Donald Trump has been disrespectful to Senator John McCain for a long time now. During the campaign, he said McCain was not a hero because he got captured, and he preferred people who didn't get captured -- denigrating not only McCain, but all American POWs who suffered for their country.
Trump has not changed his opinion. He has been very disrespectful even after learning McCain had brain cancer, and after his death -- showing a remarkable lack of character. He had to be forced to issue a tepid statement on McCain's service to this country, and to fly the White House flag at half-staff to honor McCain.
Fortunately, the American people do not agree with Trump. By a 39 point margin (55% to 16%), adults consider McCain to be an American hero. And by a 47 point margin, registered voters consider him a hero.
Trump is even out of step with his own people. Republicans consider McCain a hero by a 26 point margin, and Trump voters consider him a hero by a 25 point margin. And strangely enough, Democrats give McCain the most respect, even though he was a Republican. Democrats consider McCain a hero by a whopping 67 point margin.
The chart above shows the results of the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between August 26th and 28th of a national sample of 1,500 adults (including 1,249 registered voters). The margin of error for adults is 3 points, and for registered voters is 2.9 points.
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