HAMDEN – Forty-one percent of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 54% disapprove, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll. The same poll found 39% of voters approve of the way U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, is doing its job, while 56% disapprove.
The poll, directed by Doug Schwartz, Ph.D., is based on answers from 979 self-identified registered voters nationwide who were surveyed from June 22-June 24 with a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Undocumented immigrants
Roughly two-thirds of voters (64%) say they prefer giving most undocumented immigrants in the United States a pathway to legal status, while 31% say they prefer deporting most undocumented immigrants.
This is a change from Quinnipiac University’s Dec. 18, 2024 poll when 55% of voters said they preferred giving most undocumented immigrants a pathway to legal status and 36% said they preferred deporting most undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
“Keep a path open for undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. legally, say voters, who are unhappy with the way deportations are being handled,” said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.
Politically motivated violence
Ninety-one percent of voters think that politically motivated violence in the U.S. today is either a very serious problem (54%) or a somewhat serious problem (37%), while 8% think it is either a not so serious problem (6%) or not a problem at all (2%).
Responses were similar across party lines.
Most urgent issue
For the first time in a Quinnipiac University national poll in 2025, the economy does not top the list as the most urgent issue facing the country today.
Given a list of nine issues, voters say preserving democracy in the U.S. (24%) is the most urgent issue facing the country today, followed by the economy (19%), immigration (18%), and international conflicts (15%). No other issue reached double digits.
“Democracy, the bedrock of the country, will not collapse in the decades to come, say voters from across the political spectrum,” added Malloy.
Other key findings
Voters, 55%-29%, oppose the Republican tax and spending bill named One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
