--- title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Hits New Low at 34% description: President Donald Trump's approval ratings have sunk to a new low at 34%, according to a recent poll canonical: https://time.com/4809479/donald-trump-approval-ratings-low-quinnipiac-poll/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-07T17:57:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:18:45.442Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Hit Another New Low og:description: And many Americans believe Trump did something illegal with regards to Russia og:url: https://time.com/4809479/donald-trump-approval-ratings-low-quinnipiac-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73dcf3555de53756/6988d0a0196cf4b26d040789/donald-trump-approval-rating.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Departs White House En Route To Cincinnati, Ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Hit Another New Low twitter:description: And many Americans believe Trump did something illegal with regards to Russia twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73dcf3555de53756/6988d0a0196cf4b26d040789/donald-trump-approval-rating.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Approval Rating Hit Another New Low > Sponsored content. 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Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 7, 2017 5:57 PM UTC President Donald Trump’s [approval rating](http://time.com/4747538/donald-trump-approval-rating-gallup/) has sunk to a new low at 34%, according to a recent poll. According to a poll by [Quinnipiac University](http://time.com/4775979/ahca-health-care-republican-support-quinnipiac-poll/), 34% of voters approve of Trump, while 57% disapprove, a dip from the university’s previous survey on May 24, which found that the President had a 37% approval rating. The latest poll results are Trump’s lowest scores so far — in April, he hovered around 35% approval, according to Quinnipiac. The poll found that 31% of voters think Trump did something [illegal in his relationship with Russia](http://time.com/4808685/trump-russia-watergate-james-clapper/), while 29% say that the president did something unethical, not illegal. About 32% of voters think Trump did nothing wrong. A majority of voters see Trump’s general relationship with Russia as concerning — 68% said they are “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned,” while 54% said he is too friendly with the country. Quinnipiac University [polled 1,361 voters](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2462) from May 31 to June 6\. 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