Nearly 20% of Republican voters want Trump to withdraw: Poll
About half of US voters and nearly one-fifth of Republican voters want the GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to quit the race for the White House, according to a new poll.
Some 19 percent of registered Republicans think the billionaire businessman should withdraw, 70 percent think he should stay in and 10 percent say they "don't know," according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
Among all registered voters, 44 percent want Trump to drop out, the survey found.
The poll, taken August 5-8, highlights profound divisions within the Republican Party over Trump's candidacy.
On Tuesday, Trump found himself embroiled in yet another controversy after making comments at a rally that some people interpreted as a threat of violence by gun activists against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
Late last month, he stirred criticism for insulting the parents of a Muslim American soldier killed during the Iraq War.
A number of prominent Republicans have declined to endorse him, citing his inflammatory remarks and policy proposals such as temporarily banning Muslims from entering the country and building a wall along the US-Mexican border.
On Monday, 50 Republican national security experts issued an open letter saying they would not vote for Trump in November’s presidential election, saying he "lacks the character, values, and experience" to be president.
Trump rejected the experts as part of the Washington political establishment that he blames for many of America's problems.
To be sure, there is widespread voter discontent with both candidates, the Reuters poll found. Nearly 63 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of Trump, while 53 percent have an unfavorable view of Clinton.
Clinton and Trump are ranked among the most unpopular presidential candidates in America’s history, recent polls show.
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