Donald Trump Losing Favorability Among Republicans: Poll

Republicans are increasingly viewing Donald Trump in negative terms following a string of controversies related to the GOP nominee's treatment of women, a new poll finds.

Trump's unfavorable number among Republicans now sits at 33 percent, according to a Gallup survey released Thursday. That number has risen three points since Gallup's previous survey last week.

The Republican nominee's favorable numbers dropped by five points. Trump is now viewed favorably by 64 percent of Republicans, down from 69 percent in the last survey.

Trump has been under increased scrutiny from Republicans since the emergence of a tape on Friday in which Trump spoke in lewd terms about sexually assaulting women. Since then, more than two dozen Republican leaders have either dropped their support of Trump or called on him to drop from the top of the ticket altogether.

Gallup pollsters reported that Trump's image did not start to slump until Saturday interviews, "perhaps reflecting a delayed reaction to Republican leaders' public drop in support."

Since the Gallup poll was completed, multiple women have come forward to say that Trump assaulted or inappropriately touched them.

Trump's positive mark among Republicans is now well below Hillary Clinton's 84 percent favorable number among Democrats.

The Republican presidential nominee has been on the warpath against the GOP establishment in the past few days after the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan held a conference call on Monday in which he said he would no longer defend Trump.

A national NBC News Wall Street Journal poll conducted between Saturday and Monday showed Clinton ahead of Trump by 10 points, an increase over her 7 point edge in the same poll last month.

In recent national polling, Clinton leads head-to-head match-ups against Trump, with the Democrat holding 48 percent support compared to 41.8 percent for the New York businessman, according to averages compiled by RealClear Politics.

Gallup conducted its latest polling of 5,000 U.S. adults via cell and landline telephone interviews from Oct. 1-11. It has a 3 percent margin of error.

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