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Overwhelming number of voters back key Trump policies — including deportation of criminals and girl-sport rules: new poll

Nypost · · 534 words · By Ryan King
Public Opinion Polling Trump Policy Support Midterm Election Outlook
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19 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“75% back his deporting of violent criminal illegal immigrants”
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Multiple web search results from different sources confirm that a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found 75% of voters support the deportation of criminal illegal aliens.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University (abbreviated CAPS) is an interdisciplinary program of Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences that studies the politics of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_American_Political_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the general election for the 2024 United States presidential election. Those named in the polls were declared candidat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Harris Poll is an American market research and analytics company that has been tracking the sentiment, behaviors and motivations of American adults since 1963. In addition to the traditional consu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harris_Poll
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“73% agree with his cracking down on fraud”
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The 'Newswire' result for the April Harvard CAPS/Harris poll mentions 'eliminating fraud in government expenditures' as one of the most popular policies, but the specific percentage (73%) is not explicitly detailed in the provided snippets, though it is grouped with other verified figures from the same poll.
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web search NEUTRAL — Harvard is cool, but people know that Purdue and Cornell are where the engineers go. Purdue has a better engineering program because that's their focus, and equally important is their support for non-…
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1bb8taf/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 7, 2025 · This is the official thread for those applying REA to Harvard University. List your unweighted GPA, any SAT /ACT scores, and ECs. What majors are you going into? Ask your questions, the …
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/harvard-restricted-ea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Harvard takes great students and gives them material to learn from. There's a fallacy where some students think if they could somehow get admission to Harvard, then Harvard would make them into genius…
https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/1bj5e8q/i…
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“84% of respondents — said they support Trump’s efforts to slash prescription drug prices”
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The April Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll result explicitly states that lowering prescription drug prices has 84% support.
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web search NEUTRAL — Harvard CAPS Harris Poll brand logo. All Polls.Join The Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll newsletter and we’ll notify you when new polls come out.
https://harvardharrispoll.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — The majority of key Trump policies continue to see majority support. His most popular policies are lowering prescription drug prices (84% support), deporting illegal immigrants who have committed crim…
https://www.newswire.com/news/april-harvard-caps-harris-poll…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump has pledged to slash prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices in the United States by as much as 80 percent via a new executive order.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/glob…
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“safeguarding of girls’ sports for biological females (63%)”
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While search results mention the Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, none of the provided snippets contain the specific 63% figure regarding safeguarding girls' sports.
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web search NEUTRAL — January harvard caps / harris poll: trump approval drops 2 pts. With 57% of voters saying ice and CBP have gone too far.The latest Harvard CAPS-Harris survey, released exclusively to The Hill, found t…
https://harvardharrispoll.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — "Voters continue to focus on cost of living while the president is winning wider acceptance of his Iran plans," said Mark Penn, Co-Director of the Harvard CAPS / Harris poll and Stagwell Chairman and …
https://www.newswire.com/news/april-harvard-caps-harris-poll…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Harvard-Harris poll released Tuesday shows an evenly divided midterm electorate, with 50% of likely voters supporting Democrat candidates, and 50% backing Republicans. Despite tensions over the war …
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/poll-midterms-iran/2026/04/…
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“capping of credit-card interest rates (69%)”
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No evidence in the provided search results mentions the 69% figure or the capping of credit-card interest rates.
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web search NEUTRAL — 55% of voters support Congressional Republicans withholding funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the upcoming government funding bill, but 53% do not support Democrats withholding …
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/january-harvard-caps-harris-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll is conducted in partnership with The Harris Poll and HarrisX and is released monthly, providing a snapshot of public opinion on key national and international issues.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-iran-poll/2026/04/29…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll found 72 percent of registered voters support such an agency, including almost nine in 10 Republicans, two thirds of independents and six in 10 Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/news/most-voters-support-having-agency-1…
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“raising fitness standards in the military (63%)”
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No evidence in the provided search results mentions the 63% figure or raising fitness standards in the military.
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web search NEUTRAL — Harvard CAPS Harris Poll brand logo. All Polls.Join The Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll newsletter and we’ll notify you when new polls come out.
https://harvardharrispoll.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 57% of voters support a diplomatic agreement that ends military fighting but would leave the current Iranian regime in place. 53% of voters oppose having a small contingent of U.S. troops on the groun…
https://www.stagwellglobal.com/march-harvard-caps-harris-pol…
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web search NEUTRAL — 63% of voters say the U.S. should continue to blockade the Iranians if they refuse to give up their uranium. 59% say the U.S. should resume bombing Iranian military and infrastructure targets if they …
https://www.newswire.com/news/april-harvard-caps-harris-poll…
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“only 39% approve of his handling of the conflict [in Iran]”
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The claim states 39% approve of the handling of the conflict in Iran. However, the Stagwell March Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll evidence explicitly states '52% oppose Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict so far', which implies a 48% approval/neutrality, and another source mentions a 'majority of American voters support' the handling, contradicting the low 39% figure.
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web search NEUTRAL — A majority of American voters support President Donald Trump's handling of the escalating tensions with Iran, a new national survey from the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll suggests.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-iran-poll/2026/04/29…
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web search NEUTRAL — 74% of voters say it is in the U.S.’ interests to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, including a majority across political parties. 52% oppose Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict so far. 48%…
https://www.stagwellglobal.com/march-harvard-caps-harris-pol…
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web search NEUTRAL — January harvard caps / harris poll: trump approval drops 2 pts.The latest Harvard CAPS-Harris survey, released exclusively to The Hill, found that 66 percent of respondents said they.
https://harvardharrispoll.com/
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“74% agree that it’s in America’s interest to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuke”
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Two separate search results (Stagwell and the general web search) explicitly confirm that 74% of voters say it is in the U.S. interests to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll is conducted in partnership with The Harris Poll and HarrisX and is released monthly, providing a snapshot of public opinion on key national and international issues. © 20…
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-iran-poll/2026/04/29…
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web search NEUTRAL — 74% of voters say it is in the U.S.’ interests to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, including a majority across political parties.
https://www.stagwellglobal.com/march-harvard-caps-harris-pol…
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web search NEUTRAL — April Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll: Trump Approval Rating At 42% with Two-Thirds of Voters Noticing Significant Increases in Gas Prices.
https://harvardharrispoll.com/press-release-april-2026/
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“cutting Medicaid (56% disapproval)”
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“massively expanding deportation raids across the country (53%)”
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“his use of tariffs (51%)”
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“the president’s latest overall approval rating, it clocked in at 42%”
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“The president currently has an average 40.5% approval to 56.5% disapproval rating, according to the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate”
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“his latest approval ratings continued a downward trend since the beginning of the year, dropping to 39% and 37% [for economy and inflation]”
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“voters were split between Republicans and Democrats 50% to 50% [for control of Congress]”
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“Republicans’ approval rating notched up to 45% in the poll, which is slightly above Democrats’ 43%”
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“Since 1938, the party out of power in the White House has lost House seats in all but two elections”
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“The poll sampled 2,745 registered voters from April 23-26 with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.87 percentage points”
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“It included 977 Republicans, 984 Democrats, and 785 Independents”
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