AP Photo Hillary Clinton's favorability numbers have gone under water

Americans' views on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton have gone under water, nearing an all-time low in ABC News/Washington Post polling, according to the latest survey released Wednesday.

Clinton is seen favorably by 45 percent of Americans, a decrease of 7 percentage points since July, while 53 percent said they did not have a favorable view of the former secretary of state, an increase of 8 percentage points in the same time frame. The numbers are close to Clinton's all-time low in the poll, when she took in just 44 percent in the spring of 2008.


Meanwhile, Republican candidate Donald Trump, who has been at the top of recent polling for the GOP field, is seen favorably by just 37 percent of Americans, compared with 59 percent who responded that they saw him in a negative light. That's actually an increase of 4 points in favorability since July, though the positive sentiment for the business mogul is more divided along racial lines than it was in July.

Among non-whites, Trump's favorability is at 17 percent, while 79 percent do not have a favorable view of him, with essentially unchanged numbers among Hispanics. His favorability has gone down 16 points among blacks since July's poll.

Among whites, Trump is seen much more favorably than Clinton, with 48 percent expressing a positive opinion of Trump, while 49 percent did not. On Clinton, however, just 34 percent of whties surveyed said they saw her favorably, compared to 65 percent who did not.

Clinton's numbers with non-whites are 71 percent favorable to 26 percent unfavorable, roughly the same as July, far outpolling Republican candidates Trump and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as well as Vice President Joe Biden, who has not declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination but is said to be considering a run.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush drew an overall negative favorability score of 38 percent to 55 percent, while Biden was split at 46 percent.

The poll was conducted by Langer Research Associates via landlines and cellphones from Aug. 26-30, surveying a random national sample of 1,005 adults. The overall margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.