President Donald Trump and three potential candidates for president are ending the year with low favorability ratings, according to a new poll.
An Economist/YouGov poll released Tuesday found Trump, Vice President JD Vance, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., with favorability ratings under 45%.
Just 40% of respondents have a favorable view of Trump, compared to the 56% who don’t, according to the poll.
When broken down by party, 97% of Democrats view him unfavorably and 3% favorably, while 89% of Republicans rate him favorably and 9% unfavorably.
The president’s approval rating is almost identical to his favorability rating, with 39% approving of Trump’s work as president and 56% disapproving of the work he has done.
Vance, meanwhile, has a smaller unfavorable rating than Trump, according to the poll.
Half of the survey’s respondents have an unfavorable view of Vance, while 37% view him favorably.
In several polls of hypothetical Republican presidential primaries, Vance is the frontrunner.
Vance has not announced a 2028 run for president, but he has been endorsed by Erika Kirk, the CEO of Turning Point USA and widow of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
Newsom, meanwhile, is the frontrunner in several hypothetical Democratic presidential primary polls.
In the Economist/YouGov poll, Newsom has a 44% unfavorable rating and a 33% favorable rating.
In an interview with CBS News, Newsom said he would consider a presidential run after the 2026 midterms.
Another potential candidate for president is Ocasio-Cortez, who has a 43% unfavorable rating and a 32% favorable rating, according to the poll.
In a recent poll released by The Argument/Verasight this month, Ocasio-Cortez led Vance in a hypothetical matchup by 51% to 49%.
When asked about The Arugment/Verasight poll’s findings by Migrant Insider’s Pablo Manriquez, she initially dismissed it but then added: “But, let the record show: I would stomp him.”
Axios previously reported that the representative’s team is preparing her for either a presidential or Senate run in 2028.
The Economist/YouGov poll, conducted Dec. 26-29, featured 1,550 U.S. adult respondents and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.