Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Exclusive Poll Results

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Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Exclusive Poll Results
And yet Pelosi isn’t the most unpopular member of Congress.
Gideon Resnick
06.18.18 4:58 AM ET


Self-identified Republicans now have a marginally more favorable view of Kim Jong Un than they do for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), according to a new Ipsos poll done exclusively for The Daily Beast.

The poll of roughly 1,000 adults aged 18 and over was conducted June 14-15, shortly after President Trump’s historic summit with the North Korea dictator. According to the results, 19 percent of Republicans indicated they had a favorable view of Kim with 68 percent saying they had an unfavorable view (12 percent of voters overall had a favorable view of Kim, compared to 75 percent who viewed him unfavorably). That compared slightly better than the perception of Pelosi, who had a 17 percent favorable, 72 percent unfavorable rating among self-identified Republicans.

Pelosi, nevertheless, was only the second-most disliked figure on Capitol Hill. Her overall 29 percent favorable, 47 percent unfavorable rating was slightly better than the numbers for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). McConnell had an overall favorability rating of 20 percent with 43 percent viewing him unfavorable. (Self-identified Democrats, for what it’s worth, had a significantly more favorable opinion of McConnell than of Kim Jong Un.)

The numbers reinforce that being in the middle of the political fray, and for such a long period of time, is highly damaging for one’s overall perception. And that appears to be true in reverse as well. Some former leaders, now detached from the day-to-day slugfest of politics, have seen their approval ratings climb.

Former president George W. Bush was viewed favorably by 63 percent of the respondents and unfavorably by only 31 percent. That includes a 51 percent favorability rating among Democrats and an 86 percent favorability rating among Republicans. By contrast, President Trump was viewed favorably by 83 percent of Republicans, and just 10 percent of Democrats. The president’s overall favorability rating stands at 40 percent while his unfavorability rating is at 57 percent.

Trump’s apparent stranglehold on Republican voters has also led them to buy into the notion that the mainstream media is out to get him in their coverage of the administration.

Presented with the statement “The mainstream media is biased against President Donald Trump,” 87 percent of Republicans surveyed agreed with 67 percent strongly agreeing. Only 20 percent of Democrats in the survey agreed with that sentiment.

[sunonmars]

1. There you have your floor of full scale nazis, 20% of the GOP would vote for labour camps and murder

How exactly are 10% of democrats viewing Trump favourably, I mean WTF.

[Demsrule86]

3. I don't believe it...these are self identified voters.

[sunonmars]

7. who knows, could be just Trump stooges at work here.

[Demsrule86]

2. Such folks and their 'Dear Leader' are such fucking traitors.

[duforsure]

4. We have to be very careful

They've corrupted so much now, we have to ask ourselves are these numbers sometimes being corrupted also? I would be shocked if some poll numbers weren't as manufactured as trump does on everything else he does, and pressuring polling companies or paying them for his results would be on par for trump and his minions at this point. Just like the death toll numbers from the PR hurricane, where he claimed 64 , but studies are showing 4600 and up were actually killed. Then because they're neo nazis and white supremacists they ignored their cry's for help because they're racists, and just like they're doing now separating families to intentionally hurt children, just like they did in PR. Propaganda from him has been normalized , and until the media stops promoting it by showing it over and over again it'll continue and get further for the truth, and trump will make up whatever he wants 100% of the time. He's trying to confuse people of th ereal reality now, and so these poll numbers don't mean anything unless we know for sure its not corrupted numbers.

[JI7]

5. and some want to get rid of her to appeal to these shits

[HopeAgain]

6. Propaganda works

Simple as that if the press doesn't push back harder.

[MBS]

8. This is sick.

But, by now, no surprise. Bizarro times.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. OMG. My exact words before I saw your post!!!!

[MBS]

11. I share your pain.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. We are literally being exposed to the alternate universe created by Faux Snooze

Hate to use this as an analogy but it's like the Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror".

[noncliqer]

9. Republicans are more like North Koreans than Americans

Worshiping a "leader" whose policies are destroying them. But people over there are being forced to do so. What's the GOP's excuse?

[MBS]

15. + 100. n/t

[ck4829]

12. Not surprising... They almost voted in a fascist theocratic sex offender who was twice thrown

the bench into the Senate BECAUSE his opponent was a Democrat.

[Mc Mike]

14. Repugs know who the real 'enemy' is.

They're such a treasonous bunch of swine.