Americans are deeply skeptical about the promises Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have made this election cycle and whether either candidate would follow through on them if they make it to the White House, a new poll shows.
According to a Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday, fewer than a quarter of voters believe Trump will actually build a wall along the Southern border and make Mexico may for it — a promise he’s made central to his campaign.
Thirty-nine percent of respondents said Trump would try but likely fail and 29 percent anticipate the billionaire won’t even attempt to “build the wall.”
Another 45 percent of voters said Trump would try to deport the 11 million immigrants currently residing in the U.S. illegally, but fail at that too.
When it comes to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s proposal to bar non-American Muslims from entering the country, nearly 30 percent said he will succeed and 21 percent predicted he would forego trying to implement the temporary ban.
Despite Clinton’s comments about reducing the influence of money in politics, an overwhelming 63 percent of voters said the former secretary of state would not do anything about it as president. Nine percent said she would try and succeed and 18 percent said she would try and fail.
Fifty-six percent of voters also said Clinton would also ignore her promise to “curb the power” of Wall Street, while 15 percent said she would do something about it.
“No matter which candidate you pick, you can cut the cynicism with a knife,” Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University survey, said in a statement. “Voters say Trump would try and likely fail, while Clinton would not even try.”
The widespread belief that Clinton and Trump would not accomplish much of what they’ve promised on the campaign trail accompanies the two candidate’s record low favorability ratings.
The survey of 1,561 registered U.S. voters was conducted May 24-30. Results contain a margin of error plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
