Poll Finds Trump Deeply Unpopular Across Europe as Populist Backers Remain Split

Overview

• POLITICO and Public First surveyed 10,510 adults online across the U.S., Canada, U.K., France and Germany from Dec. 5–9, with roughly 2,000 respondents per country and an overall ±2 percentage-point margin of error.
• Negative views were highest in Canada at 72%, roughly two-thirds in France and Germany, and 55% in the U.K., with the U.S. about evenly split at roughly half negative.
• Supporters of right-wing populist parties were relatively more favorable yet divided, including 50% favorable among Reform UK backers and only about a third favorable in France and Germany.
• Party-level splits were stark: France’s National Rally voters leaned negative on Trump (about 38% negative versus 30% positive), while Germany’s AfD voters were nearly even (34% positive, 33% negative).
• The findings complicate the White House push to cultivate “patriotic” European parties by indicating that closer ties to Trump could constrain those parties’ attempts to broaden support.