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President 2012 Poll Watch: Donald Trump 43% Favorable Vs. 47% Unfavorable

According to the latest Gallup Poll.

Americans have mixed opinions about businessman, television personality, and potential presidential candidate Donald Trump, with 43% saying their opinion is favorable and 47% holding an unfavorable opinion. Trump’s public image is roughly the same now as it was in September 1999, just before the real estate mogul formed an exploratory committee to investigate the possibility of running for president on the Reform Party ticket.

Heartbreak…..But, then again, I stopped watching the Celebrity Apprentice a few years ago.

By the way, the chances of Donald Trump obtaining the GOP Presidential nomination are slim to none, irrespective of some polls showing otherwise.

At this point, no one except perhaps Trump himself knows how serious he is about running for president. Although Trump has a more positive image among Republicans than among independents or in particular among Democrats, his 52% favorable rating among Republicans is relatively modest. The competitive field for 2012 is generally fairly open, however, given that no major candidate has formally declared that he or she is running, and there is no dominant front-runner.

Trump does enjoy what many candidates strive hard to develop — 90% name recognition among all Americans and among Republicans. This generally makes him one of the most recognized potential GOP candidates Gallup tracks, in the same general territory as Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney. Whether Trump could parlay that familiarity into voter support in primaries and caucuses is an open question.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Wednesday showed Trump does generate some support from Republicans. The poll found Trump essentially tied with Huckabee for second place behind Mitt Romney in a trial-heat test for the nomination among Republicans.

Trump has been critical of President Obama in recent weeks, particularly focusing on the “birther” issue of whether Obama was actually born in the United States. At this point, the president’s image among Americans is more positive than Trump’s. Fifty-four percent of Americans in the March 25-27 survey rate the president favorably, compared with the 43% who view Trump favorably.

5 Comments

  • Donald Haddix

    We as americans need to take back our country. The government has had 4 years to go on a crack like spending frenzy of our money. We owe it to our children to vote in a business tycoon style president to get us out of a business style mess. So when it is time to vote put down the beer or bag of pretzels get up and exercise your US citizens rights and get to a voters booth and show washington they need us not us needing them. The one thing that scares them into caring what we think is us speaking up. I have a small business and every since Obama has been president i have been taxed too death, cannot walk into a bank without getting laughed out the door, and all my credit cards cancelled. I know that it is partly americas fault for living beyond our means, but to just give trillions to the banks with no strings attached???? Now the guy who has lied to us for 5 years wants re elected???? Really??? So get out there and vote, Study them all. I guarantee once you look at the financial crisis america is in you will vote DONALD TRUMP!!!!!!!! 2012!!!!!!!! Do it for your children and grandchildren! Take some online polls so he knows we care!

  • Anonymous

    If the numbers are for Trump he better get the GOP nomination– if not well split the vote like Perot did and well you know how that went. ANYWAY what is wrong with a candidate like Trump? He can’t lie or be stupid enough for you dems? Anyway he can’t be bought because he doesn’t need the money. I say if the Dems can run an idiot like Obama then we should run a business man like Trump. Maybe he could fire the senate since their approval rating is so high