Americans Think Republicans Are Too Loyal To Trump, Poll Suggests

Some Americans said loyalty to President Donald Trump is the thing they like the least about the GOP, according to a Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll released Wednesday.

The new survey found that 12% of U.S. adults responded Trump or “loyalty to Trump” when asked what they dislike most about the Republican Party. Another 4% of adults said they disliked the GOP for not backing Trump enough, according to the poll. 

Of those surveyed, 4% mentioned “ineffective” or “weak and unqualified” leadership as what they dislike most about the Republican Party, the poll suggests.

One male independent voter based in New Jersey said that he thinks Republicans “don’t think for themselves, only follow whatever the lying, arrogant Donald Trump says,” the Washington Post reported. Meanwhile, a female independent voter from Tennessee mentioned “Trump’s hold on the party” as her least favorite part about the GOP, according to the Post’s survey.

“Americans are overwhelmingly rejecting the Democrats’ out-of-touch agenda while rallying behind President Trump and Republicans’ commonsense policies,” Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kiersten Pels told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement. “As Democrats double down on fringe issues like handouts for illegals and boys in girls sports, President Trump-backed candidates continue dominating nationwide.”