--- 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 > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=c50068eb-8181-4aba-a1a8-c745966795cd&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## 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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