A new poll is shining light on which political figure is considered the most popular.
According to the latest Harvard-CAPS Harris poll, released Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are in a tie for the title among a large pool of candidates, with the two officials receiving a positive 3% net favorability rating.
The poll showed mixed views of both Kennedy and Rubio. Kennedy received the highest share of a very unfavorable rating at 26%, followed by 25% favorable, 18% very favorable and 14% unfavorable. Rubio’s numbers were also split, though favorable won out at 20%.
Per the poll, trailing behind Kennedy and Rubio are Vice President JD Vance and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) — both finding themselves with a positive 1% favorability.
President Donald Trump is not too far behind his GOP counterparts, according to the poll, standing at a negative 3% net approval rating. Thirty-eight percent view him very unfavorably, compared to 26% very favorably, 20% favorably and 11% unfavorably.
Meanwhile, former President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took tough blows in the poll, remaining poorly rated at negative 11% and negative 16% net approval, respectively. At the bottom of the rankings are Russian President Vladimir Putin at negative 53% and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro at negative 20%.
The poll also evaluated voter temperature on Trump’s performance in his return to the White House.
According to the poll, the president’s overall approval rating has ticked up to 47% in December, just one month after hitting a low this year of 44%. Breaking down the numbers, 37% strongly disapprove of his job as president, 27% strongly approve, 20% somewhat approve, 12% somewhat disapprove and 4% are unsure.
Trump’s approval ratings across major issues have simultaneously increased, with a 44% approval on the economy, 49% approval on immigration, 45% on foreign affairs and 40% on handling inflation, the poll showed. His highest-rated issues are fighting crime in U.S. cities (51%) and returning America to its values (50%).
The poll did, however, reveal that a plurality of respondents believe that Trump is underperforming — but a majority said he is doing a better job as president than Biden by a 53%-47% margin. Among voters, 43% believe Trump’s policies will make them financially worse off, compared to 32% for financially better off and 25% for about the same or doesn’t matter.
When asked about whether the country is on the right track, 39% of respondents argue it is, and 52% say it is not. On the economy, 36% see the current state as heading in the right direction, while 55% said the opposite.
Among approval ratings of both parties, the GOP’s net favorability slightly rose to 46%, with 54% disapproving, the poll found. The Democratic Party’s net rating dipped to 41%, with 59% disapproving.
The poll, conducted Dec. 2-4, surveyed 2,204 registered voters. The margin of error for the total sample is plus or minus 1.99 percentage points.