Only 14 per cent of those surveyed by Elabe pollsters approve of the job the 39-year-old centrist is doing as president, while 36 per cent strongly disapprove, the poll showed.
Mr Macron, whose rapid ascent to power and landslide victory against right-wing leader Marine Le Pen in the May presidential election was heralded as reshaping France’s political landscape, has seen his popularity drop faster than any other French president in modern history, and he is now more unpopular than his Socialist predecessor, François Hollande, was three months into his notoriously tumultuous five-year term.
In addition, more than two-thirds of voters, some 68 per cent, said that they still felt “misunderstood” by the government, while more than half, 57 per cent, said that Mr Macron’s leadership style and actions to date “worried” them.
But the poll also showed that 42 per cent of those interviewed still believe in Mr Macron’s ability to “unite” the country, while 60 per cent think that he genuinely wants to “transform” France, a figure down eight percentage points from last month.
Only 54 per cent of those polled, however, think the young centrist will be able to “reform” the country, down five percentage points from last month.
But half of French voters think their new leader is “honest,” while 49 per cent think that he will make good on his core campaign promises.
Mr Macron’s mix of youthful energy and promise to clean up French politics have also worked in his favour: 73 per cent of voters described him as “energetic” and 57 per cent said he was “likeable,” down 11 percentage points from last month.
Seventy-one per cent, for their part, think that Mr Macron is a president who “exudes authority”.
One in two French voters, however, told Elabe pollsters that it was still “too soon” to judge the new president.
The poll was carried out on August 22-23 among 1,004 registered French voters.