--- title: Donald Trump: Approval Rating Hits New Low in Gallup Tracker description: President Trump's approval rating hit a new low in Gallup's weekly tracker on Monday, as he deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey canonical: https://time.com/4919370/donald-trump-job-approval-rating-low-gallup-poll/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-28T21:37:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:12:07.808Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another All-Time Low (Again) og:description: Trump is also facing backlash for pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio og:url: https://time.com/4919370/donald-trump-job-approval-rating-low-gallup-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfb91239ad284e84/6988db938fd2ee67b9358a08/donald-trump-job-approval-poll.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 Welcomes Finnish President Niinisto To White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another All-Time Low (Again) twitter:description: Trump is also facing backlash for pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfb91239ad284e84/6988db938fd2ee67b9358a08/donald-trump-job-approval-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another All-Time Low (Again) > Sponsored content. 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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Aug 28, 2017 9:37 PM UTC President [Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/4917629/rex-tillerson-trump-charlottesville/) approval rating [hit a new all-time low](http://www.gallup.com/interactives/185273/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx?g%5Fsource=WWWV7HP&g%5Fmedium=topic&g%5Fcampaign=tiles) in Gallup’s weekly tracker on Monday, as he [deals with the aftermath](http://time.com/4918437/how-president-trump-handled-harvey/) of Hurricane Harvey and the [backlash](http://time.com/4917014/joe-arpaio-pardon-reaction-john-mccain-jeff-flake/) to his pardon of former [Sheriff Joe Arpaio](http://time.com/4876374/donald-trump-joe-arpaio-pardons-history/). Just 35% of adults approve of how Trump is handling the job of president more than 200 days into his term, according to Gallup. By comparison, former President Barack Obama’s approval rating was 50% at this time during his first term. Trump’s job approval ratings are updated every Monday based on the weekly average of [Gallup’s daily survey,](http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx) which polls about 1,500 adults by telephone interview. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Trump’s daily approval rating faltered in recent weeks, [reaching a 34% average](http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/216125/trump-job-approval-rating-new-low.aspx) during a three-day period between Aug. 11 and Aug. 13, when he faced [criticism for his response](http://time.com/4917524/joe-biden-trump-charlottesville-response/) to the clashes in Charlottesville, Va. 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