First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump. Reuters = Yonhap News
Melania, 51, the wife of US President Donald Trump, recorded the lowest level of favorability in the last poll conducted while in office as first lady. President Trump and Mrs. Melania’s four-year term ends at noon on the 20th (local time).
The US CNN broadcast on the 17th said that as a result of a survey of 1003 adults (with 95% confidence, ±3.7% of error range), and 42% of Ms. Melania’s favorability, after commissioning the SSRS, an opinion polling agency, from the 9th. The dislikeness toward Ms. Melania was 47%.
Ms. Melania’s affinity was counted as 47% in the first poll conducted by CNN in 2016. CNN said on the day, “Mr. Melania’s favorability was the lowest since February 2016. According to this poll, Mrs. Melania is expected to leave the White House with the lowest degree of favorability,” CNN said.
Ms. Melania’s favorability is lower than when her predecessors left the White House. Former First Lady Michelle Obama had a 69% favorable rating in a poll conducted by CNN and polling agency ORC in January 2017, just before President Barack Obama retired.
Mrs. Laura and Hillary Clinton, the wife of former President George W. Bush, also showed favorability of 67% and 56%, respectively, in the last poll conducted before leaving the White House.
Ms. Melania’s record of the lowest favorable rating so far was 43% of the poll conducted by CNN in December of the same year after she went to Africa alone in October 2018. At that time, Ms. Melania was criticized for wearing a’Pith helmet’, a hat symbolizing African colonialism, in a Kenya safari park.
On the contrary, the most favored Ms. Melania was after attending the funeral of Barbara, the wife of former President George HW Bush, in May 2018. At the time, Ms. Melania recorded a favorable rating of 57% in a poll conducted by CNN.
Meanwhile, in this survey, President Trump’s favorability was 33%. The media said, “Mr. Melania’s favorability among Republican supporters was 84%, higher than President Trump (79%) and Vice President Mike Pence (72%).”
Reporter Jeong Hye-jeong [email protected]