Fox News Poll: Obama, RFK Jr., and Taylor Swift More Popular Than Harris, Trump
Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Taylor Swift are the only individuals to receive net positive personal ratings, including the current candidates. A new Fox News survey finds Obama with the best rating at +10 points net positive (55% favorable vs. 45% unfavorable). Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a +7 net positive rating (51% favorable, 44% unfavorable), while Taylor Swift garners a positive rating of +3 (49%, 46%). Obama has been campaigning for Kamala Harris, while Swift endorsed her in September. Kennedy dropped out of the presidential race in August and endorsed Donald Trump.
The survey also indicates that those who have a favorable view of Obama back Harris by 61 points, while those with a positive view of Swift back her by 49 points. Voters with a favorable view of Musk back Trump by 67 points, while those who like RFK Jr. back the former president by 45 points. The current presidential and vice-presidential candidates fare worse than their high-profile endorsers. Harris is underwater by 5 points (47% favorable, 52% unfavorable), while Trump is at negative 4 (48%, 52%). Trump’s rating is an improvement from his -8 rating in September, while Harris’ numbers are worse than her -2 net favorability a month ago.
The Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,110 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (129) and cellphones (719) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (262). Results based on both the full registered voter sample and the subsample of 870 likely voters have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error associated with results among subgroup is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, etc.
