How do voters feel about Trump’s Day 1 executive orders? What new poll found
An overwhelming number of executive orders signed just hours after President Donald Trump assumed office for his second term quickly mobilized immigration enforcement and renamed the Gulf of Mexico.
As Americans grappled with the sheer number of the orders, a poll conducted by Echelon Insights found that the majority of American voters, 52%, approve of the executive orders he signed on Jan. 20.
A 10-point margin separated approval from disapproval, according to the poll published Jan. 27. Forty-two percent of respondents said they disapproved of Trump’s executive orders while 6% said they were unsure.
Trump’s signatures quickly pulled the U.S. out of the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement while also declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.
While the majority of voters generally approve of the over 40 executive actions Trump made on the first day of his second term, most disagreed with his move to end birthright citizenship for children born to U.S. immigrants who did not have proper documentation, the poll found.
Fifty percent of respondents said that Trump should not end the clause in the 14th Amendment that grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. while 34% said they agreed with the move, the poll found.
At least 22 states sued Trump over the executive order, calling it unconstitutional, ABC reported.
Trump’s job approval rating one week into his term has a slight favorable majority, with 51% approving of his first days in office and 43% disapproving.
At least 50% of voters also approve of the way Trump is handling the economy, immigration and foreign policy in general, the poll found.
On Trump’s ideas to expand the U.S. territory, most voters disagreed with the notion that the country should acquire more territory, including Canada or Greenland, according to the poll.
Fifty-nine percent also disagreed with Trump’s executive order that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” the poll found.
The Echelon Insights poll was conducted between Jan. 22 and Jan. 24 and surveyed 1,024 voters. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
This story was originally published January 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM with the headline "How do voters feel about Trump’s Day 1 executive orders? What new poll found."
