Worst final popularity rating ever for a first lady belongs to Melania Trump

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Melania Trump leaves the White House with the worst popularity rating for any first lady at the end of her term in polling history. The latest CNN/SSRS poll had Trump's favorable rating at 42% to a 47% unfavorable rating. The 47% is the highest unfavorable rating we ever recorded for Trump. It's also amazingly high from a historical perspective.

Traditionally, first ladies are nearly uniformly admired. The position is unelected and normally uncontroversial. It's hard to be unpopular. The average first lady's final popularity rating before Trump was 71% with an unpopularity rating of 21%.

Trump's low ratings precede her time in office. She's frequently featured relatively low net popularity ratings ... It does seem that merely being associated with her husband has had a negative impact on her popularity.

Laura Bush and Michelle Obama (69% favorable rating) both finished with popularity ratings about average for departing first ladies.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/melania-trump-analysis/index.html

[Demovictory9]

1. "It's hard to be unpopular."

[Proud liberal 80]

2. being married to Trump has nothing with me not liking her

I don't like her because she is a birther.

[Bluethroughu]

3. I don't care, do you.

She can go back under the rock she came out from.

[FakeNoose]

4. I guess this means she won't be running for public office

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Be Worst! nt