Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE’s favorability rating is up 8 points since becoming the president-elect, according to a new poll.

Forty-two percent of U.S. adults in the Gallup survey released Thursday view Trump positively after last week's White House win.

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Trump’s favorability stood at 34 percent before his stunning upset of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE.

Gallup said Trump’s rating is his highest since March 2011, when 43 percent viewed the billionaire positively.

His current favorability rating is lower than three past presidents-elect, however.

Sixty-eight percent saw President Obama favorably after his first election victory in 2008; 59 percent viewed former President George W. Bush favorably in 2000; and former President Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonChelsea Clinton: Trump isn't building public confidence in a vaccine Hillary Clinton launching podcast this month GOP brushes back charges of hypocrisy in Supreme Court fight MORE scored a 58 percent favorability rating in 1992.

Trump and Hillary Clinton engaged in one of the longest and most bitter presidential campaigns in recent memory.

Clinton frequently argued Trump’s rhetoric bordered on bigotry and misogyny, adding the businessman’s temperament rendered him unfit for the Oval Office.

Trump countered by frequently calling her “crooked” and a symbol of the corrupt political establishment he hoped to defeat.

The pair have since softened their stances, with Clinton formally conceding the 2016 race and Trump praising her graceful exit in return.

Gallup conducted its latest survey of 1,019 U.S. adults Nov. 9–13. It has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.