The majority is speaking out loud and clear
No they do not. The new Pew Poll:
- Trump’s approval rating stands at 37%, down from 40% in the fall.
- By more than two-to-one, Americans say the administration’s actions have been worse than they expected (50%) rather than better (21%).
- Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans.
A new Pew Research Center survey of 8,512 U.S. adults, conducted Jan. 20-26, also finds that – across six key qualities and abilities needed to serve as president – more Americans express little or no confidence in Trump than say they are extremely or very confident in him.
Confidence is down on all six measures since last year, particularly among Republicans.
Those numbers are much too high on every question. But this is interesting:
Only 66% saying he has the mental fitness is pretty telling. His lunacy is becoming obvious even to them.
This too:
Notice, the decline in support has come exclusively among Republicans. Last year, 67% said they supported all or most of Trump’s plans and policies. Today, 56% do.
Considering that Trump’s approval ratings are down in the 30s and sinking fast, it should be obvious that Democrats must stand up. After all, he is trying to destroy the country — and the world.
G. Elliot Morris commented on this poll this morning:
A new poll from the Pew Research Center out this week finds that 37% of Americans approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president, but only 27% say they support “most” or “all” of his policies.
This reminded me of an article I wrote at FiveThirtyEight (RIP) in Feb. 2025 titled “Americans voted for Trump, but don’t support his agenda.” Since I wrote that piece, according to Pew, the percentage of adults who support most or all of Trump’s policies has fallen eight points, including a nine-point drop among Republicans. Now, just a bare majority of Trump’s own party says they support all or most of his plans and policies.
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On Immigration and Customs Enforcement in general, a new Fox News survey this week found 59% of voters now say immigration enforcement has been “too aggressive,” similar to YouGov’s 60%. But Americans haven’t turned against the idea of immigration enforcement. YouGov found 87% still support deporting immigrants who committed violent crimes. The problem is everything else: only 22% support deporting long-term residents with no criminal record, only 21% for parents of U.S. citizen children, only 17% for people who came as children. (Here’s a piece from me on similar numbers from last April.)
The atrocities are piling up and the American people do not like it. Even Republicans are getting queasy and Democrats have an obligation to oppose them vociferously. Some of them are doing that very effectively, others not so much. There’s no room for tepid, moderation when a democracy is under siege.