The public continues to validate the changes President Donald Trump is making, pushing the polling gold standard “right track” to its highest level ever.
Just a week after the average “right track” reading topped “wrong track” in the national sentiment survey for the first time, the average “right track” over five days hit 48%, according to Rasmussen Reports.
“The number has never been higher,” said Rasmussen pollster Mark Mitchell. In fact, it is far higher than it was in former President Barack Obama’s much-ballyhooed first month.
It happened!
— Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports (@Mark_R_Mitchell) February 20, 2025
48% of US likely voters think America is headed in the right direction.
The number has never been higher in @Rasmussen_Poll history.
“The country is the happiest it has been in over at least 20 years,” he added.
Rasmussen, which conducts surveys daily unlike most pollsters, averages the numbers it releases to account for blips.
But it is notable that yesterday, the right track reading hit over 50% for the first time, actually 50.74%. That almost equaled Trump’s approval of 52%.
16 years ago, the press was infatuated with a fresh new direction for America.
— Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports (@Mark_R_Mitchell) February 20, 2025
But 20% more voters say the country is now on the right track than a month into Obama's first term. pic.twitter.com/oQjnv6A88K
The numbers for Trump and support for his moves in his first full month in office come as liberal media continue to take shots at his White House and favor a handful of negative polls.
For example, the Washington media has been highly critical of Trump adviser Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” and has played up protests calling both “Nazis.”
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But the public isn’t paying much attention, said Mitchell.
“What a clown show!” he told Secrets. “The legacy media destroyed their own credibility, and yet they continue to bang on the ‘Trump is Hitler’ drum. They couldn’t be more out of touch, because the country is as happy as it’s been in all of Rasmussen reports’ polling as measured by ‘right direction,’” he added.