A stunning Fox News polls claims that Americans would be embarrassed to have billionaire Donald Trump as president — and that they’d be much prouder to have former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and even current President Barack Obama as the Commander-in-Chief.
But many are wondering if the poll is nothing but the latest shameful tactic by Fox in its long-running war with Trump.
According to the data released today, Fox News is claiming eight out of every 10 Americans would not be proud to have Trump as president. Those numbers quickly improved, however, when respondents were asked how they feel about Clinton and Obama.
Twenty-eight percent of respondents said they’d be proud to have Clinton as president and nearly 40 percent said they’re currently proud to have Obama in the Oval Office.
The network also identifies Trump GOP rivals Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson as polling much higher than Trump in terms of presidential pride.
The Horn detailed yesterday the personal feud between media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Trump that has quickly devolved from disagreement to political war. So the timing of the poll has aroused suspicions — and left questions about who the respondents really were.
The Trump campaign has yet to respond to these allegations, possibly due to their boycott of the network.
According to the Associated Press, Trump is increasingly courting a wing of the Republican Party that might seem antithetical to his brand: evangelical Christians.
After initially declining the invitation, Trump will be speaking Friday in front of an expected 2,000 social conservative leaders at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit in Washington. He joins a speaking program that includes Republican rivals with long records of dedication to religious causes — among them, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist pastor, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
“I love them. They love me,” Trump, a Presbyterian, said of evangelicals last month in Greenville, South Carolina. “I love the Evangelicals, and it’s really shown in the polls.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story
View the Fox News poll here
if that the case shame on fox news.
I had correctly stated a long time ago that FOX FAKERS are just that and had taken a lot of gruff for that, I wonder what they all are saying now? We no longer have a free press and that equates to “US” no longer being a free country – you can’t have one without the other. REVOLUTION will be the SOLUTION!
Nothing but a ploy by the Republican Party because he is kicking the shit out them. Whether the establishment parties like it or not, when “the people” vote, he will be our next president.
How come every poll I vote in(no matter what the site is) the results always show Trump winning 2 or 3 to 1? Something is not lining up. Maybe Hillary isn’t the only one who lies most of the time.
Bye, Bye Fox. Lets start counting all the viewers that will be leaving your change in direction as you join the MSM club.
What in the world is going on at FOX? They seem to be doing the same thing they accuse the main stream media of doing; producing fake polls. If they continue to jump on Trump, they will lose a lot of viewers, and I will be at the head of the line. This is so stupid!
SHAME ON YOU, FOX NEWS! I AM NO LONGER WATCHING SPITEFUL AND HATEFUL MEGYN KELLY.
SEAN ANNITY IS THE ONLY PERSON I CARE TO SPEND MY TIME ON FOX, HE IS A GREAT AND DECENT PERSON.
DONALD TRUMP WILL BE PRESIDENT, AND THE VERY BEST!
Ok..donald..that’s enough!!
I agree.
A sad day 4 this country if trump becomes presendent. The worst pos ever to run 4 president.
it’s a sad day when people who are allowed to vote can’t even spell president.
The polling must have been to strictly progressive Liberals…I’m not buying into it….Sounds pretty fictitious !
Yea, Phil Sargent, I agree. Or perhaps Megyn Kelly and Rich Lowry conducted the polls; but only among their few friends. Kelly and Lowry have been dumping on Trump for the past week on the “Kelly Files” program that Megyn Kelly has on FOX News. I say, FOX News is no longer a “fair and balanced” Network.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCONCEIVABLE THAT AFTER ALL THE LIES, CORRUOTION SCANDALS AND THE COVER UP OF “BENGHAZI” anyone who love our Nation would even considered HILLARY (liar) CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT “UNLESS” they are either IGNORANTS OR AGAINST THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY.
I AM NOT CONSIDERING ANYONE IN PARTICULAR. BUT ONE THING I AM SURE OF IS. THAT HILLARY WOULDN’T BE IN MY LIST OF OPTIONS.
AMEN
It did say only 28% would be proud to have Clinton President. That’s not too high either. My argument is with he 40% that are proud of Obama but a lot of this may have to do with the wording of the question. Many may be proud that our country was able to elect a black man and not take into consideration his actions.
I would be proud to have Ben Carson as President even though I might like Cruz or Rand Paul better.
