Eli Yokley

Missouri, Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Data Reporter and Writer at Morning Consult

Writing about politics and campaigns at @MorningConsult. Formerly @RollCall @PoliticMo and @joplinglobe. @Mizzou made. • [email protected]

Articles

Americans Trust Trump as Much as the Political Media to Tell the Truth

1 day ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

The national political press began Donald Trump’s first term in 2017 with a slight trust advantage over the president, but as the industry gathers to celebrate itself with a series of events surrounding the White House Correspondents Association’s annual dinner in Washington, that’s no longer the case. Voters were asked whom they trust more to tell the truthSurveys conducted May 2017 and April 2025 among roughly 2,000 registered voters each, with margins of error of +/-2 percentage points.
Republican Voters Increasingly Want to See the Rich Pay More

1 week ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

As Republicans in Congress work to advance the extension of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law via the partisan reconciliation process, their own party’s voters increasingly back taxing the rich.
Susan Collins’ Approval Is Down Trump Back Ahead of 2026 Campaign

1 week ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

As she readies for a re-election bid, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) starts off this electoral cycle in a worse place than she did six years ago when the political dynamics of President Donald Trump’s first term had only begun to damage her home-state reputation. Voter approval of Sen. Susan Collins (R) in Maine over timeEach data point reflects a trailing three-month roll-up of surveys conducted among registered voters in Maine.
Trump Approval Rating Polls: All 50 States

2 weeks ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

President Donald Trump’s net approval rating — the share of voters who approve of his job performance minus the shares who disapprove — in all 50 statesSurveys conducted January 21-March 31, 2025 among a representative sample of registered voters in each state. Sample sizes and margins of error vary by state.
Sentiment on Trump’s Economic Approach Sinks Further

2 weeks ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

Voters have soured even further on President Donald Trump’s job performance, both overall and regarding economic issues specifically as markets reacted negatively to his tariff announcement last week. It has left the bulk of the electorate calling for Republicans in Congress to act as a check on his presidency, though the political incentives are not yet there among the party’s Trump-loyal base.
Elon Musk’s Image Plumbs New Depths

3 weeks ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

Elon Musk was the star of the show in the fight over a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat this month, with the billionaire campaigning and spending millions for the Republican-backed jurist and the Democratic-backed candidate leaning into grassroots concerns about the influence of the world’s richest man on American politics. We can’t be sure that the outcome of that race, a double-digit win for the Democratic-backed candidate, had much to do with his intervention.
Trump’s Auto Tariffs Are Opposed by Half of Voters

3 weeks ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

April 01, 2025 at 3:19 pm UTCMorning Consult is surveying thousands of people about the Trump administration's trade agenda, focusing on its threats to consumer brands, the immediate and long-term economic implications and political reactions in the United States and global markets. Read our work here, and subscribe to our U.S. Politics newsletter to see our new data first, two times each week.
Trump’s Honeymoon Is Over. These Are the Voters Deserting Him

4 weeks ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

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Half of Voters Disapprove of Trump Plans to Dismantle the Education Department

4 weeks ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

President Donald Trump’s move to shutter the Department of Education is one of his most unpopular actions in office so far. But fewer voters are resistant to his targeting of colleges and universities for their approaches to a range of cultural flash points. Morning Consult’s latest survey shows 50% of voters disapprove of Trump’s executive order that moves to eliminate the Department of Education, ranking it among his most unpopular actions since taking office.
Support for Deportation of Undocumented Immigrants Reaches New High

1 month ago | pro.morningconsult.com | Eli Yokley

President Donald Trump’s aggressive approach to illegal immigration has generated headline after headline since he took office, picking up in recent days with his invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite deportations. But while Morning Consult surveys showed Trump polarized voters away from his immigration positions during his first term, there’s no evidence of that happening during his second stint in office, at least not yet.