Ballot on Trump’s 2025 joint handle to Congress finds giant majority of viewers approve
A big majority of speech watchers authorized of what they heard from President Trump’s joint handle to Congress Tuesday evening.
The viewership was closely Republican — traditionally a president’s occasion attracts extra of their very own partisans. This was no exception, they usually favored what they heard.
This CBS Information/YouGov survey interviewed a nationally consultant pattern of speech watchers instantly following the president’s handle to Congress.
Most speech viewers described the president as “presidential, “inspiring” and extra “unifying” than “divisive.” A giant majority additionally known as it “entertaining.”
Most stated Mr. Trump talked loads about points they care about.
Most viewers who tuned in say the speech made them really feel “hopeful” and “proud.”
The Democrats who did watch largely described it making them really feel “anxious,” and for 4 in 10, “indignant.”
Coming in, viewers stated they wished to listen to about plans for reducing costs, and about two-thirds of those that watched tonight suppose the president has a transparent plan for coping with that.
Huge majorities of viewers favored the plans they heard on immigration, wasteful authorities spending and the battle between Russia and Ukraine. A comparatively smaller majority favored what they heard on tariffs.
Most viewers thought the president described the crime drawback within the U.S. precisely.
Most viewers authorized of the speaker of the Home having a member of Congress eliminated from the chamber for interrupting Mr. Trump’s speech.
This CBS Information survey relies on 1,207 interviews of adults who watched the President’s handle to Congress on Tuesday evening. An preliminary survey was performed by YouGov between February 28- March 3, 2025 utilizing a nationally consultant pattern of 11,406 U.S. adults, together with 4,131 respondents who deliberate to look at the handle. Respondents who deliberate to look at the speech had been requested in the event that they had been keen to be reinterviewed. Solely those that watched the speech had been included within the evaluation.
The preliminary pattern was weighted in keeping with gender, age, race, and training based mostly on the U.S. Census American Group Survey, and the U.S. Census Present Inhabitants Survey, and 2024 Presidential vote. The ultimate pattern of post-speech re-interviews was weighted to be consultant of those that stated they’d watch the President’s handle in keeping with gender, age, race, training, geographic area, 2024 Presidential vote, and pre-speech partisan identification. The margin of error is ±3.4 pts.
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