{"id":1051199,"date":"2025-02-07T09:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051199"},"modified":"2025-02-07T09:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:36:07","slug":"new-polling-trump-and-his-billionaire-backers-face-steep-backlash-after-disastrous-first-weeks-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-trump-and-his-billionaire-backers-face-steep-backlash-after-disastrous-first-weeks-in-office\/","title":{"rendered":"New Polling: Trump and His Billionaire Backers Face Steep Backlash After Disastrous First Weeks in Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trump has been in office for less than a month and Americans are already sick of him and the billionaires he\u2019s surrounded himself with from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2025\/01\/23\/musk-bezos-zuckerberg-inauguration-oligarchy\/77852313007\/\">Day One<\/a>. New polling confirms Trump\u2019s approval rating has plummeted in the short time he\u2019s been in office, as he pushes executive orders that have taken money out of Americans\u2019 pockets and installed unqualified billionaires to dismantle popular programs that working families and small businesses rely on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Americans voted for lower costs, not billionaires like Elon Musk to strip the U.S. government for parts. Now, across the country, Americans are fed up with Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Take a look:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Trump\u2019s approval ratings are falling \u2013 fast:<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling\">Morning Consult:<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201cFor the first time this year, Trump\u2019s favorability rating has fallen underwater\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling\">Morning Consult:<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/a>Trump\u2019s \u201capproval rating fell 3 percentage points\u201d since last week.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">As Musk pushes Trump out of the spotlight and becomes the face of the administration, his approval ratings are in the gutter:\u00a0<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3918\">Quinnipiac<\/a>: <strong>53% oppose Musk<\/strong> playing a key role in Trump&#8217;s admin. Musk&#8217;s net favorables are way down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ForecasterEnten\/status\/1887183550224461921\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cThis as Musk becomes a main face of the Trump admin (Google searches for Musk are up 700%).\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/02\/06\/congress\/elon-musk-approval-rating-00202805\">House Majority Forward<\/a>: \u201cMusk is viewed negatively among 1,000 registered voters in battleground districts.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Even Republicans overwhelmingly oppose Musk since his elevation to DOGE:<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net\/documents\/econtoplines_c1AfT3R.pdf\">The Economist\/YouGov<\/a>: Last November, 47% of Republicans wanted Elon Musk very involved with the government. Today, <strong>only 26% of Republicans support Musk\u2019s involvement<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Independents see Trump and his Billionaire Cabinet as chaotic and reckless:\u00a0<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/navigatorresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Navigator-Update-02.04.2025.pdf?emci=fa6a7efe-38e3-ef11-88f8-0022482a97e9&amp;emdi=c51a1243-aee3-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&amp;ceid=1552229\">Navigator<\/a>: \u201cSupporters Characterize Trump as <strong>\u2018Chaotic<\/strong>,\u2019 \u2018<strong>Moving Fast<\/strong>\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/navigatorresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Navigator-Update-02.04.2025.pdf?emci=fa6a7efe-38e3-ef11-88f8-0022482a97e9&amp;emdi=c51a1243-aee3-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&amp;ceid=1552229\">Navigator<\/a>: \u201cIn particular, the funding freeze seems <strong>cruel<\/strong> and <strong>not well-planned.<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/navigatorresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Navigator-Update-02.04.2025.pdf?emci=fa6a7efe-38e3-ef11-88f8-0022482a97e9&amp;emdi=c51a1243-aee3-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&amp;ceid=1552229\">Navigator<\/a>: \u201cMany express <strong>concern about the influence of billionaires<\/strong> and corporations on the administration\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Americans disapprove of Trump\u2019s reliance on billionaires to run the government:\u00a0<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/doge-musk-trump-corruption-government-efficiency-16243280f446ea85ef50ff106c7e2841\">AP-NORC<\/a>:<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong>6 in 10<\/strong> U.S. adults say it is a <strong>bad thing for the president to rely on billionaires<\/strong> for advice about government policy, while only about 1 in 10 call it a very or somewhat good thing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/02\/06\/congress\/elon-musk-approval-rating-00202805\">House Majority Forward<\/a>: 70 percent of respondents opposed \u201cappointing up to nine different billionaires to the administration.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong> In less than three weeks, Donald Trump and his billionaire Cabinet are facing steep backlash after putting their own selfish interests above the interests of working families. If Trump continues to attack critical programs and elevate out-of-touch billionaires, Americans will make Trump and Republicans across the country pay at the ballot box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has been in office for less than a month and Americans are already sick of him and the billionaires he\u2019s surrounded himself with from Day One. New polling confirms Trump\u2019s approval rating has plummeted in the short time he\u2019s been in office, as he pushes executive orders that have taken money out of Americans\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Polling: Trump and His Billionaire Backers Face Steep Backlash After Disastrous First Weeks in Office - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-trump-and-his-billionaire-backers-face-steep-backlash-after-disastrous-first-weeks-in-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-07T14:36:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-trump-and-his-billionaire-backers-face-steep-backlash-after-disastrous-first-weeks-in-office\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-trump-and-his-billionaire-backers-face-steep-backlash-after-disastrous-first-weeks-in-office\/\",\"name\":\"New Polling: Trump and His Billionaire Backers Face Steep Backlash After Disastrous First Weeks in Office - 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