Yes, mootsagootda, write on, for you are totally right. The Fox poll is a delusional assessment. If they took, let’s say only 1,000 surveys, they are big fat liars because polls are incorrect anyway. For instance, a small survey dies not represent any candidate; we have 385 million in this country, yes many are very young people who do not have an opinion or can vote, but outside of those, this us a ridiculous small percentage people who were polled and, no matter how many people pulled, the is certainly not viable to say that lying, distrustful Hillary would win. Besides, if anyone follows the news closely, Obama and Hillary had a heated discussion where she accused him and his staff for proliferating news about her problems and investigation about Bengazi where she shouted at him to back off, with his reply that she got herself in this mess and deal with it. Frankly, news saying that Hillary will be next president is syfy scenario. Trump is my chose no matter what anyone might say. He should not worry, as he tells it like it is, and I believe he is an excellent businessman with answers to “Make America Great Again.’
Shame on you, Roger Ailes for allowing this tactic. Your time is up! You’re fired.
Ailes fires himself! That WOULD be news!
Good Bye Fox News!
PURE and SIMPLE
B.S.
This whole thing between Trump and Fox is such a lose-lose. Sad. I wish there was someone other than him.. Ben Carson seems to lack the necessary fire, but he’s my favorite–no gaffes yet and spot on with all the problems.
Just another Murdock underhanded attack on Mr. Trump. Murdock, and his puppet Aires, are so in the tank for “JEB” it is pathetic! And what stooooopid questions! (spelling intentional)
You are correct, Hiffback, in that Murdock and Aires. Jeb Bush for president would be disastrous for Anerica. He is a pathetic example, weak in nature, would nit have the true grit to tell Russia, China, or the Middle East terrorists to shove it. He would be another useless, gutless Ford and ignorant Jimmy Carter who gave away the Panama Canal. I must admit, that when Carter did so, he did not realize that the country who got it had to possess a strong military. Jeb, no way, he has “soft hands” so-to-speak, and would not have a strong policy about border control and immigration at all; why? He is married to a Hispanic/Latino. Could anyone imagine how a conversation would go with our enemies as Russia, China, North Korea, or Iran under a Jeb presidency?
Why would anyone in their right mind vote for Hillary? It appears to me that FOX has stacked the deck against Trump, and gone the way of the other news networks.
Whereas, Democrats/liberals/progs would all ask the musical question, “Why would anyone in their right mind vote for ANY Republican?
Agree…..Why would anyone in there right mind vote Rep (and I am a Rep)
B—S—-!
I do not believe the American people would EVER prefer Clinton over Trump. I would vote for anyone over Hillary Clinton. She is a liar and a a blame everyone else person. And, I do believe she has broken the law.
I am not a hillary supporter but G– help us if trump ever got 2 b president. You think trump is truthful? How do u think he got all his billions. The truth is he lies. He knows nothing about government except to spread his money around. He is the king of the self interest groups. After the election let him going back to buying real estate and continue to put his name on the buildings he buys. Maybe he will add to thse 4 bankrupties he has already accumulated.
So long Fox News … I thought that you were a real voice for America … just more bullshit.
i have quit watching meghan kelly also. i used to watch her before the first debate.
I watched fox every day this week. I have not seen such a poll.
Where is the horn getting this information?
EDITORS NOTE: Link to the Fox News article is at the bottom of the story
I am embarrassed to have Fox news thinking that someone believes their polls! If we can’t ban marijuana at least the govt should be able to ban polls since their purpose is to intoxicate voters into hallucinating voters into believing they contain real info. With computers a poll could easily be fabricated on a programmers desk to put out what ever info the media/press mogul wanted to disseminated.
This “poll” seems like the figment of a pollster’s mind caused by panic over the fact that the silent majority is silent no more. They are losing their influence/control of elections/candidates. The establishment is being disestablished. Or is it de-established.
Notice that the media/press is leading the campaign down the road they want it to be on instead of the candidates doing and saying what they intend to do. They run the debates, determine the questions in the debate, run all the polls, have endless blogs that ask questions about any and all GOP candidates regardless of their race or sex, but nary a discouraging word about the weird dims. Does anyone think fair and objective reporting is possible to come out of such a controlled environment?
A solution, maybe even the solution, is for the govt to operate a political TV channel. Candidates could then post videos, blogs, essays, get supporters to make comments, and even offer explanations of what they believe and why they voted for this or that if applicable. why HRC could get the AIC in Iran, the Ayatollah in charge in Iran to make a video supporting her if she thought
Personally I never watch the debates because I don’t care how any candidate answers questions of questionable objectivity. Plus this would not require billions of candidate’s or party money to campaign. So candidates would no longer be representing the party to the people, but instead would do what they are supposed to do. Represent their constituents in the process of Constitutional govt. Govt by the people, of the people, and for the people! And represent themselves to the voters.
