversee the fraud trial he faces in connection with his namesake Trump University. Negative ratings of Trump are up 10 percentage points from last month to their highest point since he announced his candidacy last summer, almost reaching the level seen before his campaign began (71 percent). Sixteen percent of voters think he’s not trustworthy, 13 percent say he doesn’t know enough about the issues and 12 percent say he changes his positions when it’s politically convenient and has extreme political views.
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In a new Survey USA poll, Clinton stands at 39 percent to Trump’s 36 percent and six percent for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.
The poll surveyed 1,000 American adults on cellphones and landlines.
Negative views of Trump have risen among a wide range of groups, jumping by double digits among liberals and conservatives and among both Republican women and Democratic men. Among Hispanics, 29% say they will choose Trump, more than voted for Romney (27%), and Trump is also on track to pick up more of the Asian vote (29%) than did Romney (26%).
The Bloomberg poll was conducted Friday through Monday, with additional questions about terrorism, guns, and Muslims added after the carnage early Sunday in Orlando. Among Hispanic respondents, that number is 89% unfavorable.
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Among independent voters, Trump’s net favorable rating plunged from -19 in May to -38 in the June poll. Clinton, conversely, has seemingly wrapped up the Democratic nomination and enjoyed high-profile endorsements from party leaders like President Barack Obama and progressive star Elizabeth Warren. Clinton has a largely positive image among this increasingly Democratic group – 64 percent favorable vs. 34 percent unfavorable. Fifty-three percent of white people without a college degree have an unfavorable opinion, as do 52 percent of white men. His image worsened this spring, then improved somewhat after he clinched the Republican presidential nomination. In mid-May, after Trump emerged as the presumptive GOP nominee, the polls were tighter, with NBC/WSJ showing Clinton up by 3 points and ABC/WashingtonPost giving Trump a 2-point lead. The margin of error for questions asked of all participants was 3.1 percentage points, while the questions geared to likely voters have a 3.6 percent margin or error.
