--- title: Donald Trump's Muslim Ban is Opposed by 57% of Americans description: However Republicans are evenly divided over Trump's proposal canonical: https://time.com/4145238/trump-poll-muslim-ban/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-10T22:21:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:17:29.453Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Trump's Muslim Ban og:description: But Republicans are evenly divided on the plan. og:url: https://time.com/4145238/trump-poll-muslim-ban/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2d0d7aa144dcff/698874f70a4a2220e79c774b/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Trump's Muslim Ban twitter:description: But Republicans are evenly divided on the plan. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2d0d7aa144dcff/698874f70a4a2220e79c774b/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Trump's Muslim Ban by [Mark Murray / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Mark Murray / NBC News Dec 10, 2015 10:21 PM CUT  Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower on Nov. 3, 2015 in New York City. Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower on Nov. 3, 2015 in New York City.Noam Galai—Getty Images by [Mark Murray / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Mark Murray / NBC News Dec 10, 2015 10:21 PM CUT Nearly 6 in 10 Americans oppose Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States, but Republicans are evenly divided, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Fifty-seven percent of all adults disagree with Trump’s proposal, versus 25 percent who agree. But views are mixed among Republicans: 42 percent of GOP respondents support Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., while 36 percent oppose it. And among Republican primary voters, it’s 38 percent support, 39 percent oppose. By comparison, 75 percent of Democrats and 55 percent of independents disagree with Trump’s proposal. [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/nbc-wsj-poll-57-oppose-trumps-muslim-proposal-n477941?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145238/trump-poll-muslim-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145238/trump-poll-muslim-ban/"},"headline":"Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Trump's Muslim Ban","datePublished":"2015-12-10T22:21:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:17:29.453Z","description":"But Republicans are evenly divided on the plan","url":"https://time.com/4145238/trump-poll-muslim-ban/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2d0d7aa144dcff/698874f70a4a2220e79c774b/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Murray / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2d0d7aa144dcff/698874f70a4a2220e79c774b/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump","caption":"Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower on Nov. 3, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Noam Galai—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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145238/trump-poll-muslim-ban/","name":"Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Trump's Muslim Ban"}}]}] ```