As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to move into the White House for an historic second term, most Americans believe that he will succeed in delivering on his top campaign promises.
From fixing the border to cutting taxes, majorities are buoyant that Trump will achieve his goals on issues he also succeeded on when he served as the 45th president before losing to President Joe Biden in 2020.
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The latest signs of hope were revealed in a pre-inaugural survey released by Gallup on Thursday. The polling agency described the results as mixed, but they showed very positive results for the issues Trump hit on during his successful third try at the presidency.
On issues such as improving race relations and healthcare to enhancing the environment, Gallup said Americans had less faith in Trump. But the incoming 47th president never put those issues on his list of major promises.
On eight key issues, all of which Trump pushed during his campaign against Biden and then Vice President Kamala Harris, majorities believe he will succeed. They are:
- Control illegal immigration at 68%.
- Reduce unemployment, 60%.
- Keeping the U.S. safe from terrorism, 60%.
- Improving the economy, 58%.
- Keeping the nation out of war, 55%.
- Cutting taxes, 54%.
- Reducing crime, 51%.
- Increasing respect for America, 50%.
Areas the nation does not expect him to succeed in are those largely promoted by Democrats and liberals.
However, Gallup found one issue that Trump has focused on and that the public believes he will lose — draining the swamp. The polling outfit said that just 47% believe that Trump will be able to improve the way government works.
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That is despite Trump’s plan to create a “Department of Government Efficiency,” headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Gallup said that Americans “have notably high expectations for him with respect to controlling illegal immigration and reducing crime — both relative to their expectations for him on other issues and historically. More Americans anticipate he’ll succeed in these domains than did so for any other evaluated president. And although confidence in Trump’s ability to keep the nation out of war is not as pronounced as confidence in him on several other objectives, the sharp increase in Americans believing he’ll prevail in this could be important to fulfilling expectations for his second term.”
