--- title: Donald Trump Poll: Most Think He's Abusing His Power description: A new poll found that 54% of Americans believe President Donald Trump is "abusing the powers of his office." canonical: https://time.com/4792782/donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll-abusing-power-james-comey/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-24T18:07:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:06:07.222Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: 54% of Americans Believe President Trump Is Abusing His Power og:description: 62% say the House should investigate his decision to fire James Comey og:url: https://time.com/4792782/donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll-abusing-power-james-comey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt394f46408f87f9c4/6988cebf0b72e3b3766edf4b/trump1.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ITALY-US-DIPLOMACY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: 54% of Americans Believe President Trump Is Abusing His Power twitter:description: 62% say the House should investigate his decision to fire James Comey twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt394f46408f87f9c4/6988cebf0b72e3b3766edf4b/trump1.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: 54% of Americans Believe President Trump Is Abusing His Power by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 24, 2017 6:07 PM UTC  US President Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, on May 24, 2017 in Rome. US President Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, on May 24, 2017 in Rome.MANDEL NGAN—AFP/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 24, 2017 6:07 PM UTC A [new poll](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2460) found that 54% of Americans believe President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4792568/donald-trump-budget-cuts-mick-mulvaney/) is “abusing the powers of his office.” The [Quinnipiac poll](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2460) found that 54% disapprove of Trump firing former FBI Director [James Comey](http://time.com/4776388/james-comey-fired-trump-interview/). The same percentage do not believe “Trump’s claim that Comey told him on three separate occasions that the president was not under investigation.” Fifty-five percent believe Trump asked Comey to drop the investigation of former National Security Advisor [Michael Flynn](http://time.com/4791661/michael-flynn-senate-intelligence-committee-business-subpoena/). A Quinnipiac representative said that this is the first time the polling institution has asked Americans about a president abusing his power. A total of 62%, say the House of Representatives should investigate the matter, and even more, 66%, support “appointing a special prosecutor to lead a criminal investigation into the potential coordination between some of Donald Trump’s campaign advisors and the Russian government.” ([Robert Mueller](http://time.com/4783549/robert-mueller-fbi-special-counsel-donald-trump-russia/) was appointed as special counsel during the polling period. It is unclear how that affected polling.) Sixty-eight percent believe potential Russian interference in the 2016 election is a “very important” or “somewhat important” issue. 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