Voters have a more positive opinion of president-elect Donald Trump following his unexpected victory than they did throughout his campaign.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters now have a favorable opinion of Trump, up from 39% in October Still, just as many (48%) view the president-elect unfavorably. These findings include 29% with a Very Favorable opinion of Trump and 36% with a Very Unfavorable one. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 17 and 20, 2016 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.