{"id":192945,"date":"2024-11-22T09:51:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=192945"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:10:43","slug":"views-of-trump-personal-traits-confidence-on-issues-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/11\/22\/views-of-trump-personal-traits-confidence-on-issues-ideology\/","title":{"rendered":"1. Views of Trump: Personal traits, confidence on issues, ideology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans\u2019 ratings of Donald Trump on some dimensions have ticked up modestly since preelection surveys. For example, 59% now express confidence in Trump to make good decisions about economic policy, up from 55% in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On other evaluations, such as whether Trump is a good role model, public views are identical or nearly identical to those expressed before the election. And across a wide range of issues and personal characteristics, Republicans and Democrats remain sharply divided in their assessments of the president-elect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;views-of-trump-s-ability-to-handle-key-issues&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"views-of-trump-s-ability-to-handle-key-issues\">Views of Trump\u2019s ability to handle key issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly six-in-ten Americans (59%) express confidence in Trump to make good decisions about economic policy, including 35% who say they are very confident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=192984\"><img data-dominant-color=\"edebe5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edebe5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-01.png?resize=480,521 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-01.png?resize=782,849 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-01.png?resize=840,912 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"456\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-01.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows Majorities express confidence in Trump on economy, law enforcement, immigration and foreign policy\" class=\"wp-image-192984 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Narrower majorities express confidence in Trump to effectively handle law enforcement and criminal justice issues (54%), make wise decisions about immigration policy (53%) or make good decisions about foreign policy (53%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By contrast, 54% say they are either not too confident (18%) or not at all confident (36%) in Trump\u2019s ability to make good decisions about abortion policy. And 59% express little confidence in his ability to bring the country closer together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wide-partisan-gaps-in-confidence-in-trump-on-issues\">Wide partisan gaps in confidence in Trump on issues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=192985\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efefef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efefef;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-02.png?resize=480,701 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-02.png?resize=620,906 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"453\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-02.png?w=310\" alt=\"Chart shows Across a range of issues, Republicans express much more confidence in Trump\" class=\"wp-image-192985 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2023\/12\/14\/assessments-of-joe-biden\/#public-confidence-in-biden-to-handle-key-issues-remains-low\">As is often the case for presidents<\/a>, Republicans and Democrats express very different levels of confidence in Trump\u2019s ability to handle several key issues facing the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they are at least somewhat confident in Trump on all six of the issues asked about in the survey, while fewer than three-in-ten Democrats and Democratic leaners express this level of confidence in Trump on any of these issues. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Republicans and Democrats alike have the most confidence in Trump when it comes to the economy. Yet while 92% of Republicans are confident in Trump to make good decisions about economic policy, 27% of Democrats say the same.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Republicans are also 58 percentage points more likely than Democrats to express confidence in Trump\u2019s ability to bring the country closer together: 70% of Republicans and just 12% of Democrats say they are very or somewhat confident in Trump to do this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;views-of-trump-s-personal-traits&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"views-of-trump-s-personal-traits\">Views of Trump\u2019s personal traits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 55% majority of Americans say the phrase \u201cmentally sharp\u201d describes Donald Trump very (28%) or fairly (27%) well, nearly identical to the 53% who said this in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=192986\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efede9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efede9;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-03.png?resize=480,521 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-03.png?resize=782,849 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-03.png?resize=840,912 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"456\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-03.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows A majority of Americans describe Trump as mentally sharp, while far fewer see him as a good role model\" class=\"wp-image-192986 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly half of the public (51%) says that Trump keeps his promises, including 22% who say this describes Trump very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slightly fewer than half of Americans (45%) say the phrase \u201ccares about the needs of ordinary people\u201d describes Trump well; 54% say this phrase does not describe Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly four-in-ten (42%) say Trump is honest, while 37% describe him as even-tempered. Trump receives his lowest ratings on whether he is a good role model \u2013 about a third of Americans (34%) describe the president-elect this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several of these traits have been asked in prior Pew Research Center surveys in both 2020 and 2024, and views of Trump\u2019s mental sharpness, empathy and whether he is a good role model are largely unchanged. But ratings of his honesty and temperament are more positive than they were before the election:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>42% say \u201chonest\u201d describes him at least fairly well today, up from 37% in September.