Trump's approval rating now 20 points higher as president-elect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : He has also nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his secretary of state and New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as his ambassador to the U.N. On Tuesday, Trump nominated celebrity doctor and former Republican Pennsylvania senate nominee Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
47% : The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found that 54 percent approve of Trump, while 40 percent disapprove.
47% : Trump will be sworn in as president on January 20, 2025.
44% : A small majority of those older than 65 disapprove of Trump.
43% : Trump never reached 50 percent approval in Gallup surveys during his time in office, with his highest rating being 49 percent.
39% : A small majority said in the poll that Trump is attempting to unite the country.
38% : A majority of Americans now approve of the work Trump is doing as he makes his unorthodox cabinet picks, such as nominating former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general and Fox & Friends weekend host Pete Hegseth to be his secretary of defense.
33% : The office of the Manhattan District Attorney said Tuesday that it's against dismissal but remained open to pausing the case until Trump is out of office.
26% : Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
24% : Slightly fewer said Trump is a threat to democracy.
20% : Fifty-three percent said Trump should still face trial on the charges brought against him, with 47 percent saying that they should be dismissed.

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