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This is just not true. Both Trump and Clinton had some of the most unfavorable ratings of a presidential candidate for a major party in recent history.
by netfire 10y ago
This is just not true. Both Trump and Clinton had some of the most unfavorable ratings of a presidential candidate for a major party in recent history.
- CalChris 10y agoYou are correct that favorables of both candidates were low. But when you run a negative campaign, and Trump ran the most negative campaign ever, you drag your own ratings down as well. It was his only chance.
- TulliusCicero 10y agoExactly, they're both unlikeable, and if either party had nominated someone who was likeable, they probably would've crushed, rather than the dead heat we got in the popular vote.
- CalChris 10y agoNo. Clinton Most Admired Woman for Record 20th Time: http://www.gallup.com/poll/187922/clinton-admired-woman-record-20th-time.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/187922/clinton-admired-woman-reco...
- TulliusCicero 10y agoThat only counts positives, so it's biased towards whoever is most famous, even if they're controversial. Take a look at this instead: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/clinton_favorableunfavorable-1131.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/clinton_favora...
- CalChris 10y agoYes, when Trump ran his negative campaign, Hillary's favorables declined. Cause and effect. In fact, using your own cite, if you run that back to 2015 and before and she has net favorables. The only thing you've shown is that negative advertising works.