{"id":1050395,"date":"2024-12-11T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1050395"},"modified":"2024-12-12T09:20:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:20:37","slug":"new-polling-shows-americans-distrust-donald-trump-and-his-extreme-hhs-pick-rfk-jr-s-dangerous-views-on-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-shows-americans-distrust-donald-trump-and-his-extreme-hhs-pick-rfk-jr-s-dangerous-views-on-health\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Polling Shows Americans Distrust Donald Trump and His Extreme HHS Pick RFK Jr.\u2019s Dangerous Views on Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New polling shows that most Americans do not trust Donald Trump and his conspiracy theory-spewing HHS pick RFK Jr. \u2013 and oppose their dangerous stances that risk our public safety and health. Americans deserve better than RFK Jr.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/03\/26\/vaccine-misinformation-trump-kennedy-rfk-jr-2024\/\">long record <\/a>of spreading medical misinformation and threatening health care access \u2013 and want nothing to do with the toxic agenda he\u2019ll push with Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New polling shows that Americans do not trust Donald Trump, RFK Jr., and other incoming Trump administration officials, especially compared to Biden-Harris administration public health officials.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/11\/trump-rfk-jr-american-distrust-health-poll\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cMost Americans distrust Trump, RFK Jr. on health: Axios-Ipsos poll\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Members of the incoming Trump administration won\u2019t be entering office with widespread public trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c60% or more of respondents say they have at least a fair amount of trust in information from the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or National Institutes of Health. And 45% report trusting information from Fauci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Fewer say they have the same amount of trust in information on health topics from Trump (32%), Kennedy (30%), Elon Musk (25%), Mehmet Oz (23%) or others Trump has nominated<\/strong> to lead federal health agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump faces longstanding public credibility issues as independent voters trust Democrats more.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/11\/trump-rfk-jr-american-distrust-health-poll\">Axios<\/a>:<strong> <\/strong>\u201c\u2018A lot of Trump\u2019s health picks aren\u2019t well-known, so they\u2019re not trusted, but even <strong>Donald Trump hasn\u2019t seen a resurgence in public views of his credibility on public health since COVID<\/strong>\u2019 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c&#8230;<strong>independents tend to side with Democrats on the trust issue:<\/strong> Even now,<strong> 45% of independents say they trust Fauci,<\/strong> though his rating has fallen since the height of COVID.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RFK Jr. is completely out of touch with average Americans, with the majority of respondents disagreeing with a wide range of his stances.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/11\/trump-rfk-jr-american-distrust-health-poll\">Axios<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Just over a quarter of the public (29%) supports removing fluoride<\/strong> from water supplies. About <strong>1 in 5 (18%) back ending vaccine requirements<\/strong> for attending public schools. <strong>One quarter (24%) support firing science staff <\/strong>at the FDA and NIH. And <strong>1 in 5 (19%) would reduce testing requirements<\/strong> before allowing new drugs or therapies to be sold to the public. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018But as you get to some of his other views on public health \u2014 removing fluoride, ending vaccine requirements for kids, firing research and science staff at health agencies \u2014 <strong>only a small minority support any of the non-nutrition health things he\u2019s calling for,\u2019<\/strong> Jackson said.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New polling shows that most Americans do not trust Donald Trump and his conspiracy theory-spewing HHS pick RFK Jr. \u2013 and oppose their dangerous stances that risk our public safety and health. 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