Keep in mind it is a/the govt that operates the actual voting process to keep it fair. And is supposed to regulate the spending. There is too much influence of money in elections now, probably to try and make sure things are not changed as the rich want to stay rich just like I want to keep my meager funds.
I found the findings of this poll to be questionable. I’m not a Trump supporter, but I find it hard to believe many sane American would prefer Hillary or President Obama over Donald Trump. Hillary is such an accomplished liar that few expect her to exhibit honesty or integrity. She and President Obama have left a string of failures in their wake. We still don’t know who in the Obama administration dropped the ball when it came to responding to the Benghazi pleas for assistance. Under Hillary and Obama’s leadership the world has become less safe and less American.
Donald Trump would have a hard time being less competent in leading our nation than Hillary or President Obama. It would be interesting to see the questions which were asked in this poll, who was called and the time of day they were called. I question the quality of Fox’s polls if this is representative of their polls.
In the long run these poll results are going to make Fox look worse than Donald Trump. For Trump this will be out of the news cycle by Monday. For Fox News this is going to cast a permanent shadow of their competence in polling. I don’t watch Fox News. I found their programming to be neither fair nor balanced.
Any one who would want Obama as president again is not in their right mind. Where ever he goes he leaves a trail of unrest and any people. in Africa will say amen to that Look at Africa. Having lived there for 74 years i am well aware of the what he is up to. Make each country hate the next one and war follows. Look at Syria and Ukraine he was the leader to cause upset by sending in arms. The Obama and Clinton pair make me feel that the USA have lost their way to decent living. Look at the new laws that are being silent slipped in to trip up innocent law -a-biding folk. Add Monsanto and the crooked FDA and the sonariio could not get any worse for the people of the US. Big Pharma together with Gates, Obama and Clinton make an unhealthy life for Americans. Killing fields.
Shame shame on Fox. It is obvious that there is some funny stuff going on. Trump is leading in the polls, yet Fox comes out of the blue with that sillyness?
Fancy American voters even CARING about which power-mad sociopath-Hitlery or Donald the Chump- is to be “preferred” as President! Neither of these candidates (or their rivals) have the slightest idea of what a Constitutional Republic IS, and still less what the role of the President is. It is NOT to “plan the economy” NOT to make people virtuous (a la “war-on-drugs”) NOT wage undeclared wars all over the planet, NOT appoint Federal Reserve Chairs who are destroying our currency with the endless “quantitative easing” and “zero interest rates”, and NOT embarrass Americans everywhere by implementing a foreign policy composed of equal amounts of force and fraud against small and defenseless countries. DISGUSTING!.
We can and should do better…a LOT better!
Are there ANY possibilities in this truly depressing sorry litter of Presidential wannabes? My suggestion is Rand Paul for the GOP (OK, he isn’t his father Ron Paul, but who is?) who is perhaps the most strongly free market oriented Republican of the lot, who will push for a long overdue complete and independent audit of the FED, who will clearly work to repeal Obama’s dreadful “National Healthcare”, who clearly, unlike other Republicans, respects civil liberties (look at his attacks on the “Patriot Act, the NDAA, the Military commissions Act, and other such outrages) and is even (sometimes) less warlike and militaristic in foreign policy.
Bernie Sanders, a socialist from Vermont, holds firm to a lot of destructive and reckless ideas on tax, monetary, trade, and labor policies, as Socialists always do, but he is no worse then Hitlery,,or her fellow Democrats, and he has sometimes shown himself to be BETTER on certain foreign policy and civil liberties issues, If Ms. Clinton embodies the WORST of the Democrats, maybe Sanders embodies honesty and straightforwardness,,,simple decency, if not the “best”.
I am so ashamed of Meghan Kelly! I always loved her but I see the “getting even” attitude about Donald Trump and it is so un-becoming for a Newscaster, especially Fox News! Hannity is fair and balanced and Bill O’Reilly much of the time but Meghan Kelly is a little “too big for her britches”! I am very disappointed in her…I thought she had more class than that!
Donald Trump is alittle crass in his sarcasm but he says it like it is and it is refreshing to have a candidate speak truthfully! I hope he wins and turns our country around…and how about Ben Carson for V.P.!
From a true American and proud of my country!
How about voting for a president that has CHARACTER??? We want to have a President that we can look up to,
not one who is always bragging on himself & telling how rich he is, & putting people down all the time. I don’t even have
to mention his name, you already know who I am referring to.
Check each of the candidates watch & listen closely, choose the one you would like to be proud of , not one you would
be embarrassed with, flying off the handle all the time.
You cannot go wrong if you vote & look for who has this outstanding quality, just remember, CHARACTER.