Kanye West has been sparking controversy by speaking out in favor of President Trump and making provocative statements regarding politics and African-American history, and while most dismiss celebrities’ views on politics, he’s gained the favor of Trump supporters.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 29% of Likely U.S. Voters have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of West, including 10% who view the rapper Very Favorably. That compares to just 13% of American Adults who viewed him favorably in 2014 just after his marriage to reality TV star Kim Kardashian.

Most voters (54%), though, still view West unfavorably, including 31% with a Very Unfavorable opinion. Sixteen percent (16%) don’t know enough about him to venture an opinion either way. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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The survey of 1,000 Likely U.S. Voters was conducted on May 8-9, 2018 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.