Matthew Hooton: How Donald Trump could have salvaged respectability; Joe Biden offers optimism
21 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
6 minutes to read
NZ Herald
The first point to remember is that the majority of Americans never supported Donald Trump.
The disgraced former president never won the popular vote in a national election, losing by 3 million votes in
2016 to Hillary Clinton and by a landslide 7 million in 2020 to Joe Biden, the oldest candidate to stand for the job.
Trump was the first president since polling began who never reached a 50 per cent approval rating at any time during his presidency. His average approval rating over four years is also the worst in polling history.