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Does America want billionaire Bloomberg as president? New poll says he is unpopular
- US billionaire launched his campaign three weeks ago and has already spent US$100 million of TV and digital ads
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Electability is a central pillar of former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s newly launched presidential campaign, but a new poll finds he is deeply unpopular with voters in the United States.
A Monmouth University poll found about twice as many registered voters rated Bloomberg negatively as positively – 54 per cent unfavourable, 26 per cent favourable.
That margin was significantly worse than for five other Democratic candidates, as well as for President Donald Trump. That same measure hampered Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016.
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A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday found that despite Bloomberg’s negative personal ratings, he led Trump by six percentage points in a head-to-head match-up, 48 per cent to 42 per cent. That was in the middle of the pack for Democratic hopefuls, ranging from a nine-point lead over Trump for former vice-president Joe Biden to a narrow four-point edge for Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar.
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In both the Quinnipiac and Monmouth polls, Bloomberg garnered 5 per cent support nationally for the Democratic nomination, narrowly higher than some other recent polls.
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