--- title: Donald Trump's Poll Numbers Are Plummeting description: 63 percent of people polled had a negative view of Trump canonical: https://time.com/4278562/trump-poll-numbers/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-31T21:07:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:23:29.164Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Poll Numbers Are Plummeting og:description: 63 percent of people polled had a negative view of Trump og:url: https://time.com/4278562/trump-poll-numbers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad7ea83dc36e1a1c/69888d3e196cf43d6b03afd3/donald-trump-poll2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns Near Green Bay, Wisconsin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Poll Numbers Are Plummeting twitter:description: 63 percent of people polled had a negative view of Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad7ea83dc36e1a1c/69888d3e196cf43d6b03afd3/donald-trump-poll2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Poll Numbers Are Plummeting by [Benjy Sarlin / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Benjy Sarlin / NBC News Mar 31, 2016 9:07 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign rally at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign rally at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016 in Appleton, Wisconsin.Scott Olson—Getty Images by [Benjy Sarlin / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Benjy Sarlin / NBC News Mar 31, 2016 9:07 PM UTC The bottom is dropping out for Donald Trump. While Trump was never popular outside of his loyal slice of GOP voters, a raft of new polls show his national position hitting new lows, including with groups that are supposed to form his base. America’s widespread loathing for Trump puts further pressure on Republican delegates to deny him the nomination in July if he falls short of a majority, a move that would set off an ugly civil war but that some in the party believe would be necessary to stave off generational damage. [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-s-poll-numbers-collapse-general-election-looms-n548731?cid=par-time%5F20160331) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4278562/trump-poll-numbers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4278562/trump-poll-numbers/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Poll Numbers Are Plummeting","datePublished":"2016-03-31T21:07:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:23:29.164Z","description":"63 percent of people polled had a negative view of Trump","url":"https://time.com/4278562/trump-poll-numbers/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Polls","Donald Trump","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad7ea83dc36e1a1c/69888d3e196cf43d6b03afd3/donald-trump-poll2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjy Sarlin / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad7ea83dc36e1a1c/69888d3e196cf43d6b03afd3/donald-trump-poll2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns Near Green Bay, Wisconsin","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign rally at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016 in Appleton, Wisconsin.","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4278562/trump-poll-numbers/","name":"Donald Trump's Poll Numbers Are Plummeting"}}]}] ```