Half of Individuals say the Trump administration just isn’t dedicated to defending Individuals’ rights and freedoms, in response to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll carried out utilizing Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel.
Moreover, majorities say President Donald Trump just isn’t dedicated to defending freedom of the press (61%), freedom of speech (57%), a good felony justice system (56%) or free and honest elections (56%). About half say he isn’t dedicated to defending freedom of faith (49%). A 73% majority, although, say he’s dedicated to defending freedom to personal firearms.
Majorities of Republicans say Trump is dedicated to the entire rights measured; most Democrats and independents say he isn’t dedicated to any of them — aside from proudly owning firearms, in response to the ballot.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Palm Seashore Worldwide Airport, October 31, 2025 in West Palm Seashore, Florida.
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On the similar time, slim majorities of Individuals say the Democratic Occasion is dedicated to defending freedom of press (53%), speech (53%), faith (52%) and free and honest elections (51%).
Individuals are break up over whether or not the Democratic Occasion is dedicated to a good felony justice system. And most Individuals (60%) say Democrats will not be dedicated to defending the liberty to personal firearms.
Majorities of Democrats say their celebration is dedicated to defending the entire rights measured, whereas majorities of Republicans say Democrats will not be. Independents are roughly break up on most objects, however a majority say Democrats will not be dedicated to defending the liberty to personal firearms.
Defending Individuals
Whereas 50% of Individuals say the Trump administration just isn’t dedicated to defending Individuals’ rights and freedoms, that grows to 56% who say he isn’t dedicated to those self same protections for people who find themselves Democrats. A 65% majority of Individuals say that the Trump administration is dedicated to defending people who find themselves Republicans.
Majorities of Democrats (84%) and independents (56%) say the Trump administration just isn’t dedicated to defending the rights and freedoms of Individuals. An 87% majority of Republicans say it’s.
$230 million Division of Justice compensation
Last month, Trump stated that the Justice Division ought to pay him about $230 million as a settlement for investigations he confronted through the Biden administration. However over 6 in 10 Individuals oppose Trump getting such a fee from the Division of Justice, together with 53% who oppose this strongly.
Majorities of Democrats (89%) and independents (57%) strongly oppose Trump getting $230 million in compensation from the Division of Justice. Just below half of Republicans (48%) say they help a fee, however simply 23% say they strongly help it.
Judges and courtroom orders
Six in 10 Individuals say that federal judges try to implement present limits on Trump’s authorized authority whereas simply over one-third say federal judges try to intervene with Trump’s authorized authority. These outcomes are just like an April ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.
Majorities of Democrats (87%) and independents (65%) say judges try to implement present limits on Trump’s authorized authority whereas a majority of Republicans (65%) say federal judges try to intervene together with his authorized authority.
By a 2-to-1 margin, Individuals say that the Trump administration is making an attempt to keep away from complying with courtroom orders (64%) versus making an attempt to adjust to courtroom orders (32%), additionally unchanged from the April ballot.
Most Democrats (94%) and independents (73%) say the administration is making an attempt to keep away from complying with courtroom orders whereas most Republicans (68%) say it’s making an attempt to conform.
Retribution
Individuals largely see Trump as going “too far” in taking measures in opposition to his political opponents (58%). That features 90% of Democrats and 63% of independents. Most Republicans (59%) say he is dealing with this about proper.
When requested concerning the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, who was charged with making a false assertion and obstruction associated to his testimony earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020, 38% of Individuals say the fees are politically motivated, whereas 25% say they’re justified and 36% will not be positive. Comey denies the fees.
Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in previous to testifying earlier than a Senate Intelligence Committee listening to on Russia’s alleged interference within the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017.
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That maps equally to the share saying that the fees against former National Security Advisor John Bolton for allegedly unlawfully transmitting and retaining categorized paperwork are politically motivated (36%), whereas 22% say they’re justified and 41% will not be positive. Bolton denies the fees.
For Comey, 65% of Democrats say the fees are politically motivated and 54% of Republicans say they’re justified. A 44% plurality of independents say they don’t seem to be positive, however way more (40%) say they’re politically motivated slightly than justified (15%).
In terms of Bolton, Republicans are break up between saying the fees are justified (43%) or that they are not positive (42%), whereas most Democrats say they’re politically motivated (58%). Virtually half of independents (46%) say they are not positive concerning the Bolton case, however once more, extra say they’re politically motivated (36%) than justified (17%).
Methodology — This ABC Information/Washington Submit/Ipsos ballot was carried out on-line by way of the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel® Oct. 24-28, 2025, in English and Spanish, amongst a random nationwide pattern of two,725 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 proportion factors, together with the design impact. Error margins are bigger for subgroups. The partisan divisions are 28% Democrats, 31% Republicans and 41% independents or one thing else.
See extra particulars on ABC Information’s survey methodology here.
