--- title: Poll: Most Republicans Don't Want to Block Trump Nomination description: Trump lead the GOP field, but could face a hard time in the general election—while Kasich has the potential to defeat Clinton canonical: https://time.com/4270048/trump-clinton-kasich-bloomberg-poll/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-23T23:15:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:10:01.654Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: Most Republicans Don't Want to Block Trump Nomination og:description: Trump leads the GOP, but could face a hard time in November og:url: https://time.com/4270048/trump-clinton-kasich-bloomberg-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296e1aa2099174ad/69888be13c1639ce4845c83f/donald-trump-stop-bullying-yale-psychologists.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Florida Town Hall Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: Most Republicans Don't Want to Block Trump Nomination twitter:description: Trump leads the GOP, but could face a hard time in November twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296e1aa2099174ad/69888be13c1639ce4845c83f/donald-trump-stop-bullying-yale-psychologists.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: Most Republicans Don't Want to Block Trump Nomination by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 23, 2016 11:15 PM UTC  Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during town hall event at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Monday, March 14, 2016\. As protesters shadow campaign appearances by Trump, the billionaire has shifted a planned Monday-night rally in south Florida to Ohio, where polls show Governor John Kasich may be pulling ahead days before the states primary election. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during town hall event at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Monday, March 14, 2016\. As protesters shadow campaign appearances by Trump, the billionaire has shifted a planned Monday-night rally in south Florida to Ohio, where polls show Governor John Kasich may be pulling ahead days before the states primary election. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAndrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 23, 2016 11:15 PM UTC Donald Trump leads the field of potential Republican nominees, but [could face a hard time in the general election](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-23/republicans-in-bloomberg-poll-not-sold-on-plan-to-stop-trump-im5c37sf), according to a new poll. In a Bloomberg Politics national poll released Wednesday some 63% of Republican voters would back Trump as the nominee if he has the most delegates come their national convention in July—[echoing Trump’s argument against the GOP establishment](http://time.com/4255169/gop-debate-contested-convention-trump/). If Trump were the nominee, however, the billionaire could face a tough fight with Democrat Hillary Clinton, who would crush him in a general election match-up—54% to 36% respectively. The only current Republican contender who could potentially win against Clinton in November, according to the poll, is Ohio Gov. John Kasich, beating the former Secretary of State by 4 points. Kasich and other Republicans are hoping that Trump will fail to reach the required number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination—1,237—and that they can [oust the front-runner at a contested convention](http://time.com/4263772/donald-trump-delegates-republican-convention/). Of those voting for Kasich or Ted Cruz in the Republican primary race, just 57% say they’re doing so out of genuine support for their candidate, not to stop Trump. Trump’s favorabillity rating is low, with 68% of Americans viewing him unfavorably, while 53% see Clinton that way. That is a 13% rise in dislike of Trump since a November Bloomberg poll. The national poll was conducted March 19-22 using a sample 1,000 adults with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. 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