… When Quinnipiac University asked voters how they felt about Bloomberg in December, he was barely above water with members of the party whose nomination he sought. By which I mean his net favorability was only slightly positive; only a bit more Democrats viewed him favorably than unfavorably. Just past the Iowa caucuses, though, the shift has been made: He’s now viewed more positively on net than Trump was by Republicans in Quinnipiac’s polling between his own announcement and the caucuses four years ago. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post