Poll: Trump leads Clinton in Kansas, but voters hold negative views of both

Republican Donald Trump leads Democrat Hillary Clinton in Kansas, according to a new poll, but voters aren’t very enthusiastic about either candidate.

Trump leads Clinton 47 percent to 36 percent among likely voters, according to the KSN News Poll, which was conducted by SurveyUSA.

Libertarian Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, draws support from 8 percent of respondents, while another 9 percent are undecided.

The poll, based on interviews with 559 likely voters conducted between July 8 and July 11, has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

More than half of Trump supporters – 54 percent – said they had reservations about the real estate mogul, while 42 percent said they would vote for the Republican enthusiastically.

Among Clinton’s supporters, 55 percent described their support as enthusiastic and 41 percent said they had reservations.

Nearly two-thirds of all respondents – 66 percent – said their view of Clinton was either unfavorable or extremely unfavorable.

Trump also was seen in a negative light, with 55 percent of respondents saying their opinion of him was either unfavorable or extremely unfavorable.

Gov. Sam Brownback, who will not be on the ballot this year, fared worse than the presidential candidates, with 72 percent of respondents saying their opinion of the governor was unfavorable or extremely unfavorable.

Only 22 percent of respondents had a positive view of Brownback.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Republican from Manhattan, was seen in a positive light by 51 percent of respondents. Another 32 percent had a negative view of Moran, who stands for re-election this year.

This story was originally published July 15, 2016 at 9:56 AM with the headline "Poll: Trump leads Clinton in Kansas, but voters hold negative views of both."