Poll: America Approves Of Trump’s Actions So Far

While some are claiming that many of Trump’s actions are “not what his voters wanted,” the data shows otherwise. This of course comes in stark contrast to the portrayal of Trump’s actions by most media outlets.

According to the February Harvard CAPS / Harris poll, which is monthly a collaboration between the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard (CAPS) and the Harris Poll and HarrisX, most voters are satisfied with the job Donald Trump is doing so far in his second term as president, while approval for the Democratic Party is at an all-time low. 

Approval for the Democrats sits at just 32%, which is 15 points lower than approval for the GOP, but the news is great for Trump. His approval rating sits at 52%. A whopping 81% of voters support Trump’s deportation plans, while 76% support eliminating fraud and waste.

70% of people prefer merit-based hiring, and 60% view the job the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is doing favorably. The poll suggests that 83% of voters would rather reduce government spending than increase taxes.

There are a few areas where voters disagree with Trump. Birthright citizenship is one of them. Sixty-three percent see it as a constitutional requirement. There is also some disagreement on tariffs.

Voters seem to be split on whether they’re harmful or helpful, and 62% believe they’ll raise prices in the U.S., including 50% of Republicans. Overall, there is also a lot of disagreement about how to handle the war in Ukraine and over Trump’s handling of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. 

Generally, people are feeling better about the U.S. now than they did when Biden was in office. Fifty-eight percent say Trump is doing a better job, though admittedly, the bar was pretty low.  

In January, the poll found that only 28% of voters were optimistic about the future of the United States, but in February, after Trump’s first month in office, that number climbed to 42%. Trump has remained consistently in the positive in approval ratings so far.

From the way that most news sources are reporting on the Trump administration, you would not think that these numbers are real. But we should already be accustomed to the fact that the portrayal of Donald Trump will always be more negative that the actual reality of Donald Trump.