--- title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Hits New Low description: More than half of American voters are "embarrassed" to have Donald Trump as president, according to a Quinnipiac poll canonical: https://time.com/4884616/donald-trump-approval-rating-new-low/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-02T18:53:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:26:57.264Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low og:description: More than half of American voters are "embarrassed" to have him as president og:url: https://time.com/4884616/donald-trump-approval-rating-new-low/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25dc375056099b74/6988d82a8fd2ee60a7358429/trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5417 og:image:height: 3047 og:image:alt: Trump Announces Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low twitter:description: More than half of American voters are "embarrassed" to have him as president twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25dc375056099b74/6988d82a8fd2ee60a7358429/trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low > Sponsored content. 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Trump Talks Being Presidential and Health Care at OH Rally_ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 2, 2017 6:53 PM UTC Trump Talks Being Presidential and Health Care at OH Rally by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 2, 2017 6:53 PM UTC A new national poll from[ Quinnipiac University](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2476) shows that [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4882941/donald-trump-jr-russian-meeting-obstruction/) has hit his lowest approval rating and highest disapproval rating since his [inauguration](http://time.com/4640625/new-york-post-daily-news-donald-trump-inauguration-headline/). Only 33% of American voters currently approve of the president’s job performance, while 61% disapprove. Fifty-four percent say they are embarrassed to have him as their president, while 26% say they are proud. Sixty percent say Trump believes his is “above the law,” and 57% say he is abusing the powers of his office. More than two-thirds of voters, 71%, say he is not level-headed. Meanwhile, one of Trump’s most prominent Republican critics, John McCain, saw a high favorability rating among Democrats (74%) and a much lower one among Republicans (39%) following his decision not to vote for the “[skinny repeal](http://time.com/4878038/john-mccain-vote-video/)” of Obamacare (which occurred partway through the polling period). The poll was conducted from July 27 to August 1 among 1,125 voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 3.4%. \[[Quinnipiac](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2476)\] ## Transcript [00:00] Sometimes they say he doesn't act presidential. [00:04] [ APPLAUSE ] And I [00:11] say hey look, great schools, [00:16] smart guy, it's so easy to act presidential. [00:21] But that's not gonna get it done. In fact, I said, it's much [00:25] easier by the way to act presidential than [00:29] what we're doing here tonight, believe me, and I said. [00:32] [ APPLAUSE ] [00:39] And I said With the exception [00:43] of the late great Abraham Lincoln [00:48] I can be more presidential than any president that has [00:52] ever held this office, that I can tell. Finally you think that's [00:54] easy, that's not easy. [ APPLAUSE ] We're [01:01] now one step closer to liberating our citizens [01:07] from this Obamacare Nightmare. [ APPLAUSE ] [01:14] And delivering great healthcare for the American people. 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