Just as unpopular

Poll: Clinton just as unpopular as Trump with voters

By Nick Gass

Hillary Clinton is now just as unpopular as Donald Trump among registered voters, according to the results of the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday, after another month of headlines about her email scandal and increased scrutiny about the relationship between her family's foundation and work at the State Department.

Approximately 46 percent of registered voters said they had a favorable opinion of Clinton in early August, dropping eight points to 38 percent in the latest survey, with nearly six in 10 (59 percent) holding an unfavorable opinion of the former secretary of state, an increase of seven points from earlier in the month. Clinton's favorability among all women surveyed swung dramatically negative over the last month, going from a net positive 11 points (54 percent to 43 percent) to a net negative seven points (45 percent to 52 percent), while her standing among men also decreased to a lesser degree.

Clinton's standing also fell among Democrats, going from a net positive 76 points (87 percent to 11 percent) to 61 points in late August (79 percent to 18 percent). Independents' approval of Clinton fell by eight points over the last month, 39 percent to 31 percent, while Trump's support among that group fell by a similar margin.

Registered voters' overall opinion of Trump held steady over the last month, with 37 percent saying they had a positive view of the Republican nominee and 60 percent a negative one. The previous poll showed 36 percent favorable and 61 percent unfavorable for Trump. Among men, Trump's favorability has fallen by six points in the last month, as women voters' views of him have ticked upward, from 26 percent favorable in early August to 33 percent in the latest poll.

The poll was conducted via landlines and cellphones from Aug. 24-28, surveying a random national sample of 1,020 adults with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.