The good news is that maybe 40% or so are not:
More than a week after nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, 61 percent of voters think the Trump administration has not given an honest account of the incident and 25 percent think the Trump administration has given an honest account of the incident, with 14 percent not offering an opinion, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of registered voters released today.
Democrats (93 – 2 percent) and independents (65 – 20 percent) think the Trump administration has not given an honest account of the incident, while Republicans (60 – 19 percent) think the Trump administration has given an honest account of the incident.
An overwhelming majority of voters (80 percent) think there should be an independent investigation into this shooting, while 15 percent don’t think so.
Most people don’t much like ICE at all:
Fifty-nine percent of voters think the recent ICE-involved shootings in Minneapolis are a sign of broader problems in the way ICE is operating, while 32 percent think the shootings are isolated incidents.
When it comes to the way ICE is enforcing immigration laws, 34 percent of voters approve, while 63 percent disapprove.
This is a drop in approval from Quinnipiac University’s January 13, 2026 poll when 40 percent approved and 57 percent disapproved.
Sixty percent of voters think ICE should withdraw from Minneapolis, while 36 percent think ICE should continue its operations in Minneapolis.
And despite Trump’s insistence that he’s never been more popular, he is sinking fast:
Thirty-seven percent of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 56 percent disapprove.
This compares to Quinnipiac University’s January 14, 2026 poll when 40 percent approved and 54 percent disapproved.
When it comes to Trump’s handling of the economy, 39 percent of voters approve, while 56 percent disapprove. In Quinnipiac University’s January 14 poll, 42 percent approved and 53 percent disapproved.
When it comes to Trump’s handling of immigration issues, 38 percent of voters approve, while 59 percent disapprove. This is a drop in approval from Quinnipiac University’s December 17, 2025 poll when 44 percent approved and 54 percent disapproved.
When it comes to Trump’s handling of foreign policy, 37 percent of voters approve, while 58 percent disapprove. In Quinnipiac University’s January 14 poll, 41 percent approved and 56 percent disapproved.
Remember, in the depth of the Great Depression, this was the vote:
In the 1932 U.S. presidential election, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won with 57.4% of the popular vote (22,818,740 votes) and 88.9% of the electoral vote (472 votes), defeating Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover, who received 39.6% of the popular vote. 11.1% of the electoral vote (59 votes).
There’s always at least 40% of right wingers who simply can’t abide liberals.