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>37% say \u201ceven-tempered\u201d describes him at least fairly well, up from 30% in September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"republican-and-democratic-views-of-trump-s-personal-traits\">Republican and Democratic views of Trump\u2019s personal traits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=192987\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f2f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-04.png?resize=480,657 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-04.png?resize=620,848 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"424\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-04.png?w=310\" alt=\"Chart shows Views of Trump\u2019s personal qualities remain sharply polarized by party\" class=\"wp-image-192987 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as partisans are sharply divided in their views of Trump\u2019s ability to handle key issues, they are similarly divided in their views of his personal characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans are consistently much more likely than Democrats to say that positive descriptions apply to Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In particular, eight-in-ten or more Republicans say he is mentally sharp (89% very\/fairly well), keeps his promises (84%) and cares about the needs of ordinary people (82%). By comparison, narrower majorities of Republicans say he is a good role model (60%) and even-tempered (64%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fewer than a quarter of Democrats say any of these positive traits describe Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;views-of-trump-s-ideology&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"views-of-trump-s-ideology\">Views of Trump\u2019s ideology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, 64% of Americans say Trump has conservative views on most or almost all issues, 26% say he holds a mix of conservative and liberal positions on issues and 7% say his views are largely liberal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=192988\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eae5d8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eae5d8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-05.png?resize=480,494 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-05.png?resize=782,804 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-05.png?resize=840,864 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"432\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-05.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows More than 6 in 10 Americans now say Trump\u2019s views are conservative on all or most issues\" class=\"wp-image-192988 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public\u2019s perception of Trump\u2019s ideological positioning has shifted substantially over time: Shortly after he was first elected in 2016, fewer than half (46%) of Americans said Trump was conservative on most or almost all issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans and Democrats both view Trump as more conservative than they did eight years ago. The share of Democrats describing Trump\u2019s views as conservative has increased to 68% from 46% in 2016. Among Republicans, the share describing Trump\u2019s views this way has increased to 64% from 48% before his first term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"feelings-about-trump\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feelings about Trump<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=192989\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d7d9cf\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d7d9cf;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-06.png?resize=480,894 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-06.png?resize=782,1456 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-06.png?resize=840,1564 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"782\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/11\/PP_2024.11.22_post-election_1-06.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows Trump rated more \u2018warmly\u2019 than in recent years, but nearly half continue to view him \u2018coldly\u2019\" class=\"wp-image-192989 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans\u2019 feelings about Trump are modestly more positive than they were at most other points since he entered political life. On a \u201cfeeling thermometer\u201d where 0 is the coldest rating and 100 is the warmest, 48% give him a \u201ccold\u201d rating (0-49), while a smaller share (43%) rate him warmly (51-100). Roughly one-in-ten give him a neutral rating (50).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As has been the case since Trump first ran in the GOP primary in 2016, Democrats and Republicans take starkly different views of the president-elect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"republicans-views-of-trump\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Republicans\u2019 views of Trump<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May 2016, about half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (53%) expressed a warm view of Trump. By December 2016, after his first win, a much higher share of Republicans (73%) rated him warmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOP views of Trump remained fairly stable through his first term in office \u2013 but warmed up during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. Then, roughly eight-in-ten rated him warmly, including 61% who expressed <em>very <\/em>warm feelings toward the president.<br><br>Republican feelings toward Trump cooled again after his election defeat in November 2020. Then, roughly seven-in-ten expressed warm feelings toward him \u2013 including about half who rated him very warmly (53%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Republicans and Republican leaners feel very warm toward Trump. About eight-in-ten (78%) rate him very warmly (60%) or warmly (18%), while relatively small shares say they have a neutral (8%) or cold (14%) view of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"democrats-views-of-trump\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Democrats\u2019 views of Trump<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats continue to view Trump in largely negative or cold terms. About eight-in-ten give him a cold rating, including 73% who give him a very cold rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Democrats\u2019 views of Trump are less cold today than they were throughout much of his presidency and post-presidency: From 2018 to 2022, roughly nine-in-ten Democrats gave him a cold rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are more negative about Trump today than they were shortly after his 2016 victory. In December 2016, 60% rated him very coldly. 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