Strong. Arrogant. Incompetent. Great. Americans have choice words for President Trump.
By Scott Clement and Kevin Uhrmacher September 27 at 7:00 AM
Donald Trump has been on the giving and receiving end of name-calling, from coining “Crooked Hillary” Clinton to “Little Marco” Rubio during the 2016 campaign to himself being called a “dotard,” an arcane insult lobbed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un just last week.
But what words would average Americans use to sum up Trump, in the anonymity of a survey interview? A new Washington Post-ABC News poll sought to find out by asking a random sample of 1,002 adults, “what one word best describes your impression of Trump?”
The chart shows the most frequent words used, grouping together similar categories. The top group at 9 percent described Trump as “strong,” “determined” or “bold.” But three of the top five categories include far harsher words including “arrogant,” “incompetent” and “idiotic,” each chosen by between 6 and 8 percent of adults.
Another 6 percent praise Trump as “good,” “great” or the “greatest,” but the rest of the top 10 categories tilt more negative, going from “bad” to “buffoon” to a word that starts with “a” and ends with “hole.” Some 2 percent call Trump a racist or a Nazi. While a small percentage, these still rank among the most common single-word descriptors.
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