Donald Trump wasn't wildly popular to
begin with. And now he's becoming even more disliked among American voters,
creating a significant threat to his chances of winning the Republican
presidential nomination.
Trump is, by far, the GOP delegate
leader — and the only candidate with a realistic shot at winning a majority of
delegates before the July convention. But at the same time, nearly two-thirds
of Americans view Trump unfavorably — and his image rating has declined since
Republican voting began in February.
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The danger for Trump is two-fold: His
declining popularity is taking a toll on his standing in the 17 states that
will hold primaries between now and the end of the process in early June.
Losing some of these states — or even winning fewer delegates in proportional
states — makes it more difficult for Trump to secure a pre-convention majority
of 1,237 delegates.
That’s where Trump’s horrific poll
numbers could haunt him again: If Trump misses the threshold to win the
nomination outright in bound delegates, it will be more difficult to persuade
unbound delegates to put him over the top if they see him as a general election
disaster-in-the-making due to his high unfavorability ratings among all voters.
How bad are Trump’s image ratings? The
HuffPost Pollster average of recent national polls puts Trump’s
favorability at only 31 percent, while 63 percent view him unfavorably.
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