{"id":223427,"date":"2025-04-23T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=223427"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:50:31","slug":"views-of-how-the-trump-administration-governs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/04\/23\/views-of-how-the-trump-administration-governs\/","title":{"rendered":"2. Views of how the Trump administration governs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=223468\"><img data-dominant-color=\"edebe5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"560\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-01.png?resize=480,434 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-01.png?resize=620,560 620w\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-01.png?w=620\" alt=\"A horizontal stacked bar chart showing that about half of Americans say Trump is doing too much by executive order.\" class=\"wp-image-223468 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edebe5; width:310px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/tracking-trump-executive-orders-actions-dg\/index.html\">record-breaking series of executive orders<\/a> at the start of his second term, many of his administration\u2019s actions are being <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/trump-executive-order-lawsuit-tracker\/\">held up in federal court<\/a> as judges weigh whether or not they are legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the status of some of these actions uncertain, <strong>51% of Americans say Trump is doing too much by executive order,<\/strong> while 5% believe he is doing too little. About a quarter (27%) say Trump is doing about the right amount, with 16% unsure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats overwhelmingly say Trump is doing too much by executive order (80%). And while 51% of Republicans say he\u2019s doing about the right amount, about two-in-ten say he\u2019s doing too much (21%) or that they are unsure (20%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;expectations-for-the-administration-s-response-to-federal-courts&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"expectations-for-the-administration-s-response-to-federal-courts\">Expectations for the administration\u2019s response to federal courts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a federal court rules that an action by the Trump administration is illegal, nearly eight-in-ten Americans (78%) say the administration <em>has to follow<\/em> the court\u2019s ruling and stop its action. <strong>This includes an overwhelming majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (91%), as well as most Republican and Republican leaners (65%).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When pressed further on whether the Trump administration would need to follow a <em>Supreme Court<\/em> ruling, even fewer say the administration could disregard rulings from both courts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Just 9% of Americans say the Trump administration would not need to stop an action ruled illegal by a federal court <em>and <\/em>by the Supreme Court.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10% say the administration would not have to abide by a federal court ruling blocking its action but would need to stop if the Supreme Court ruled it illegal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=223471\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e4e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-02.png?resize=480,645 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-02.png?resize=782,1050 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-02.png?resize=840,1128 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"859\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-02.png?w=640\" alt=\"A diverging bar chart showing that most Americans say the Trump administration would need to stop an action if a federal court ruled it illegal.\" class=\"wp-image-223471 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e4e2; width:420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relatively small shares in both parties say the administration would be free to continue an action ruled illegal by the Supreme Court: <strong>Just 14% of Republicans and 4% of Democrats say that if the Supreme Court rules an action by the administration illegal, it <em>does not<\/em> have to follow the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We asked a separate half of survey respondents a slightly different question: Would it be a problem if the Trump administration refused to stop an action after the court ruled against it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responses follow a similar pattern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Democrats overwhelmingly say it would be a major problem if the Trump administration did not stop an action ruled illegal in federal court (89%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three-quarters of Republicans say this would be either a major (39%) or minor (36%) problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;ethical-standards-of-trump-administration-officials&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ethical-standards-of-trump-administration-officials\">Ethical standards of Trump administration officials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=223467\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eae6da\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"788\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-03.png?resize=480,610 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-03.png?resize=620,788 620w\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-03.png?w=620\" alt=\"A horizontal stacked bar chart showing that more Americans rate ethical standards of Trump officials as poor than said this about Biden officials.\" class=\"wp-image-223467 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eae6da; width:310px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans offer mixed assessments on the ethical standards of Trump administration officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While 36% of adults rate the ethical standards of top administration officials as excellent or good, 43% rate them as poor. An additional 19% say their ethics are only fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"assessments-of-trump-officials-ethics-versus-biden-officials-ethics\">Assessments of Trump officials\u2019 ethics versus Biden officials\u2019 ethics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evaluations of Trump officials\u2019 ethical standards are more negative than evaluations of Biden officials\u2019 ethics were at this point in Biden\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2021, roughly half of Americans (52%) rated the ethical standards of Biden administration officials as excellent or good, while about a quarter each rated their ethics as only fair (22%) or poor (25%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public evaluations of Biden officials\u2019 ethics declined later in his presidency. They were also less polarized than current evaluations of Trump officials: The share of Americans rating Trump officials\u2019 ethics as excellent today is higher than the share saying this about Biden officials in 2023 (16% vs. 9%). But the share rating Trump officials\u2019 ethics as poor is also higher than the share who rated Biden officials this way (43% vs. 32%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current ratings of Trump officials\u2019 ethics are on par with those measured during his first term. And they\u2019re lower than ratings of other presidential administrations measured in <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2018\/05\/03\/trump-viewed-less-negatively-on-issues-but-most-americans-are-critical-of-his-conduct\/2\/#33b875af0eb96132e3a0060dcbd5c2c6\">phone surveys dating back to the Reagan administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=223469\"><img data-dominant-color=\"edeae1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"752\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-04.png?resize=480,582 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-04.png?resize=620,752 620w\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-04.png?w=620\" alt=\"A horizontal stacked bar chart showing that Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to rate the ethical standards of Trump officials poorly.\" class=\"wp-image-223469 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edeae1; width:310px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans and Democrats have very different views of Trump officials\u2019 ethical standards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nearly seven-in-ten Republicans rate the ethical standards of Trump officials as excellent (32%) or good (37%), compared with 21% who say only fair and 9% who say poor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About eight-in-ten Democrats (78%) rate these officials\u2019 ethics as poor, with just 6% saying they are excellent or good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;americans-trust-in-trump-s-statements&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"americans-trust-in-trump-s-statements\">Americans\u2019 trust in Trump\u2019s statements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=223472\"><img data-dominant-color=\"edebe8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-05.png?resize=480,366 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-05.png?resize=782,596 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-05.png?resize=840,640 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"488\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-05.png?w=640\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that most Democrats trust what Trump says less than previous presidents; most Republicans trust him about the same or more.\" class=\"wp-image-223472 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edebe8; width:420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About half of Americans (48%) trust what Trump says less than previous presidents; a smaller share (32%) say they trust what he says more. About two-in-ten (19%) say they trust what Trump says about the same amount as previous presidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are far more skeptical than Republicans of the things Trump says: Democrats overwhelmingly trust what Trump says less than past presidents (82%), with just 6% saying they trust him more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By comparison, a 60% majority of Republicans trust Trump more than past presidents. Republicans are also about twice as likely as Democrats to say they trust the things Trump says about the same amount as previous presidents (25% vs. 11%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;who-do-americans-think-trump-should-represent&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"who-do-americans-think-trump-should-represent\">Who do Americans think Trump should represent?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=223470\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeebe3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-06.png?resize=480,439 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-06.png?resize=782,715 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-06.png?resize=840,768 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"585\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/pp_2025-4-23_trump-100-days_02-06.png?w=640\" alt=\"A diverging bar chart showing that, in both parties, wide majorities say Trump should focus on the concerns of all Americans, not just his voters.\" class=\"wp-image-223470 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeebe3; width:420px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In both parties, wide majorities say Trump should primarily focus on addressing the concerns of all Americans \u2013 even if it means disappointing some of his supporters \u2013 rather than focusing mainly on the concerns of his supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans overwhelmingly say Trump should focus on addressing the concerns of all Americans (81%), rather than just those who voted for him. 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