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

Harvard’s Maintained Its Reputation Amid Trump-Fueled Surge of Attention

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

Harvard University has seen a surge of attention during President Donald Trump’s second term in office, but it’s done little to shake the institution’s reputation with the American people as it wages a costly and high-profile legal fight with his administration.
The GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill Isn’t Popular (Though Its Components Are)

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

As Republicans in Congress work to advance President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act to extend their 2017 tax cuts and deliver on national security and energy policies, they’re facing a problem with public opinion: A number of the emerging bill’s provisions are popular with Americans, but the broader package is not.
To Aid Hollywood, Americans Favor Newsom’s Tax Credits Over Trump’s Tariffs

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

President Donald Trump announced plans last week to impose a 100% tariff on all films produced outside of the United States. It prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) to propose another path — a massive tax subsidy to the industry to try to arrest a decline in domestic movie production in the face of growing incentives from other countries.
Washington Insiders Think Trump’s Changed DC for the Worse

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

Donald Trump’s second term has frustrated corporate interests who have struggled to navigate a White House led by a president apparently willing to countenance some financial pain in order to advance his political goals, most notably with his trade policy. In turn, people who make up what Trump has derisively called the “swamp” don’t like what they see, according to a new survey conducted among Morning Consult’s D.C. Insiders panel.
Voters Back Deficit Spending Over Safety-Net Cuts to Pay for Tax Cuts

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

As Republicans in Congress try to push through their megabill on taxes, energy and border security, leaders are struggling to resolve differences between fiscal conservatives pushing for deficit neutrality and moderates hoping to stave off deep cuts to entitlement programs. If that’s the choice — more deficit spending or slashing programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — more voters than not would prefer Washington pull out its credit card.
Most Voters Say Donald Trump Is Responsible For the Economy

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

To hear President Donald Trump tell it, he’s responsible for the good parts of the U.S. economy. The bad stuff? That’s on his predecessor. But according to Morning Consult’s latest survey, fewer voters than ever believe former President Joe Biden is responsible for the state of the economy as Trump passes his 100-day mark in office, underscoring the limits of his attempts to shift Americans’ blame away from his own policies.
There’s Little Demand for Corporate Criticism of Trump

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

Thawing relations between the Republican Party and corporate America accelerated following President Donald Trump’s victory last year, exemplified by the biggest tech executives’ attendance of his inauguration in January. But despite their misgivings with Trump’s tariffs across the globe, businesses have largely been careful to keep any pushback behind closed doors given the commander-in-chief’s penchant for punishing his critics.
Americans Trust Trump as Much as the Political Media to Tell the Truth

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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.