--- title: Majority 'Could Not See Supporting' Trump, Cruz, Clinton description: Sanders and Kasich don't perform much better canonical: https://time.com/4298501/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-unpopular-poll/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-18T22:33:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:55:49.574Z article:section: Politics og:title: Majority of Americans 'Could Not See' Supporting Trump, Cruz or Clinton og:description: Bernie Sanders and John Kasich don't perform much better og:url: https://time.com/4298501/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-unpopular-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f1e443f69b6bee/69888f970a4a228cfc9c94b2/empty-seats-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ALBANY, NY - APRIL 11: Signs are seen in empty seats before republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on Monday April 11, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via G og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Majority of Americans 'Could Not See' Supporting Trump, Cruz or Clinton twitter:description: Bernie Sanders and John Kasich don't perform much better twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f1e443f69b6bee/69888f970a4a228cfc9c94b2/empty-seats-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Majority of Voters 'Could Not See' Supporting Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or Hillary Clinton ## Video: Trump & Clinton Expected to Win New York Primary [Watch (HLS stream): Trump & Clinton Expected to Win New York Primary](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4Urlawax.m3u8) (1:29)  _Published 2016-04-12. While frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are expected to win, taking New York on April 19th is still vital for both candidates._ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 18, 2016 10:33 PM UTC  Signs are seen in empty seats before republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on April 11, 2016. Signs are seen in empty seats before republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on April 11, 2016.Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 18, 2016 10:33 PM UTC More than half of registered voters said they [could not see themselves supporting ](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/unpopularity-contest-poll-shows-grim-outlook-2016-winner-n557821)Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or Hillary Clinton in a new poll. The [NBC News/_Wall Street Journal_ poll](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A%5FPolitics/16229%20NBCWSJ%20April%20Poll.pdf) found that Donald Trump elicited the most responses from registered voters saying they “could not see” themselves supporting him, with 68% agreeing. Some 61% said the same about Cruz, 58% about Clinton, and just under 50% for both Bernie Sanders and John Kasich. Still, should their party’s current front runner become the nominee, 73% of Democrats said they would be satisfied with Clinton as their candidate, compared with 63% of Republicans who said they would be satisfied with Trump. “The Republicans have a party problem, and the Democrats have a candidate problem,” explained Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who worked on the poll. His Republican colleague commented, “As primaries go deeper, the opposition \[becomes\] more negative.” The poll was conducted among 1,000 registered voters from April 10 to 14 and has an overall margin of error of +/- 3.1%. \[[NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/unpopularity-contest-poll-shows-grim-outlook-2016-winner-n557821)\] Majority 'Could Not See Supporting' Trump, Cruz, Clinton ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4298501/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-unpopular-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4298501/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-unpopular-poll/"},"headline":"Majority of Voters 'Could Not See' Supporting Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2016-04-18T22:33:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:55:49.574Z","description":"Sanders and Kasich don't perform much better","url":"https://time.com/4298501/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-unpopular-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f1e443f69b6bee/69888f970a4a228cfc9c94b2/empty-seats-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f1e443f69b6bee/69888f970a4a228cfc9c94b2/empty-seats-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ALBANY, NY - APRIL 11: Signs are seen in empty seats before republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on Monday April 11, 2016. 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