DOGE Study | Part 1
America's Views on DOGE and Elon Musk
2,063 Likely General Election Voters
Conducted nationally February 15-17, 2025
MoE: 3.36%
DOGE Study | Part 1
America's Views on DOGE and Elon Musk
2,063 Likely General Election Voters
Conducted nationally February 15-17, 2025
MoE: 3.36%
Trump Approval Split
Roughly a month into his second term, President Trump’s approval rating sits one-to-one.
Government Efficiency
The vast majority (79%) of Americans support initiatives to end federal government spending waste and fraud, and half reportedly favor DOGE’s efforts specifically and trust its goal of saving $1 billion per day in government spending. Nearly twice as many Americans trust Elon Musk and his team to address government waste compared to Congress or federal employees.
A majority of Americans support DOGE’s review of the U.S. Treasury.
Americans are equally split on whether to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education in favor of states managing their education funding.
Voters are more inclined to believe Trump & Musk’s intentions to rid government of waste are pure, though Independents are a bit more cynical.
USAID
More than half (57%) oppose USAID’s funding of social initiatives, and 72% of Americans say foreign assistance should be paused and reviewed or stopped altogether.
This nationwide survey of 2,063 likely general election voters was conducted between February 13 and February 17, 2025, using mobile text responses and landline telephone interviews. It is balanced by the age, gender, education level, race, region, and self-reported party of the true voting population and has a margin of error of +/- 3.36%.