--- ---  # Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 2, 2017 6:53 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement on the introduction of the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on August 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement on the introduction of the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on August 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.Pool—Getty Images 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%. \[[Quinnipiac](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2476)\] Donald Trump's Approval Rating Hits New Low ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4884616/donald-trump-approval-rating-new-low/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4884616/donald-trump-approval-rating-new-low/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low","datePublished":"2017-08-02T18:53:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:50:27.509Z","description":"More than half of American voters are \"embarrassed\" to have him as president","url":"https://time.com/4884616/donald-trump-approval-rating-new-low/","keywords":["White House","John McCain","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25dc375056099b74/6988d82a8fd2ee60a7358429/trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25dc375056099b74/6988d82a8fd2ee60a7358429/trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump Announces Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act","caption":"Trump Announces Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act","creditText":"Pool—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/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4884616/donald-trump-approval-rating-new-low/","name":"Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low"}}]}] ```