72 Percent of Republicans Think Trump is a Good Role Model for Children

One Percent of Democrats Agree

A new Quinnipiac University National Poll released this week found that 72 percent of Republicans believe Donald Trump is a good role model for children, compared to just one percent of Democrats who share the same view.

The poll was conducted January 19-23, and Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,245 voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percentage points. Pollsters call landlines and cell phones.

 “It is important that a president be a good role model for children, 90 percent of American voters say, Quinnipiac reported, further noting that Trump is anything but – at least according to 67 percent of those they spoke with.

“There is almost no gender gap in grading President Trump’s standing as a role model,” the results showed. “Every party, gender, education, age and racial group, except Republicans, say the president falls short.”

That “except Republicans” revealed the 72 percent of those polled believed that Trump is a good role model for children. “Another key element of the president’s base,” they continued, “white voters with no college degree, [who] say 54-41 percent that he is not a good role model for children.”

The poll also revealed some other interesting data:

Trump’s grades on most character traits remain negative as voters say:
60 – 35 percent that he is not honest;
59 – 38 percent that he does not have good leadership skills;
57 – 40 percent that he does not care about average Americans;
65 – 30 percent that he is not level-headed;
61 – 36 percent that he is a strong person;
54 – 40 percent that he is intelligent;
61 – 34 percent that he does not share their values.

In July of last year, Donald Trump politicized a speech to 40,000 Boy Scouts at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. He used his platform to discuss an inappropriate cocktail party, use vulgar language and incite children to boo former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The speech prompted Michael Surbaugh, Chief Scout Executive for the Boy Scouts of America, to publicly apologize for the president’s behavior.