--- title: Donald Trump Poll: Gallup Survey on Keeping Promises description: A new Gallup poll finds only 45% of Americans think of President Trump as someone who keeps his promises canonical: https://time.com/4742546/donald-trump-poll-promises-gallup/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-17T16:34:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:25.203Z article:section: Politics og:title: More Americans Think President Trump Doesn't Keep His Promises og:description: Down 17 percentage points since February. og:url: https://time.com/4742546/donald-trump-poll-promises-gallup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: More Americans Think President Trump Doesn't Keep His Promises twitter:description: Down 17 percentage points since February. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # More Americans Think President Trump Doesn't Keep His Promises ## Video: Most Young Americans Consider Donald Trump an 'Illegitimate' President, Poll Says [Watch (HLS stream): Most Young Americans Consider Donald Trump an 'Illegitimate' President, Poll Says](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GnQKQlH2.m3u8) (0:43)  _Published 2017-03-20. More than half of Americans age 18 to 30 view Donald Trump's presidency as "illegitimate," according to a new poll._ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 17, 2017 4:34 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 17, 2017 4:34 PM UTC Fewer Americans think President Trump keeps his promises than two months ago, according to [a new Gallup poll](http://www.gallup.com/poll/208640/majority-no-longer-thinks-trump-keeps-promises.aspx). Only 45% of Americans think Trump keeps his promises, a 17-point drop from the 62% who thought so in a similar Gallup survey in February. The first poll came when Trump had just taken office, signing a series of executive orders aimed at meeting some of his key campaign promises, such as approving the Keystone pipeline. Since then, Trump has had more of a mixed record, with a [failed attempt](http://time.com/4708668/donald-trump-obamacare-republican-ahca-healthcare/) to repeal the Affordable Care Act, [legal setbacks for his travel ban](http://time.com/4724168/trump-travel-ban-court-hearing/) and a [stark reversal of his opinions](http://time.com/4737375/donald-trump-nato-china-currency-import-export-bank-janet-yellen/) on NATO, China and the Export-Import Bank, among other things. Still, the drop is higher among groups of voters who disapprove of Trump than his supporters, with the largest drops among women, Democrats and 18-to-34-year-olds. The poll was conducted by phone between April 5-9 with a random sample of 1,019 adults over the age of 18\. 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