Despite his consistent lead in the 2016 Republican presidential primary race, a new poll shows that 50 percent of American voters would be "embarrassed" if Donald Trump won the White House next year.

According to the latest Quinnipiac University national survey released on Tuesday, half of U.S. voters said they would be "embarrassed" if the GOP front-runner were elected president, while just 23 percent said they would be "proud" to have the real estate mogul leading the nation.

"Half of American voters say they'd be embarrassed to have Donald Trump as their commander-in-chief and most Americans think he doesn't have a good chance in November, but there he is, still at the top of the Republican heap," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll, in a statement.

Over half of the women surveyed in the poll, 60 percent, said they would find it embarrassing if the billionaire businessman was elected to the nation's highest office, compared to 40 percent of men.

Meanwhile, 47 percent of independents say they would be "embarrassed" by Trump, while 44 percent of Republicans say they would be "proud" of him.

The poll also showed that an overwhelming majority of Millennial voters between the ages of 18 to 34 would be "embarrassed" by a Trump presidency. Seventy-three percent of those voters said would be "embarrassed" by him compared with 13 percent who would be "proud".

In comparison, 35 percent of voters said they would be "embarrassed" if Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton were elected president, compared with 33 percent of voters who said they would be "proud". The rest of those surveyed were indifferent.

The Quinnipiac poll, which was conducted between Dec. 16 and 20, also shows that Trump would lose by 7 points to Clinton in a hypothetical head-to-head match off. He would also lose to 2016 Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders by 13 points.

"Hillary Clinton tops him. Senator Bernie Sanders hammers him and Senator Ted Cruz is snapping at his heels. Can a candidate that half the American electorate thinks is an embarrassment win in November?" questioned Malloy.