As if Donald Trump needed any more problems, he just got a heaping dump of bad news
Donald Trump. Let’s start with the latest from Pew Research. It found that Trump is becoming more and more unfavorable among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents as the primary season heats up.The poll, which was conducted between July 10 and 16, found his “unfavorable” rating amongst conservative voters up from 24% in 2022 to 32% in 2023.
Even more alarming, his “favorable” rating has fallen nearly 10 points, going from 75% in 2022 to 66% in 2023. That’s not the trajectory one wants to be on when the first primaries still more than six months away.Trump is still the party’s frontrunner, however.
At least, for now.According to FiveThirtyEight‘s latest average, the 77-year-old is currently pulling in an average of 50.8% support amongst Republicans in national polls, far outpacing his closest opponent, Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis, who’s been hovering around 20% support for a while now.That said, primary season has only just begun and there’s still plenty of time for Trump’s support to wane and another candidate to take the lead.In other terrible Trump polling news, another survey has found the vast majority of registered voters support the federal investigation into his role in the January 6 insurrection as well as his failed efforts to overthrow the 2020 presidential election results.A Harvard University CAPS/Harris Poll conducted July 19 and 20 found 57% of respondents said the case against Trump is either “very strong” or “somewhat strong”.
That includes 87% of Democrats, 47% of independents, and 31% of Republicans. On top of that, 42% said they believe the ex-president is probably guilty of the potential charges he could be facing, while 37% said he is likely innocent and shouldn’t be charged.
