More and more people are seeing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in an unfavorable light, according to a new poll.
Seventy percent of Americans surveyed in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday view Trump unfavorably, a 10 point jump in the past month. That’s the highest level since he launched his presidential campaign last summer.
Just 29 percent view the presumptive GOP nominee favorably, down 11 points from the prior month.
Clinton is not doing much better since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee last week — 55 percent view her unfavorably this month, which is her highest disapproval rating on record since she became a national figure in March, 1992.
In contrast, 43 percent view her favorably, down from 44 percent last month.
These results make Trump and Clinton the two most unpopular presumptive major party presidential nominees in ABC News/Washington Post polling dating back to 1984.
The rise in unfavorable numbers for both candidates can be attributed to men, according to the poll. A record 63 percent of men view Clinton unfavorably, while 62 percent say the same about Trump. Last month, those numbers were 59 percent and 54 percent, respectively.
Female disenchantment is more strong for Trump than Clinton, however. Seventy-seven percent of women view Trump unfavorably (an 8 point rise over the past month), compared with 47 percent for Clinton (a 1 point drop).
The racial and ethnic divide between Trump and Clinton is even more stark.
Nearly all blacks see Trump negatively (94 percent), as do 89 percent of Hispanics. Only 59 percent of whites view him in a bad light, while 68 percent of whites view Clinton unfavorably. Clinton is seen much more positively than Trump by blacks and Hispanics.
Within each candidate’s respective party, poll results are more damning for Trump. Trump is rated favorably by just 65 percent of Republicans, while Clinton favorable rating among Democrats is 75 percent.
Trump garners positive ratings from just 47 percent of conservatives, and a majority of liberals view Clinton favorably, 59 percent.
The telephone-based poll of a 1,000 U.S. adults was conducted June 8-12 by Langer Research Associates. Results have margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
