It’s been just about twenty days since former president Trump became President-elect Trump on November 5. Since that time, a flurry of activity has emanated from Mara-a-Lago concerning high-profile cabinet appointments and other nominations for positions within the executive branch.
The announcements have come fast and furious, often bringing rounds of praise from Trump supporters but sometimes bringing groans or head-scratching as well.
Among voters watching from the outside, Trump is getting high marks for what appears to be an efficient and quick-forming team ready to hit the ground in January.
In that context, CBS and YouGov released a slew of polls today asking various questions about how voters feel since Trump’s victory:
President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration starts off with mostly good will from the public: a majority of Americans overall are either happy or at least satisfied that he won and are either excited or optimistic about what he’ll do as president.
Trump’s handling of his presidential transition gets approval from most Americans overall and brings near-universal approval from his voters, along with a net-positive response about his selections for Cabinet posts, in particular, Sen. Marco Rubio, who is Trump’s pick to be secretary of state.
After inflation and the economy so dominated the election, Americans are more inclined to think his administration will bring down prices for food and groceries rather than raise them, and his voters overwhelmingly say that. Going into the election, his backers expected that, too.
The overall view is positive with almost 6 in 10 voters saying Trump is doing a good job so far:
What about Trump’s cabinet picks specifically? Not surprisingly, nominating Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State is widely seen as non-controversial:
That’s not too surprising, Rubio isn’t very threatening as a disruptor and his fellow Senators will rubber-stamp him along through the process no doubt.
However, CBS may be intentionally burying the lede when asking about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of Health & Human Services. If you watch the media freakout and hysteria, you’d think RFK Jr. would be a contentious choice and maybe voters would have reservations. Much to the contrary, RFK Jr. actually comes out with higher marks than Rubio as a “Good Choice” to run HHS:
While RFK Jr. does have a higher “Not Good Choice” mark than Rubio, it’s obvious the general public does not see him as a threat to their health the way talking heads do on CNN.
Outside of appointments, what about Trump’s policies? This one may be the most hilarious from an observational standpoint. The media are hyperventilating over the promise by the President-elect to begin deportations immediately. Voters seem to agree with that sentiment by a sizable majority:
Try as they might, the establishment cannot convince Americans that rampant illegal immigration is a good thing. Too many people, even in blue states and liberal cities, have seen the destruction firsthand and they want it to end.
Americans seem ready to give Trump a fresh start and want him to enact the things he campaigned on. He ran on bold ideas and voters responded. It’s time for the change voters asked for.
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