A stunning new NBC News poll found that President Donald Trump is still more popular than both his 2024 general election opponent, Kamala Harris, and California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), the two frontrunners to secure their party’s presidential nomination in 2028.
The survey of 1,000 registered voters, which had a 3.1% margin of error and was conducted between February 27 and March 3, found that 41% of respondents had a positive and 53% had a negative view of Trump, putting Trump 12 points below water. That was noticeably better than both Harris (34%-51%) and Newsom (27%-45%).
Similarly, the GOP (37%-51%) polled significantly better than the Democratic Party (30%-52%). In fact, the latter was rated the second least popular figure or institutions whose popularity was measured by the poll, behind Immigration and Customs Enforcement (38%-56%) and Artificial Intelligence (26%-46%), but ahead of the Islamic Republic of Iran (8%-51%).
Trump more popular than Harris, Newsom: Survey
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