In their own words: Trump supporters explain the hope they feel for his second presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : The married father of two adult children voted for Trump in 2020 and did so again this month, citing Trump's promise of improving the economy.
71% : I felt like my life was good when Trump was in office for the first time, I didn't have much to worry about.
64% : Trump campaigned heavily on his plans to lower gas prices, slow inflation, reduce interest rates and make America affordable again, and won a resounding victory earlier this month.
64% : How do you expect your financial situation will improve with Trump in office?More stability.
62% : But there's a sense of relief now that Trump won.
60% : How do you expect your financial situation will improve with Trump in office?It might stay the same because if we achieve energy dominance and push that business strategy, that could lower oil and gas prices but help us increase our volumes.
60% : Jones now wants Trump to "take care of the business at hand.
59% : I had more money when Trump was president, plain and simple.
57% : It already has a bit, I've already sold nine cars since Trump won.
56% : How do you expect your financial situation will improve with Trump in office?
56% : How do you expect your financial situation will improve with Trump in office?
56% : How do you expect your financial situation will improve with Trump in office?
56% : How do you expect your financial situation will improve with Trump in office?
56% : How do you expect the country will improve with him in office?Trump is direct and to the point.
52% : The handyman who owns a small business "doing some of this and that," such as installing new sinks in an apartment building, said he was surprised that Trump won so handily.
51% : Solnordal said Trump was able to show slight gains in certain key areas across the traditionally Democratic state, including Santa Clara County (home to Silicon Valley) and Napa County (Wine Country).
51% : I know quite a lot of people who are down with Trump, they went with what he said, what was on their minds and what they were going through.
50% : We specifically sought interviews with Americans working in industries that Trump has highlighted, from tipped restaurant workers to real estate agents, car sales to small business owners.
50% : Rose identified as an independent until 2016, when he registered as a Republican in order to vote for Trump in the primary.
49% : Under Trump i expect my financial situation to improve with lower taxes and no tax on overtime which is a game-changer to working class people.
49% : I want Trump to help us keep enough money in our pockets like he did before COVID because it's been tough these last few years, especially under Biden.
48% : (Moore lives in Bobtown, Penn., an unincorporated coal town of about 800 residents.)
47% : He believes Trump holds the key to jump-starting U.S.
47% : "I honestly thought Harris was going to win with all the money she raised," confessed Jones, who was among the 20% of Black men nationwide who voted for Trump on Election Day.
46% : Steelworker says Trump gave respect back to the working classDavid Rose is a 43-year-old steelworker from Indian Head, Pennsylvania.
43% : Voters who opposed Trump worried that agenda would put economic concerns above human rights, access to health care and competent government.
43% : That's why people, especially Blacks in Detroit, voted for Trump.
39% : He later voted for Trump in 2020 and 2024.
36% : Trump is for the hard-working men and women of the United States.
35% : I believe we'll be even stronger, more resilient with Trump back in office to help lower our costs of living and that will help everybody.
29% : I hope Trump can do something similar with those who are homeless and able to work.- Terry CollinsEx-coal miner turned car salesman thinks Trump is 'here for us'A third-generation coal miner, Rob Moore, 35, desperately made a career pivot after the mining slowed and his hours and pay dropped in rural Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, two years ago.
23% : He and his fellow steelworkers met Trump at a rally in Latrobe shortly before the election, and he said Trump told them that removing taxes on their overtime pay could help them.
15% : When Trump left office, there were less oil and gas leases out there than when President Obama left office.
8% : No one wants to invest in an unpredictable environment.- Trevor HughesCalifornia Realtor hopes Trump can control the borderAlthough Trump had no chance of winning California, Jeanne Solnordal, chair of the Alameda County (Calif.) Republican Party, still thought Trump had a chance to become president.

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