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President Donald Trump's approval rating continues to sink. Only 36 percent of Americans give Trump a thumb's up in the latest Quinnipiac University Poll, an unusually low number for a president this early in a term.

"There is no way to spin or sugarcoat these sagging numbers," the poll’s assistant director, Tim Malloy, said in a press statement. "The erosion of white men, white voters without college degrees and independent voters, the declaration by voters that President Donald Trump's first 100 days were mainly a failure, and deepening concerns about Trump's honesty, intelligence and level headedness are red flags that the administration simply can't brush away."

But while Americans’ esteem for Trump is low, it’s even lower for congressional leaders.

Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan secured only a 24 percent approval rating in the widely respected poll.

Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi earned a positive opinion from 31 percent of poll participants.

And Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who this week swept aside calls for an independent prosecutor to investigate whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russian hackers during the 2016 election, gets the nod of just 16 percent of respondents.

Democratic Senate honcho Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, has a 25 percent approval rating.

The Quinnipiac pollsters also decided to try something a little unusual in this survey. They asked the question, “What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Donald Trump?” Below are the 25 most common responses (from most to least).

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"What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Donald Trump?"

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1. idiot

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2. incompetent

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3. liar

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4. leader

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5. unqualified

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6. president

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7. strong

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8. businessman

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9. ignorant

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10. egotistical

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11. a--hole

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12. stupid

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13. arrogant

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14. trying

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15. bully

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16. business

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17. narcissist

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18. successful

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19. disgusting

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20. great

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21. clown

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22. dishonest

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23. racist

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24. American

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25. bigot

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Quinnipiac University Poll

Check out all the details of the May 2017 survey.