62% Back Trump’s Swamp-Draining – But Want Faster Results: Poll

He promised to do it in his first winning campaign, but then-President Donald Trump didn’t pull the plug to drain the Washington “swamp.”

Now, in his second presidency, Trump has done what he pledged to do, purging thousands of bureaucrats and regulators, but voters want more, apparently hoping that he has just started emptying out federal offices and K Street law and lobbying shops.

From initially tasking Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” to eliminate federal agencies and jobs to Friday’s targeting of never-Trump GOP adviser John Bolton, likely voters told Rasmussen Reports that they back the president’s swamp draining.

But they want him to do more and think that he has been “unsuccessful” thus far.

In the new survey shared with Washington Secrets on Friday, Rasmussen said that 62% of likely voters back Trump’s pledge to “drain the swamp.” That included 46% who “strongly agree.”

Support came from Republicans and conservatives, but also 50% of Democrats, 61% of Hispanics, and 46% of African-Americans.

But so far, and despite his sweeping federal worker cuts, just 45% believe that Trump has been successful in his purge, and 48% believe he has been “unsuccessful.”

Rasmussen pollster Mark Mitchell said voters want action. “A strong majority continue to favor draining the swamp, and our polling repeatedly shows that government trust and criminal accountability is a 70/30 issue. Bring it!” he told Secrets.