President Donald Trump is viewed as one "who is fighting the Washington D.C. establishment" by 54 percent of likely voters and only seen as belonging to that establishment by 26 percent, according to a John Zogby Strategies Poll released on Tuesday and published in Forbes.
The fact that Trump is not viewed as part of the establishment appears to give him a boost, especially at a time when being part of the establishment is not seen as positive.
Other results from the survey show:
- Among Republicans, 67 percent say he is anti-establishment, while 46 percent of Democrats agree.
- Sixty-three percent of voters age 65 years and older say he fights the establishment, while only 45 percent of those under 50 agree.
- Among whites, 56 percent say Trump is anti-establishment, while 46 percent of Hispanics and 44 percent of African Americans agree.
The survey was conducted among 1,001 likely voters nationwide on July 5-6, and carries a margin-of-sampling error of +/-3.2 percentage points for overall results. Error margins are higher for subgroups.
John Zogby, founder of the survey, said the poll clearly shows that most voters view Trump as fighting the establishment even though he grew up in luxury and has cultivated an image of extravagance.
Zogby says this carries on a tradition of three previous populists in the White House:
- Andrew Jackson, the self-styled "Tribune of the People," who broke through the Massachusetts-Virginia stranglehold of the presidency by taking advantage of universal manhood suffrage.
- Theodore Roosevelt, the "Steward of the People", who saw himself as the "trustbuster" fighting the power of corporations.
- Abraham Lincoln, born in a log cabin and known as "Honest Abe" and "the rail-splitter."
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