The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that only 12% of Likely U.S. Voters believe Trump has done too much of what he promised during the campaign, while 38% think he has not done enough of what he promised. Thirty-one percent (31%) say Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises.
The bottom line: Not many voters think President Donald Trump has gone beyond his campaign promises in his second term, and there is not much evidence of “buyer’s remorse” among the electorate.
Forty-five percent (45%) say that, knowing what they know now, if they could go back to the 2024 election, they would vote for Trump, while 46% would vote for Kamala Harris and nine percent (9%) are not sure. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of those who voted for Trump in last year’s election would not change their vote, compared to 91% of Harris voters.
Among all Likely Voters who say they would vote for Trump if they had the chance to go back to the 2024 election, 61% believe Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises. Among those who would vote for Harris, 56% think Trump has not done enough of what he promised during the 2024 campaign.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republicans believe Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises, but that belief is shared by only 14% of Democrats and 30% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Forty-eight percent (48%) of Democrats, 25% of Republicans and 41% of unaffiliated voters say Trump has not done enough of what he promised during the campaign. Twenty-three percent (23%) of Democrats, 19% of Republicans and 20% of unaffiliated voters think Trump has done too much of what he promised.
Knowing what they know now, if they could go back to the 2024 election, 78% of Republicans, 16% of Democrats and 44% of unaffiliated voters would vote for Trump, while 76% of Democrats, 17% of Republicans and 43% of unaffiliated voters would vote for Harris.
In contrast to the Rasmussen Poll it is no surprise CNN found starkly different results:
Significantly Rasmussen found more men (37%) than women voters (26%) believe that Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises, and there is a 12-point gender gap on the question of who voters would pick if they could go back and redo their 2024 votes – 52% of men saying they’d vote for Harris, compared to 40% of women voters.
Thirty-six percent (36%) of whites, 45% of black voters, 38% of Hispanics and 47% of other minorities say that Trump has not done enough of what he promised during the campaign. Black voters are most likely to say they’d vote for Harris if they could go back to the 2024 election.
Voters under 30 are more likely than their elders to believe Trump has not done enough of what he promised during the campaign, while those ages 50-64 are most likely to say Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises.
Breaking down the electorate by income categories, voters earning less than $30,000 a year are most likely to think Trump has not done enough of what he promised, while those in the top bracket – with annual incomes over $200,000 – are most likely to say they’d vote for Harris if they could go back to the 2024 election.
The survey of 1,154 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on December 8-10, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. To see survey question wording, click here.
The bottom line: Not many voters think President Donald Trump has gone beyond his campaign promises in his second term, and there is not much evidence of “buyer’s remorse” among the electorate.
Forty-five percent (45%) say that, knowing what they know now, if they could go back to the 2024 election, they would vote for Trump, while 46% would vote for Kamala Harris and nine percent (9%) are not sure. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of those who voted for Trump in last year’s election would not change their vote, compared to 91% of Harris voters.
Among all Likely Voters who say they would vote for Trump if they had the chance to go back to the 2024 election, 61% believe Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises. Among those who would vote for Harris, 56% think Trump has not done enough of what he promised during the 2024 campaign.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republicans believe Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises, but that belief is shared by only 14% of Democrats and 30% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Forty-eight percent (48%) of Democrats, 25% of Republicans and 41% of unaffiliated voters say Trump has not done enough of what he promised during the campaign. Twenty-three percent (23%) of Democrats, 19% of Republicans and 20% of unaffiliated voters think Trump has done too much of what he promised.
Knowing what they know now, if they could go back to the 2024 election, 78% of Republicans, 16% of Democrats and 44% of unaffiliated voters would vote for Trump, while 76% of Democrats, 17% of Republicans and 43% of unaffiliated voters would vote for Harris.
In contrast to the Rasmussen Poll it is no surprise CNN found starkly different results:
Significantly Rasmussen found more men (37%) than women voters (26%) believe that Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises, and there is a 12-point gender gap on the question of who voters would pick if they could go back and redo their 2024 votes – 52% of men saying they’d vote for Harris, compared to 40% of women voters.
Thirty-six percent (36%) of whites, 45% of black voters, 38% of Hispanics and 47% of other minorities say that Trump has not done enough of what he promised during the campaign. Black voters are most likely to say they’d vote for Harris if they could go back to the 2024 election.
Voters under 30 are more likely than their elders to believe Trump has not done enough of what he promised during the campaign, while those ages 50-64 are most likely to say Trump has been about right in terms of keeping his campaign promises.
Breaking down the electorate by income categories, voters earning less than $30,000 a year are most likely to think Trump has not done enough of what he promised, while those in the top bracket – with annual incomes over $200,000 – are most likely to say they’d vote for Harris if they could go back to the 2024 election.
The survey of 1,154 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on December 8-10, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. To see survey question wording, click here.
