Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have equally negative favorability ratings. | Getty Gallup: Trump, Clinton have identical, low favorability ratings

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton now have identical favorability ratings, according to a new Gallup poll, and the average American does not look fondly upon either one of them.

The new poll, conducted July 18-25, found 37 percent of Americans have favorable ratings of the two nominees, while 58 percent have unfavorable ratings. This is the first time Clinton’s favorable rating was not higher than Trump’s.


For Trump, however, Gallup reported his speech at the Republican National Convention received the least positive reviews of any speech the group has tested after the fact, with 35 percent of Americans saying it was excellent or good. Barack Obama’s 2008 speech, which 58 percent of Americans said was excellent or good, is the highest-rated speech to date.

Gallup also found the net impact of the GOP convention was negative, with 51 percent of Americans saying the convention made them less likely to vote for Trump and 36 percent saying they were more like to vote for him.

“At this point, we can say that although Americans' views of the Cleveland convention were not at all positive after it ended, the underlying trend data show that over the last week or so, Trump has managed to reach a milestone in his campaign: His image among Americans is now identical to that of his opponent,” Gallup wrote.

The poll was conducted via telephone among 3,544 adults. The overall margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

