Majority of Americans Believe Trump Will Succeed in Controlling Illegal Immigration, Reducing Crime, Keeping U.S. Out of War, and Boosting the Economy
A large majority of Americans believe that President-elect Donald Trump will be successful at controlling illegal immigration, boosting the economy, lowering unemployment, and keeping the United States out of war.
According to a Gallup poll conducted in December, a massive 68 percent of Americans have faith that Trump will be able to get illegal immigration under control.
The president-elect has promised to conduct the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”
“Expectations are highest that Trump will control illegal immigration, which 68% of U.S. adults predict he’ll do,” the pollsters reported on January 2. “Smaller majorities believe he will reduce unemployment, keep the country safe from terrorism, improve the economy, keep the country out of war, cut people’s taxes or reduce the crime rate.”
Confidence in Trump’s ability to keep America out of wars has drastically risen since he was elected for his first term in 2016. At the time, only 38 percent believed this. Now, 55 percent of those surveyed hold this belief.
“Far more Americans now than in 2016 believe Trump will keep the nation out of war, rising 17 percentage points to 55%,” Gallup reports. “By contrast, in 2016, the majority (57%) doubted he would keep the country out of war. This shift likely reflects Trump’s claims that the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars would not have occurred had he been president, that he will end both quickly, and that he started ‘no new wars’ in his first term.”
Most respondents also believed Trump will “increase respect for the United States abroad.”
On the other hand, American voters have little hope that Trump will be able to heal political divisions, improve the healthcare system, fix race relations, or “improve conditions for minorities and the poor.”
This lack of faith in his ability to improve the quality of life for “poor people and minorities” contradicts the belief that he will be able to reduce unemployment and fix the economy — as both would benefit all Americans, including those demographics.
The survey was conducted December 2-18.
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