Polls have been hit or miss for President Trump. But this one could be a game-changer.
And a new poll could change everything for the Trump administration.
A fresh poll uncovers a game-changing truth: most American voters are ready to ditch the federal Department of Education once they hear the real plan, flipping the script on elite narratives.
Commissioned by the Yes Every Kid Foundation, a group pushing for more school choice and backed by the Koch network, the survey shows initial knee-jerk reactions against closing the department. Without any context, 51% say no way, while just 38% are on board.
But throw in the facts – like keeping K-12 funding intact and shifting key parts to other agencies – and suddenly the tide turns. Support surges to 56%, with opposition dropping to 30%.
This shift hits home for conservatives tired of Washington meddling in local schools.
The poll makes clear that everyday folks want less D.C. control and more power back where it belongs.
“President Trump and Secretary [Linda] McMahon are dedicated to improving education for our nation’s students — and that begins with empowering those who are closest to the child,” Madi Biedermann, a Department of Education official, said to the New York Post.
“Returning education to the states means rightsizing the federal role in education by removing unnecessary red tape and micromanagement by DC while maintaining critical funding for students with disabilities and low-income schools and continuing to protect students’ civil rights.”
Digging deeper, the survey adds more layers: a slow wind-down process, safeguards for kids with special needs, and hard stats on plummeting reading and math scores since the department’s watch began.
With that extra info, backing for the shutdown climbs even higher to 59%, while naysayers hold at 30%. It’s a clear win for common-sense reforms.
President Trump has made axing this 1979 creation a cornerstone of his second term, seeing it as a bloated symbol of federal overreach that’s failed our kids for decades.
Yet, getting rid of it fully demands Congress to act, and Republicans don’t have the Senate muscle to beat the 60-vote filibuster without some Democrat buy-in – a tall order in today’s divided swamp.
So, the 79-year-old leader isn’t waiting around. He’s issued executive orders telling Secretary Linda McMahon to strip it down as much as the law allows.
McMahon, at 77, has already hacked the department’s size by almost half since the new administration kicked off, bundling programs to pave the way for a full closure.
Voters aren’t shy about their frustration either. After learning the details, 56% said they’d be downright upset if congressional holdouts blocked the move, versus only 30% who shrugged it off.
This stands in stark contrast to other surveys that painted the idea as a loser. Take the summer poll from PDK International, an educators’ group, where a massive two-thirds flat-out rejected eliminating the department.
Last year alone, this federal behemoth gobbled up a staggering $268 billion taxpayer dollars – money that could go straight to classrooms instead of desk jockeys in D.C.
The Yes Every Kid poll tapped 1,500 registered voters on October 22 and 23, with a slim margin of error at plus or minus 2.5 points.
It included 44% Trump supporters from 2024 and 42% who went for Kamala Harris, showing a balanced slice of America ready for change.
