In the highly scientific poll, YouGov asked such questions as:
“Who do you think would win in a physical fight between you and Donald Trump?”
“Who do you think would win in a physical fight between an eight-year-old boy and Donald Trump?”
While a majority of Republicans thought Trump could beat them up, when split by sex and party identification, 71% of Democratic women said they’d win, and 54% thought the 8-year-old would beat up Trump.
Source: YouGov
This week, at a White House event about physical fitness, Donald Trump asked a boy, “You think you could take me in a fight?”
We at YouGov thought that was a striking question, and promptly asked 2,609 Americans whether they thought an eight-year-old boy, a typical American, and themselves could win a physical fight with Trump.
66% of U.S. adults say an average American would beat Trump, while 10% say Trump would win.
On all three questions, Democrats are far less likely than Republicans to say Trump would win. For example, almost all Democrats say they could win a fight with Trump (75%, while only 5% say Trump would win), but Republicans are slightly more likely to say they’d lose than win (33% vs. 39%).
Democrats are more likely to say an eight-year-old boy could beat Trump than Republicans are to think they could beat Trump (54% vs. 33%).
