Poll: North Carolinians divided on President Trump’s decision-making

SALISBURY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — North Carolinians are politically divided over President Donald Trump’s decision-making in a number of policies, according to a Catawba College-funded poll.

In the June poll administered by YouGov, 1,000 North Carolinians were asked whether they were confident (very/somewhat), neutral, or not confident (not very/not at all) in the president’s decision-making capabilities in seventeen different policy areas or issues.

President Trump garnered the highest levels of confidence in his decision-making, at 47 percent each, in two areas: immigration and executive orders. Republicans gave the president 87 percent confidence on immigration and 84 percent confidence on executive orders. Conversely, Democrats were not confident in the president’s decisions, at 72 and 64 percent on each issue, respectively.

Three areas had the lowest levels of confidence by North Carolinians in the president’s decision-making: bringing the nation together, with only one-third expressing confidence, while 51 percent expressed no confidence; the Russia-Ukraine war, with only 34 percent expressing confidence to 47 percent no confidence; and, defying court orders was at 36 percent confidence, with 40 percent expressing no confidence.

Many of North Carolina’s opinions on a variety of issues are well within the margin of error, which naturally reflects the real political divide within the state over confidence in the president’s decisions regarding a number of important issues.
Dr. Michael Bitzer, director of the Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service and professor of politics and history at Catawba College

The poll, funded by Catawba College’s Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service and conducted by YouGov from June 10 to 26, 2025, has a margin of error of /- 3.56 percent for the 1,000 weighted respondents who are 18 and older and live in North Carolina, with larger margins of error among sub-groups. All results should be interpreted as informative and not determinative.