Despite being steeped in scandals, ranging from his Nazi tattoo to accusations by women, Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner remains more favorable than unfavorable among U.S. adults who are Democrats, results of a new poll by The Economist/YouGov show.
Among all U.S. adults polled June 5-8, 25% said they had an unfavorable opinion of Platner, nearly twice as many as the 14% who voiced a positive opinion of the candidate. Only three percent reported a “very favorable” opinion, while 17% rated their view of Platner as being “very unfavorable.”
In contrast, 25% of Democrat adults said their view of Platner was favorable, more than the 20% who rated it unfavorable.
With the accusations publicly leveled at him by women in his past who have come forward to speak out, Platner was viewed more negatively (21%) than positively (12%) by U.S. adult females. Among men, he was viewed unfavorably by 31% and favorably by 17%.
Notably, 60% of the U.S. adults polled admitted they “don’t know” what their opinion is of Graham Platner, including at least half of those in all demographic categories. Even 55% of Democrats have no idea what they think of Platner.
One reason six in ten adults “don’t know” how they view Platner appears to be the liberal legacy media’s reluctance to report on the Democrat’s scandals.
NewsBusters has published multiple recent articles documenting how media have delayed reporting or downplayed the news of Platner’s scandals. For example, Managing Editor Curtis Houck has detailed how NBC and ABC put off reporting the allegations by women about their past relationships with Platner that broke just days before his primary.
