With just a month to go before the Republican primary in Iowa, former president Donald Trump and incumbent Joe Biden appear to be headed for a near-certain rematch. Still, a new poll has found resentment continues to brew against both the candidates.
What Happened: A majority of the public is either somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with both Biden and Trump, according to results of a poll by the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The results were based on a poll of 1,074 adults conducted between Nov. 30 and Dec. 4, 2023, using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, the report said.
Fifty-eight percent of the respondents said they would be dissatisfied if Trump clinches the Republican nomination. Biden’s fate was not much better, as 56% expressed dissatisfaction over his candidacy.
In regards to favorability, Biden topped the list with 42% of support, the highest of any candidate. Robert F Kennedy Jr., who is contesting as an independent, and Trump came next, with 38% and 36% of respondents having a favorable opinion of them respectively.
About 28% of respondents had a favorable opinion of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis; another 28% had a favorable opinion of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
Biden’s favorability rating among Democrats was 78% compared to Trump’s 70% favorability rating among the Republicans.
Voters appeared to have less confidence in either party’s selection process for its nominee. Fifty-two percent said they have a little or no confidence that the GOP selection process is fair, while 47% said the same about the Democratic selection process.
Few have confidence that either party’s process for selecting their nominee for president is fair. Fifty-two percent have only a little or no confidence that the Republican nominee selection process is fair. Forty-seven percent say the same about the Democratic selection process.
The poll also found that voters are not very confident that either party’s primaries or caucuses will be counted accurately.
FiveThirtyEight’s data, which was compiled based on multiple polls, showed that Trump has a commanding lead with 62% of support in the GOP primary poll, with DeSantis a distant second at 12.3% support. Biden, meanwhile, has the support of 65.6%…
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