A majority of people believe President-elect Donald Trump has clear authority to enact policy, according to a Rasmussen Report survey.
investigation said, “Donald Trump won the election with a majority of the popular vote and 312 votes in the Electoral College. Does this election obligate him to enact the policies he campaigned on?”
Overall, 55% of likely voters said “yes” that this election was an obligation for President Trump to enact policies, while 32% said he did not. A further 13% are unsure.
A majority of Republicans (81%) and half of independents (50%) believe this election was mandated by President Trump, while a majority of Democrats (48%) disagree. I don't think so.
When asked whether Congress should “primarily work with President Trump in enacting policy,” voters were most likely to say that it should, at 53%. Just 36% said Congress should oppose his policies. As expected, a majority of Democrats (60%) think Congress should oppose Trump's policies, but a majority of independents and a majority of Republicans (47% and 85%, respectively) think Congress should oppose Trump's policies. I believe that we should work together with the government to formulate policies.
The survey was conducted from December 1st to 3rd among 1,291 likely U.S. voters. There is a margin of error of +/- 3%.
President Trump's mandate is a difficult pill for the left to swallow, and some reject it. In November, Minority Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters that after Trump's victory and Republican victories, they took the Senate and maintained their House majority. He said that the “mission” they had been discussing “doesn't exist.” ”
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“Despite the claims of some of my Republican colleagues who have spent a lot of time over the past two weeks talking about some big, huge task, I'm not looking for one,” Jeffries said. “There is,” he said.
“That doesn't mean we don't need to make adjustments to overcome the fight against a national retreat from House Republicans,” he continued.
“But there is no question about this notion that the far right has an obligation to make large-scale extreme policy changes,” he argued. “It doesn't exist.”
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Their poll is consistent with the findings of the Harvard-Harris poll, which found that half of registered voters believe Mr. Trump has a “strong mandate” to govern.
