Many of Trump’s early actions are unpopular, Post-Ipsos poll finds

[cigaretteman]

President Donald Trump has opened his second term with a flurry of actions designed to radically disrupt and shrink the federal bureaucracy, but reviews from Americans are mixed to negative on many of his specific initiatives, and 57 percent say he has exceeded his authority since taking office, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.


Overall, 43 percent of Americans say they support what the president has done during his first month in office, with 48 percent saying they oppose. Those who strongly oppose outnumber those who strongly support by 37 percent to 27 percent.
The president’s supporters applaud him for deporting undocumented immigrants and cutting government waste. Those unhappy with the direction he is taking the country say they fear Trump is allowing billionaire Elon Musk to dismantle critical government programs.



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Almost 9 in 10 Republicans support his actions, while 9 in 10 Democrats oppose them. Among independents, about 1 in 3 support what he’s done, and half oppose. The remainder are unsure whether they support or oppose what is taking place.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-poll-unpopular-post-ipsos/

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

Trump approval rating hits 47%, as Americans name his most significant move so far: poll

President Donald Trump's approval rating sits at 47% according to a Thursday poll from CNN.

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[sabula]

Trump approval rating hits 47%, as Americans name his most significant move so far: poll

President Donald Trump's approval rating sits at 47% according to a Thursday poll from CNN.

www.foxnews.com

Nice to know that way less than half the people believe he's doing a good job. And that's probably on the high side. What a dumpster fire.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Any real answers to $36 trillion won’t be popular.

Not likely Trump will actually cut into it but when the time comes nobody will be happy.

 

[cigaretteman]

President Donald Trump came into office claiming a sweeping and historic mandate, but that was always oversold.
Trump’s win was relatively modest, historically speaking. And while his approval rating upon taking office reached a new all-time high for him — around 50 percent — his “honeymoon” phase still paled in comparison to every modern president not named Trump.


And now, after one month in office, whatever honeymoon (and mandate) Trump enjoyed appears to be slipping away.
Multiple polls this week have shown Trump’s approval rating dropping into more normal territory for him, in the mid-40s. And a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll crystallizes a number of warning signs for Trump’s agenda of drastic and legally dubious change.

Indeed, Americans seem to be quite concerned by how far Trump is going, and most of his signature policies and initiatives appear to be quite unpopular — especially those spearheaded by Elon Musk.

There’s a lot of new data, so let’s break down the big findings.

Trump’s declining approval​

First, the toplines.
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Trump’s approval ratings this week in a series of polls — including the Post-Ipsos poll and others from Reuters, Quinnipiac University, CNN and Gallup — has ranged from 44 to 47 percent. In all of them, more disapprove than approve of him.
That’s a reversal from the vast majority of previous polls, which showed Trump in net-positive territory.

And in the Post-Ipsos poll, significantly more Americans strongly disapprove of Trump (39 percent) than strongly approve of him (27 percent).

Most of his big policies are political losers​

A big question has been whether Trump’s drastic attempts to overhaul the federal government might hurt him. And it appears that’s happening.
The Post-Ipsos poll tested about a dozen different Trump policies and efforts, ranging from mass-deportation to banning transgender people from the military to shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to pardoning Jan. 6 defendants. All but two were unpopular, by an average of 25 points.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-policies-opposed-by-americans/

 

[franklinman]

NOT A problem, they will keep dropping like a rock. CONS will join the rest shortly.

 

[lucas80]

President Donald Trump came into office claiming a sweeping and historic mandate, but that was always oversold.
Trump’s win was relatively modest, historically speaking. And while his approval rating upon taking office reached a new all-time high for him — around 50 percent — his “honeymoon” phase still paled in comparison to every modern president not named Trump.


And now, after one month in office, whatever honeymoon (and mandate) Trump enjoyed appears to be slipping away.
Multiple polls this week have shown Trump’s approval rating dropping into more normal territory for him, in the mid-40s. And a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll crystallizes a number of warning signs for Trump’s agenda of drastic and legally dubious change.

Indeed, Americans seem to be quite concerned by how far Trump is going, and most of his signature policies and initiatives appear to be quite unpopular — especially those spearheaded by Elon Musk.

There’s a lot of new data, so let’s break down the big findings.

Trump’s declining approval​

First, the toplines.
🏛️
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Trump’s approval ratings this week in a series of polls — including the Post-Ipsos poll and others from Reuters, Quinnipiac University, CNN and Gallup — has ranged from 44 to 47 percent. In all of them, more disapprove than approve of him.
That’s a reversal from the vast majority of previous polls, which showed Trump in net-positive territory.

And in the Post-Ipsos poll, significantly more Americans strongly disapprove of Trump (39 percent) than strongly approve of him (27 percent).

Most of his big policies are political losers​

A big question has been whether Trump’s drastic attempts to overhaul the federal government might hurt him. And it appears that’s happening.
The Post-Ipsos poll tested about a dozen different Trump policies and efforts, ranging from mass-deportation to banning transgender people from the military to shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to pardoning Jan. 6 defendants. All but two were unpopular, by an average of 25 points.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-policies-opposed-by-americans/

MASSIVE LANDSLIDE VICTORY!!!
Trump is squandering his win with unpopular actions. It's almost as if he's a narcissistic moron who conned his way into the WH again. If only us Dems hadn't ran he WOC with the funny laugh.

 

[BioHawk]

And this is the reason he started talking about bribery checks last night.

 

[franklinman]

And this is the reason he started talking about bribery checks last night.

AND won't help a bit