Everyone Hates Kirk, No One Knows About Piker
New Survey Highlights Massive Name Recognition Gap Between Voters And Those Online
New polling from is taking a look at the opinions of several notable individuals in American political life.
Right off the bat, the single most disliked individual in American politics is Erika Kirk, whose favorability sits at 28%, while her unfavorability is much higher at 54%. Another 12% have no opinion of her, while 6% have never heard of her.
The next two on the list are Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens, both of whom share 17% favorability ratings. However, Shapiro’s unfavorables sit at 44%, while Owens sits at 40%. Nearly the same share of respondents said they are unfamiliar with them, at 28% for Shapiro and 29% for Owens, while the rest said they had never heard of them.
The next two are individuals running for office on the Republican side: Spencer Pratt and James Fishback. Pratt is the better known of the two, with 25% viewing him favorably and 29% viewing him unfavorably. Another 31% said they do not have an opinion of him, while 15% have heard of him but still hold no view.
The other is Fishback, where only 10% view him favorably and 23% unfavorably, while a whopping 53% do not have an opinion and 14% have heard of him but hold no view.
Onto the Democratic side of things, and we have Graham Platner and Hasan Piker. Platner posts a result of 19% favorability and 25% unfavorability, with 37% not knowing who he is and 19% not having an opinion of him.
The only person who performed worse than Fishback was Piker, where 10% view him favorably and 19% unfavorably, with 56% not knowing who he is and 15% not having an opinion.
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Among Republicans, Erika Kirk actually performs the best of the group, with 62% viewing her favorably and 21% unfavorably. That is followed by 46% having a favorable view of Spencer Pratt and 13% viewing him unfavorably.
Perhaps what is a little funny is that Owens and Shapiro both sit underwater among Republicans, despite both having their strongest bases there. Shapiro and Owens sit at 24% and 25% favorability respectively, while their unfavorables sit at 28% and 32%, with large shares saying they have heard of them but hold no opinion either way.
Fishback had the lowest net approvals, but once again, 55% of respondents had never heard of him before.
Compare that to Platner and Piker, both of whom have little to no favorability among Republicans as expected, and much higher unfavorables at 46% for Platner and 27% for Piker. While 36% had never heard of Platner, an even larger share of Republicans had never heard of Piker either at 55%.
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Moving onto Democrats, the situation for almost all the Republicans remains quite poor.
Erika Kirk is the single most disliked individual in this poll, with 79% unfavorability, while only 6% say they have a favorable opinion of her. That is followed by Shapiro and Pratt, both sitting at 12% favorability, although 53% say they view Shapiro unfavorably and 44% say the same of Pratt.
For Candace Owens, she is only beaten out by Erika Kirk, with 8% viewing her favorably, while another 55% view her unfavorably. Meanwhile, 20% say they do not know who she is.
Perhaps the most surprising results are those among Democrats. Platner remains ahead with 30% viewing him favorably and only 12% viewing him unfavorably, which might suggest the outcry against Platner is far overblown within his own party. However, 37% say they do not know who he is, while another 21% say they do not have an opinion of him.
Even more surprising is the Piker result. With many claiming that Piker will ruin the Democratic Party if he gets anywhere near it, the numbers appear to suggest the opposite. While Piker has a 19% favorability rating and a 13% unfavorability rating, a whopping 54% of Democrats have no clue who he is, while another 14% say they do not have an opinion of him.
Finally, we move onto independents, where the situation is not much better for the likes of Kirk and Shapiro either.
Kirk, once again, comes in at 8% favorability and a terrible 65% unfavorability. That is only slightly ahead of Shapiro’s 12% favorability, while his unfavorability remains extremely high at 55%.
The other three Republican figures, Owens, Pratt, and Fishback, come in at 17%, 9%, and 4% favorability respectively. Meanwhile, their unfavorables range between 20% and 29%, with Pratt and Fishback both posting noticeable unfavorables at 43% and 54%.
Which just leaves the two Democratic individuals on the list.
Platner remains ahead with independents at 26% favorability compared to 11% unfavorability, with 35% not knowing who he is and another 28% saying they have no opinion of him.
Piker, on the other hand, remains at 10% favorability and 17% unfavorability, which just goes to show how little he matters in the broader situation. Not only that, but 59% say they have never heard of him, while another 14% say they have heard of him but do not have an opinion.