--- title: Hillary Clinton: America's Opinion of Her Hits Record Low description: Hillary Clinton's reputation among Americans has hit rock bottom, but Donald Trump is still viewed more negatively, a survey found. canonical: https://time.com/4474570/hillary-clinton-favorabillity-record-low/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-31T17:55:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:41.502Z article:section: Politics og:title: America's Opinion of Hillary Clinton Hits Record Low og:description: But Donald Trump's favorability rating is even lower og:url: https://time.com/4474570/hillary-clinton-favorabillity-record-low/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aa25134d71abf65/6988a435cd1bba060d702248/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-documents-release.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Vice President Joe Biden Campaigns With Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton in Scranton, PA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: America's Opinion of Hillary Clinton Hits Record Low twitter:description: But Donald Trump's favorability rating is even lower twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aa25134d71abf65/6988a435cd1bba060d702248/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-documents-release.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # America's Opinion of Hillary Clinton Hits Record Low by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 31, 2016 5:55 PM UTC  Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a rally with Vice President Joe Biden at Riverfront Sports athletic facility on August 15, 2016 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a rally with Vice President Joe Biden at Riverfront Sports athletic facility on August 15, 2016 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Mark Makela/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 31, 2016 5:55 PM UTC Hillary Clinton’s reputation among Americans has [hit rock bottom](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/31/a-record-number-of-americans-now-dislike-hillary-clinton/), according to a new survey. A Washington _Post_–_ABC News_ poll released Wednesday shows that 56% of Americans view Clinton unfavorably, while 41% have a favorable impression of the Democrat—the worst she’s been viewed in her time in public life. Clinton’s previous low was in July when her favorable rating was 42%, according to the _Post_, while her previous unfavorable high was 55% in June. Trump’s image, however, remains worse, with 63% of Americans holding an unfavorable opinion of him and only 35% having a favorable view. Clinton’s image had managed to rebound a bit [after the Democratic National Convention](http://time.com/4442887/trump-clinton-poll-abc-washington-post-khans/) in July—48% favorable and 50% unfavorable—but things appear to have bottomed out. The latest survey was conducted Aug. 24-28 among a national sample of 1,020 adults with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%. \[[WP](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/31/a-record-number-of-americans-now-dislike-hillary-clinton/)\] Hillary Clinton: America's Opinion of Her Hits Record Low ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4474570/hillary-clinton-favorabillity-record-low/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4474570/hillary-clinton-favorabillity-record-low/"},"headline":"America's Opinion of Hillary Clinton Hits Record Low","datePublished":"2016-08-31T17:55:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:41.502Z","description":"But Donald Trump's favorability rating is even lower","url":"https://time.com/4474570/hillary-clinton-favorabillity-record-low/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Polls","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aa25134d71abf65/6988a435cd1bba060d702248/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-documents-release.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aa25134d71abf65/6988a435cd1bba060d702248/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-documents-release.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Vice President Joe Biden Campaigns With Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton in Scranton, PA","caption":"Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a rally with Vice President Joe Biden at Riverfront Sports athletic facility on August 15, 2016 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.","creditText":"Mark Makela/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/4474570/hillary-clinton-favorabillity-record-low/","name":"America's Opinion of Hillary Clinton Hits Record Low"}}]}] ```