Ben Whedon
Despite a series of headlines suggesting that Elon Pi Pijotki was leading Department of Government (Doge), and his efforts to reduce federal waste hurt President Trump in polls, society contradicts the media of the perception of the department and the first month of Trump.
In recent weeks, Legacy Media has slandered musk, zeroing its supervision over USAID and Treasury Department payment systems to pronounce the upcoming end of the main rights. Others indicated the price of eggs and inflation when the administration is working on improving the economy. “Trump has undertaken to reduce food prices on the first day. Instead, eggs become more expensive, “read CNN header.
“Will the reaction to Elon Musk hurt the Republicans?” he asked VOX. “Musk and dog under water with some voters in the last survey” Axios Reported.
Despite the gloomy headlines, the survey from older election points and the Upstarts seems to show public opinion more supporting Musk’s efforts, and Trump’s policy than a cursory view on the latest headlines would lead to conviction.
“Fucking”
Recent Harvard Caps/Harris survey He stated that Trump enjoys 50% approval assessment, and only 43% did not disapprove of his performance. This week Napolitan News SurveyWhat’s more, he found him with a 53% approval assessment and 44% of the disapproval assessment. Generally, it remains above the water with an assessment of the approval of 49.1% Realclearpolitics Average survey and 47.5% of disapproval assessment.
“I think that the story of 2024, one of the great stories, is that Legacy Media finally turned out to be irrelevant,” said Scott Rasmussen interviewer on Wednesday in “”John Solomon reports“Podcast. “They could not control the narrative. They were without contact, talking to each other. Yougov actually conducted a survey a few weeks ago and said that more voters trust Donald Trump to get information about what is happening than to trust time-honored media. “
“It seems that they do not understand, even where the electorate is,” he said about older stores. “I think that last year, when the narrative was” the economy improves “and people say:” Not in my check book, not at my kitchen table, it is not “and I think that now they do not understand that people are fine with deporting illegal aliens, especially illegal criminals who have committed crimes. The difference simply not understanding where America is, is that reporters do not leave and do not talk to real people. “
“About the right” vs. “Not too far”
The latest Harvard/Harris survey showed broad support for Doge efforts. Eighty -three percent supported the reduction of government expenditure on increasing taxes, and another 77% supported a wide review of federal expenses.
In particular, Doge 60% expressed the belief that the Department actively helps the government in significant cuts. Seventy percent agreed that government expenditure was harassed by waste and fraud, and 69% favored a cut of $ 1 trillion.
Napolitan found comparable data, with 62% of registered voters expressed the view that Doge would facilitate Trump significantly reduce the deficit during the first year.
Fifty -nine percent supported the idea of ​​”Dog dividend“In which 20% of savings produced by Doge cuts were sent back to taxpayers, and 80% goes to reduce the deficit. Only 22% opposed this idea.
Separate Napolitan surveyWhat’s more, he decided that the audience was reasonably divided into musk, and 44% have a favorable view on him, 47% had an unfavorable view, and 7% uncertain.
He asked if Doge went far enough Until now, 36% stated that it had gone too far, and 19% stated that the agency had “appropriate” and 25% stated that it did not go far enough. Nineteen percent were not certain, but the sum of “the right” and “insufficient” suggested a clear support for the work of the department managed by musk.
Inflation/economy
However, the prophecies of the Holocaust for administration based on economic movements seem a bit more in terms of public opinion, because surveys show that Trump has a relatively low number of inflation and facing high demand for immediate action in terms of price boost.
Trump is currently under water in the economy in most research, though narrowly. Currently boasts Average approval 46.0% In this matter, according to Realclearpolitics, Which reported that 49.8% did not absorb his behavior with the case. He was in a worse shape of inflation, z 39.7% approval with its problem and 52.7% disapproval.
During the first month of Trump, Democrats often criticized their policy in matters not related to problems, questioning how to reduce the price of eggs, referring to the promise of Trump’s inflation. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Investment on Wednesday worth $ 1 billion to solve the price of eggs, although most of the data from the elections displayed its announcement.
A significant part of the Democrats’ Reservations and Legacy Media towards Doge plans is to say that in accordance with PBS“It is expected that” Data published on the subject of “Wall of Inclipts” Doge will not bring any savings. ” Journalist and Blogger Kevin Drum He argued last week that Doge “saved only taxpayers about 0.33% of the federal budget.”
Nevertheless, the mood of the nation is more improving, and 42.5% claims that the nation is heading in the right direction, and Significant growth With only 27.7% recorded on January 17, just before he took office.
Border security/mass deportations
Last DataMeanwhile, he found broad support for the president’s immigration and deportation program. In 2024, 25% of registered voters believed that the government was stern about securing the border, compared to 69%, who said the same in the latest Napolitan survey.
Other 61% expressed support for arresting people who leaks information about immigration and customs raids (ICE). Eighty two percent In addition, registered voters expressed the belief that illegal immigration is harmful to the country.
On the subject of deportation, The extensive majority of 57% He expressed the belief that the administration’s deportation efforts were either “about the right side” or that they did not go “far enough”. Only 33% stated that they went too far and 10% were not certain.
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Ben Whedon is a reporter only in news.
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