Much has been made about Hillary Clinton's so-called likability problem, and it's a story NY1 examined earlier this month, but polls show her Republican rival is even more widely disliked. And Donald Trump - in fits and starts - seems to be trying to remedy the problem. Grace Rauh filed the following report.

He's a presidential candidate unlike any other.

Donald Trump seems to say whatever pops into his head. He has aggressively taken on Washington and members of his own party. All of it has helped Trump win over certain voters, while alienating many others, including some Republicans.

"He's an equal opportunity offender. He offends people from all backgrounds and all ideologies," said Bill O'Reilly, a GOP consultant. "A lot of his most ardent critics are conservatives. I'm one of them. And we will not vote for Trump regardless of what happens."

Trump has indeed offended nearly every voting group, with inflammatory and divisive remarks about women, Mexicans, Muslims and the disabled, and his praise for dictators like Sadaam Hussein and Kim Jong-un. It is helping fuel his record-breaking unfavorability ratings.

Under normal circumstances, negatives like these would make it nearly impossible for him to win the White House. But Hillary Clinton has her own problems in likability department on the Democratic side.

"It's a historic election because it's actually, these are the two most, the two candidates that have the highest unfavorable ratings that we've seen in an American election," said Clare Malone of FiveThirtyEight.

Then, there's the idea that there are really two Trumps: the flame-throwing campaigner and the man with a softer touch behind closed doors.

"His personality was, I thought it was a very good personality. He is a very warm and genuine person," Paul Ryan said on May 12.

Trump's campaign is attempting to keep him in check, putting him in front of teleprompters and, in response to the death of five police officers in Dallas, releasing pre-recorded remarks.

"His campaign is clearly trying to physically sit on him and duct tape his mouth to keep his mouth shut," O'Reilly said.

The question is whether Trump's campaign can get him to stick to the script, and whether it will make any difference at all.