Overview

• The Economist/YouGov poll of 1,656 U.S. adults shows Jimmy Kimmel at +3 net favorability versus President Trump at -13, a 16-point gap.
• Kimmel highlighted the result on Jimmy Kimmel Live, telling viewers he is “more popular than the president of the United States.”
• He mocked Trump’s standing with quips about having a lower approval rating than Diddy and diarrhea and urged, “Release the Epstein files.”
• White House spokesperson Anna Kelly dismissed the poll in a statement referencing Trump’s 77 million Election Day votes and deriding Kimmel’s ratings.
• The polling follows ABC’s brief suspension of Kimmel’s show over an “ill-timed and thus insensitive” monologue, with his return drawing about 6.2 million TV viewers and 21 million YouTube views.