--- title: President Donald Trump's Approval Rating Historically Low description: President Donald Trump, who entered the White House with historically low approval ratings, continues to receive record high disapproval canonical: https://time.com/4660227/donald-trump-low-approval-ratings/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-03T22:35:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:08:26.938Z article:section: Politics og:title: Another Poll Found President Trump's Approval Rating Is Historically Low og:description: His initial disapproval ratings are the highest in the history of CNN's poll og:url: https://time.com/4660227/donald-trump-low-approval-ratings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39f0c65d24470857/6988b8c72dce01534f9ec259/donald-trumpwhite-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing-in ceremony for the new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Another Poll Found President Trump's Approval Rating Is Historically Low twitter:description: His initial disapproval ratings are the highest in the history of CNN's poll twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39f0c65d24470857/6988b8c72dce01534f9ec259/donald-trumpwhite-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Another Poll Found President Trump's Approval Rating Is Historically Low > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 1, 2017. Carlos Barria—Reuters  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 3, 2017 10:35 PM UTC President Donald Trump, who entered the White House with [historically low approval ratings](http://time.com/4636142/donald-trump-inauguration-polls-approval-ratings/?iid=sr-link3), continues to receive [record high disapproval ratings](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/donald-trump-approval-rating/index.html) compared to his predecessors. Two weeks into Trump’s presidency, a majority of people (53%) disapprove of how he is handling the job, while just 44% approve, according to a [CNN/ORC poll](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/donald-trump-approval-rating/index.html) released Friday. Those numbers reflect the highest disapproval rating for a newly elected president since such figures were first tracked, according to CNN. By comparison, former President Ronald Reagan’s initial approval rating of 51% was only slightly higher than Trump’s, but his disapproval rating (13%) was not nearly as high. The poll results were sharply divided along partisan lines, with 90% of Republicans voicing approval for Trump and just 10% of Democrats saying the same. CNN’s survey echoes the [results of a recent Gallup poll](http://fortune.com/2017/01/24/donald-trump-approval-ratings/), which found Trump to be the first president in the history of Gallup surveys with an initial job approval rating below 50%. Since his [inauguration](http://time.com/4641891/trump-inauguration-event-spectacle/), Trump has faced several [high-profile protests](http://time.com/4649891/protest-donald-trump/?xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ftwitter), including a [swift backlash](http://time.com/4652877/donald-trump-immigration-ban-muslim/) to his immigration order last week. Americans surveyed by CNN were divided in their views on the immigration ban. While a majority (53%) said they oppose the order, 47% said they favor it. 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