--- description: A new Gallup poll finds only 45% of Americans think of President Trump as someone who keeps his promises title: More Americans Think President Trump Doesn't Keep His Promises image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # More Americans Think President Trump Doesn't Keep His Promises by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2017 4:34 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2017 4:34 PM CUT Fewer Americans think President Trump keeps his promises than two months ago, according to [a new Gallup poll](http://www.gallup.com/poll/208640/majority-no-longer-thinks-trump-keeps-promises.aspx "undefined"). Only 45% of Americans think Trump keeps his promises, a 17-point drop from the 62% who thought so in a similar Gallup survey in February. The first poll came when Trump had just taken office, signing a series of executive orders aimed at meeting some of his key campaign promises, such as approving the Keystone pipeline. Since then, Trump has had more of a mixed record, with a [failed attempt](http://time.com/4708668/donald-trump-obamacare-republican-ahca-healthcare/ "undefined") to repeal the Affordable Care Act, [legal setbacks for his travel ban](http://time.com/4724168/trump-travel-ban-court-hearing/ "undefined") and a [stark reversal of his opinions](http://time.com/4737375/donald-trump-nato-china-currency-import-export-bank-janet-yellen/ "undefined") on NATO, China and the Export-Import Bank, among other things. Still, the drop is higher among groups of voters who disapprove of Trump than his supporters, with the largest drops among women, Democrats and 18-to-34-year-olds. The poll was conducted by phone between April 5-9 with a random sample of 1,019 adults over the age of 18\. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4742546/donald-trump-poll-promises-gallup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4742546/donald-trump-poll-promises-gallup/"},"headline":"More Americans Think President Trump Doesn't Keep His Promises","datePublished":"2017-04-17T16:34:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:26:54.193Z","description":"Down 17 points since February","url":"https://time.com/4742546/donald-trump-poll-promises-gallup/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","Polling","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4742546/donald-trump-poll-promises-gallup/","name":"More Americans Think President Trump Doesn't Keep His Promises"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Most Young Americans Consider Donald Trump an 'Illegitimate' President, Poll Says","description":"More than half of Americans age 18 to 30 view Donald Trump's presidency as \"illegitimate,\" according to a new poll.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/GnQKQlH2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-20T20:17:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GnQKQlH2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4742546/donald-trump-poll-promises-gallup/","duration":"PT43S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4742546/donald-trump-poll-promises-gallup/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```