--- title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit A New Low description: President Donald Trump's approval rating continues to fall, reaching 32% in November — its lowest point since he took office in January. canonical: https://time.com/5055847/donald-trump-approval-rating-2/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-08T14:26:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-26T20:11:28.044Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit A New Low og:description: November was his lowest point since he took office in January og:url: https://time.com/5055847/donald-trump-approval-rating-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt555a456169337045/6988f45522fb8538e2e23fb2/gettyimages-887989700.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President And Mrs Trump Host Hanukkah Reception At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit A New Low twitter:description: November was his lowest point since he took office in January twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt555a456169337045/6988f45522fb8538e2e23fb2/gettyimages-887989700.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low (8 Dec 2017) by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Dec 8, 2017 2:26 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, December 7, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, December 7, 2017 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Dec 8, 2017 2:26 PM UTC President Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to fall, according to [one survey](http://www.people-press.org/2017/12/07/stark-partisan-divisions-over-russia-probe-including-its-importance-to-the-nation/), reaching 32% in November — its lowest point since he took office in January. The new poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center at the end of last month, drew on a handful of topics currently prevalent in the national political conversation: namely the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the ongoing public campaign against sexual misconduct. Approval of Trump is largely rendered along party lines, but the survey’s findings note that his support among Republicans has dropped since February: 76% of them approve of his job performance today, down from 84%. But even his supporters are not unequivocal. Nearly 40% of them said he’d done things or behaved in ways that had proven disappointing; 26% of his supporters complained about his public style, on social media or elsewhere. Sentiments on the Russia investigation also vary by political affiliation. An overwhelming majority of Democrats — 82% — suspect there was “improper contact” between the Trump campaign and Russia during the election; only a quarter of Republicans agree with them. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5055847/donald-trump-approval-rating-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5055847/donald-trump-approval-rating-2/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low (8 Dec 2017)","datePublished":"2017-12-08T14:26:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:11:28.044Z","description":"November was his lowest point since he took office in January","url":"https://time.com/5055847/donald-trump-approval-rating-2/","keywords":["White House","russia","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt555a456169337045/6988f45522fb8538e2e23fb2/gettyimages-887989700.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt555a456169337045/6988f45522fb8538e2e23fb2/gettyimages-887989700.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President And Mrs Trump Host Hanukkah Reception At The White House","caption":"President And Mrs Trump Host Hanukkah Reception At The White House","creditText":"Drew Angerer—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/5055847/donald-trump-approval-rating-2/","name":"Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low (8 Dec 2017)"}}]}] ```