A quarter of Americans view both President Joe Biden and his rival former President Donald Trump as unfavorable in the highest share of so-called "double haters" over the last 10 elections, according to a new poll.
A Pew Research Center survey released Friday found that 25% of Americans hold negative views of both the major party candidates.
The next highest percentage was during the 2016 contest between Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, when 20% of Americans held unfavorable opinions of both candidates at this period in the campaign.
The negative attitudes oward Biden, 81, and Trump, 78, have nearly doubled since they ran against each other in 2020.
"Prior to 2016, no more than about 1-in-10 Americans had held unfavorable opinions of both major party candidates at this stage of any of the seven previous presidential campaigns," the poll noted.
"And during several campaigns - most recently George W. Bush versus John Kerry in 2004 - no more than about 5% did," it added.
Only 3% feel favorably toward both Biden and Trump.
Thirty-six percent have a favorable view of Trump than Biden, and 34% see Biden as more favorable than Trump.
Americans' opinions of the two candidates have remained steady since March, the poll said.
Pew noted that the poll was conducted between May 13-19, before Trump was convicted in Manhattan criminal court on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels.
He was convicted on May 30.
