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A new poll released by YouGov/The Economist revealed statistics on American voters' opinions of Donald Trump, his actions as President, and a wide range of politicians across the aisle. Unsurprisingly, the polls didn't reveal anything favourable about Trump. The documents included data on his handling of the Epstein files, ICE agents in Minnesota, foreign relations, and everything in between. The poll also included a list of terms describing Donald Trump and asked voters how strongly they associate the term with Trump. There were only a handful of words that voters strongly agreed Trump personified, including racist, dangerous, corrupt, and cruel. The poll sampled 1,674 Americans and mimicked a scaled, but accurate, demographic makeup of the United States.
Breaking down the votes
The first section on Donald Trump calculated his job approval and his handling of a slew of issues. Included were crime, race relations, immigration, and the environment. Trump scored an impressively poor score in his job approval, with an impressive 56% disapproval rate, and an approval rating below 40%. Trump was closer on crime, but still 47% disapproved of his handling and 43% approved. Immigration was a tougher loss for Trump, with 53% of voters disagreeing, and his handling of race relations scored even worse, with only 34% of polled Americans believing he has done a good job. His score on the environment was no better, with 52% disapproving and 35% approving of his handling of environmental issues.
Up next, voters were tasked with deciding on Trump's ideology. 57% of voters believe he is a ‘total conservative', and he got another win in the sincerity column, with an impressive 53% of polled voters thinking that Trump believes what he says. Trump's faithful showed in the next question, where 29% of voters said they liked him as a person, but 44% saying they ‘disliked him a lot'. Possibly the most telling statistic came from question 19. Voters were asked to poll how strongly they agreed with the statement ‘Trump cares about people like you'. A whopping 47% said they believed the president doesn't care about them ‘ at all.'
Associated words
In the next section, voters were tasked with connecting terms to Donald Trump and judging how accurately they describe the President. The list of words included honest, intelligent, inspiring, bold, effective, steady, racist, dangerous, corrupt, divisive, cruel, strong, and out of touch. With six positive terms and six negative terms, voters were given an opportunity to praise and criticize the President. Trump did poorly in the honesty section, with just 20% of voters deeming him honest, and he fared no better in ‘inspiring', with just 18% Americans feeling inspired by the President.
Trump will be glad to know that 43% of Americans describe him as bold, and it's a safe bet that the real number is higher.
Opinions were split into thirds on whether or not Trump is effective, and voters were stumped on whether or not he's ‘steady'. Voters were not stumped on whether or not they think Donald Trump is a racist, though. An impressive 47% of Americans would describe Donald Trump as racist, and only 24% believe the word racist does not describe the President. Out of the remaining six terms (dangerous, corrupt, divisive, cruel, strong, and out of touch), only three of them ended with decisive data. Unsurprisingly, they weren't a positive trio.
Dangerous, corrupt, and cruel
The three categories with the clearest answers were all negative toward Trump. Fifty percent of Americans believe Donald Trump is dangerous. Another 49% believe him to be corrupt, and 46% of voters believe Donald Trump is cruel. Dangerous, racist, corrupt, and cruel.
These are the four words that America has chosen to describe its President, and he's done his best to exemplify those values over his tenure in the Oval Office. The rest of the poll was also critical of Trump, showcasing Americans' displeasure with ICE action in Minnesota, and his handling of the Epstein files.
Fifty-seven percent of the population disapproves of his handling of the Epstein files, and another 53% believe Trump is hiding something.
Not fresh news
While we act like this is fresh data, YouGov and The Economist release this poll every year. This is the second year in a row that the general questions on Trump have remained unchanged. The media is writing articles about this poll as if it's fresh news, but in reality, nearly all the statistics from 2025 are identical to those from 2024. Americans have held these beliefs for at least a full year, so when are they going to do something about it?
