Less than half of Americans say opinion of Trump is favorable: Poll

Less than half of Americans said their opinion of President-elect Trump is favorable, according to a recent poll.

In a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, around 41 percent stated that their opinion of the president-elect is favorable. Around 55 percent stated that their opinion of the president-elect is unfavorable.

Trump is set to enter office for a second term late next month. He defeated Vice President Harris in the 2024 race for the White House, rattling Democrats and exciting Republicans.

Democrats, who also did not regain the majority in the House and lost the Senate in this year’s elections, have been having ongoing conversations about why they struggled at the polls last month. Some centrists have said the party went too left, but liberals have said it didn’t go left enough.

President Biden did not fare well when it came to public opinion in the Reuters/Ipsos poll either. He garnered an approval of 38 percent, according to the poll.

Some Democrats have blamed their loss of the presidency on Biden and him not stepping out of the race earlier.

In an episode of the left-leaning “Pod Save America” podcast from last month, host Jon Favreau referred to the president’s reelection bid as a “catastrophic mistake,” also saying that those close to him refused to think he was “unpopular.”

“They refuse to acknowledge until very late that anyone could be upset about inflation. And they just kept telling us that his presidency was historic, and it was the greatest economy ever,” Favreau said.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll took place between Dec. 12 and 15, featuring 1,031 people and a 3 percentage point margin of error.

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