53% Of Republicans Say Trump Is Better Than Lincoln

Newsweek reports:

53% of Republicans believe that Donald Trump is a better president than Abraham Lincoln, according to a new poll. The Economist and YouGov published results of its latest polling on U.S. politics this week.

One poll gauged Trump’s favorability versus Lincoln, who was the U.S. president between 1861 and 1865 and who steered America through the Civil War and abolished slavery. Asked “Which Republican president was better?” 53% of Republicans said Trump.

That is in stark contrast to respondents who identify as Democrats and independent. 94 percent of Democrats said Lincoln was the better president, as did 78% of independent voters. Overall, 75% of poll respondents picked Lincoln compared to 25% for Trump.