--- title: Donald Trump: Poll Says President Should Get Off Twitter description: A large majority of Americans think President Donald Trump spends too much time on Twitter, according to a new poll. canonical: https://time.com/4808823/donald-trump-twitter-tweets-poll/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-07T13:47:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:18:06.525Z article:section: Politics og:title: Voters to Trump: Get Off Twitter og:description: Even a majority of Republican voters think the President should tweet less og:url: https://time.com/4808823/donald-trump-twitter-tweets-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68e06d0f18f74762/6988d08d86f68ea3336e504a/trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: President Trump Meets With Senate And House Leadership At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Voters to Trump: Get Off Twitter twitter:description: Even a majority of Republican voters think the President should tweet less twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68e06d0f18f74762/6988d08d86f68ea3336e504a/trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Voters to Trump: Get Off Twitter by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 7, 2017 1:47 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House and Senate leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House and Senate leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 6, 2017.Olivier Douliery—Bloomberg / Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 7, 2017 1:47 PM UTC A large majority of Americans think [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4808765/christopher-wray-donald-trump-fbi-director/) spends too much time on [Twitter](http://time.com/4724135/donald-trump-tweets-retweets-didnt-age-well/), according to a new poll. The [Politico/Morning consult survey](http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015c-8041-d9ca-adfc-85c1c6990000) found that 69% of voters think Trump should tweet less, and even a majority of Republican voters, 53%, agree. Overall, 59% of voters say his use of Twitter is a bad thing, according to the poll, and 57% believe his tweets hurt his own presidency. About half, 51%, believe his tweets hurt national security, and 53% believe they hurt American standing in the world. While lawyers have recently questioned whether [Trump’s](http://time.com/4808685/trump-russia-watergate-james-clapper/) use of Twitter would work against him in his efforts to get his [travel ban](http://time.com/4806735/donald-trump-twitter-travel-ban/) through the Supreme Court, the President recently defended his use of the platform, [tweeting: ](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872059997429022722)“The FAKE MSM is working so hard trying to get me not to use Social Media. They hate that I can get the honest and unfiltered message out.” The survey of 1,999 registered voters, conducted June 1-2, has a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4808823/donald-trump-twitter-tweets-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4808823/donald-trump-twitter-tweets-poll/"},"headline":"Voters to Trump: Get Off Twitter","datePublished":"2017-06-07T13:47:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:18:06.525Z","description":"Even a majority of Republican voters think the President should tweet less","url":"https://time.com/4808823/donald-trump-twitter-tweets-poll/","keywords":["White House","twitter","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68e06d0f18f74762/6988d08d86f68ea3336e504a/trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68e06d0f18f74762/6988d08d86f68ea3336e504a/trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Meets With Senate And House Leadership At The White House","caption":"President Trump Meets With Senate And House Leadership At The White House","creditText":"Olivier Douliery—Bloomberg / 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/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4808823/donald-trump-twitter-tweets-poll/","name":"Voters to Trump: Get Off Twitter"}}]}] ```