Trump tanks in Gallup presidential leadership poll

by Mark Hensch - 11/01/16 8:58 AM ET

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gets the lowest score Gallup has measured when voters are asked if he has the personality and leadership qualities needed to serve in the White House.

Sixty-seven percent say Trump lacks those qualities, while 32 percent say he has them.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton doesn’t score high in the poll, either, though she is in favorable territory.

{mosads}Fifty-one percent say Clinton has the personality and leadership qualities for the presidency, compared with 47 percent who disagree, according to the Gallup survey released Tuesday.

Gallup said Trump’s results on having the leadership qualities and personality for the presidency are worse than any White House hopeful in its records. The firm asked voters the question in late October in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns.

Sixty-one percent said then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) had the personality and leadership qualities during the 2008 White House race, versus 60 percent for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

Fifty-seven percent said President George W. Bush had those qualities in 2004, compared to 52 percent who said the same thing of Democratic nominee John Kerry.

Bush also received 57 percent in the 2000 cycle, while Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore grabbed 59 percent.

Gallup in 2012 polled voters in July on the questions. Fifty-four percent said President Obama had both traits in July 2012, while 57 percent said the same for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Gallup conducted its latest survey of 945 registered voters via cell and landline telephone interviews from Oct. 27 to 28. It has a margin of error of 4 percent.