Want to understand why many candidates are reluctant to get behind Donald Trump as the GOP standard bearer? A new national poll finds about half of Americans are less likely to vote for a candidate who supports the presumptive GOP nominee.
A Morning Consult survey finds 38% of voters say they are “much less likely” to support a candidate who backs Trump, while another 11% are “somewhat less likely” to back that candidate. About a third of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports Trump.
| Support for Candidates Who Back Trump | All voters | Republicans | Independents | Democrats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Much more likely to support | 16% | 34% | 10% | 7% |
| Somewhat more likely to support | 17% | 28% | 14% | 12% |
| Somewhat less likely to support | 11% | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| Much less likely to support | 38% | 9% | 34% | 61% |
| Don’t know/ No opinion | 18% | 20% | 30% | 8% |
Voter concern with Trump is not limited to the Republican Party’s candidates. Forty-one percent of respondents said Trump’s status as the likely Republican nominee gives them a much less favorable view of the party as a whole. And 59 percent of women said Trump’s nomination would give them a much less favorable view of the party. Trump’s effect on Hispanic voters is relatively muted by comparison: 41 percent of Hispanics said they had a less favorable view of the party.
