Although Americans tend to give President-elect Donald Trump “cold” (48%) rather than “warm” (43%) ratings, the latter is more “warm” than the 34% that Trump received in 2020 and the 36% from 2016, a new Pew Research Center analysis suggests.
“Americans narrowly approve of the president-elect’s plans and policies for the future,” according to Pew, and “roughly half of Americans (53%) approve of his plans, while 46% disapprove.”
Among the 9,609 adults that Pew surveyed from Nov. 12 to 17, 31% had “very warm” and 11% “warm” feelings toward Trump, while 40% reported feeling “very cold” and 7% “cold” about the president-elect. In November 2020, 26% were “very warm” and 50% “very cold.”
Some 53% expressed confidence in Trump’s ability to make good decisions on foreign policy, including 31% that was “very confident” and 21% that was “somewhat confident.” Some 17% was “not too confident” and 30% was “not at all confident” about Trump’s foreign-policy decisions.
Among Republicans and those who lean Republican, 88% expressed confidence in Trump’s foreign-policy compared to 19% of Democrats and those who lean Democrat.
Many pro-Israel and conservative groups have predicted that Trump will treat the Jewish state more favorably than his predecessor, and the president-elect has suggested that he will do so as well.
According to Pew’s data, just 14% of respondents think that partisanship in Washington will improve. It also found that 73% of Democrats are “fearful” about the state of the country and 54% report being “angry,” 29% “hopeful” and 14% “proud.” Republicans are considerably likely to say that they were “hopeful” (76%) and “proud” (46%).
