While both candidates enjoy similar levels of unpopularity, the former president is viewed slightly more favorably than his opponent.
Donald Trump appears to have greater appeal to the country at large than Kamala Harris, according to a new poll.
Both candidates are suffering from a lack of popularity, despite near-unanimous support from their bases.
But in Gallup’s latest poll, based on interviews conducted September 3 to 15 with adults across the U.S., only 44 percent of respondents said they had a favorable view of the Kamala Harris, with 54 percent viewing the vice president unfavorably,
Between June and August, and riding a wave of enthusiasm following President Biden’s withdrawal and her nomination as the Democratic candidate, Harris nearly closed this gap, with a 47 percent favorability compared to 49 percent unfavorable.
The latest three-point drop-off comes in spite of the September debate against Trump, which took place in the middle of Gallup’s polling period, during which Harris was widely viewed as having gotten the better of the former president.
While his current favorability rating sits well below his record high of 63 percent in January 2021, 46 percent of U.
