President-elect Trump's approval rating hits 54%: Harvard/Harris poll

Donald Trump has the approval of the majority of Americans as he has been made the president-elect after the race against Kamala Harris, according to a new poll. This comes as the Republicans have taken the presidency, the House, as well as the Senate, making it so that the GOP has what some call the "trifecta" going into next year.

According to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, 54 percent of registered US voters approve of Trump as he has become the president-elect, and 40 percent do not approve of him. For Republicans, his approval rating is at 91 percent. 49 percent of Independents approve of the president-elect and only 22 percent of Democrats do thus far.



Around 75 percent of Democrats disapprove of Trump and around 40 percent of Independents disapprove, per the poll. This comes as Trump has been speedily picking up cabinet picks and is starting his transition into office for his second term. Some of the picks have included former GOP Chairwoman Elise Stefanik for UN Ambassador, Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, former Rep. Matt Gaetz for Attorney General, and many others. 

The survey also found that a plurality of respondents approved of the next president in the majority of the age groups as well. Those age groups include those 18 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, and 45 to 54. 

During his first time in the White House, the now-president-elect's approval rating never passed 50 percent, per The Hill. The poll took place from Nov. 13 to 14 and was conducted with 1,732 registered voters and was an online sample. The margin of error for the survey was 2.3 percent.