--- title: 36% of Americans Would Vote For Donald Trump in 2020 description: Just 36 percent of registered voters would support President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a new poll finds. canonical: https://time.com/5073531/donald-trump-2020-reelection-poll/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-20T17:03:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:49.544Z article:section: Politics og:title: Most Registered Voters Wouldn't Support Donald Trump in 2020, Poll Finds og:description: One poll finds og:url: https://time.com/5073531/donald-trump-2020-reelection-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb7ab2a88f9578ad/6988f5ac8fd2ee2d6135a130/gettyimages-894967696.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6000 og:image:height: 3375 og:image:alt: President Trump Delivers Remarks On The National Security Strategy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Most Registered Voters Wouldn't Support Donald Trump in 2020, Poll Finds twitter:description: One poll finds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb7ab2a88f9578ad/6988f5ac8fd2ee2d6135a130/gettyimages-894967696.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Most Registered Voters Wouldn't Support Donald Trump in 2020, Poll Finds > Sponsored content. 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An animatronic version of Donald Trump joined his predecessors in Disney World's Hall of Presidents._  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Dec 20, 2017 5:03 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a national security strategy speech at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a national security strategy speech at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Dec 20, 2017 5:03 PM UTC Just 36% of registered voters would support President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a new poll finds, a precipitous drop from the 46% of votes he received last year. According to the [NBC/Wall Street _Journal_](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-just-36-americans-indicate-they-would-vote-trump-2020-n831266) poll released Wednesday, just 18% of registered voters would definitely vote for the President in 2020, and 18% would “probably” vote for him. Thirty-eight percent surveyed said they would vote for the Democratic candidate, and 14% said they would probably vote for the Democratic candidate. The poll for this question, which surveyed 736 registered voters, was conducted Dec. 13 to 15\. The margin of error is 3.61 percentage points. In 2016, Trump received slightly over 46% of the vote, while his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton received slightly over 48 percent. The poll included a comparison with Bill Clinton’s reelection prospects in December 1993\. At that point in Clinton’s presidency, 18% said they would definitely vote for Clinton, and 24% said they would probably vote for him — 42 percent total. Meanwhile, 19% said they would probably vote for the Republican candidate, and 14% said they definitely would. The 2020 election, is of course, a little under three years away. No Democrat has launched a campaign, and a lot can happen in that time span. But the results do indicate a level of dissatisfaction with the President that was also expressed through his approval ratings. Just 24% of Americans strongly approve of the job he is doing as President, while 48% strongly disapprove. Overall, 41% approve of Trump’s tenure so far, while 56% disapprove. While Trump’s approval ratings are a slight improvement from the NBC/WSJ poll conducted in October, he is still on pace to average [historically low approval ratings](http://time.com/4859984/donald-trump-poll-approval-ratings/) for a first-year President. The poll also found that just 21% of Americans have a very positive view of Trump, while 45% have a very negative view. The margin of error for these portions of the poll, which surveyed 900 adults, is 3.27%. ## Transcript To the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] So help me God. From the beginning, America has been a nation defined by its people. Our Presidents of the United States of America. 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