Headline Roundup • March 5th, 2025
What Did Americans Think of Trump's Address to Congress?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Polls taken after President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday night show that most Americans who watched the speech approved.
Key Details: A CBS News/YouGov poll found that 76% approved of Trump's address, with 23% disapproving. A CNN poll found 7 in 10 speech-watchers had a positive response, and 44% had a very positive response. A poll by JL Partners found that 57% of respondents gave the speech good marks, while 32% disapproved.
Key Quote: Pollster James Johnson of JL Partrners said, "This was a knockout speech for Trump." Pollster James Johnson said, "Viewers felt he was confident, optimistic, and strong – and they left feeling more positive about the future of America than when they left."
For Context: Trump's speech was an opportunity for the president to highlight the sweeping changes his administration has made during the first six weeks. Eight years ago, 57% of views rated Trump's initial address to Congress very positively.
How the Media Covered it: Many sources across the spectrum, including CBS News (Lean Left), suggested Americans strongly approved of the speech. CNN (Lean Left bias) was one of the few to describe viewers' support as "modest" and said the speech changed "few minds."
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Alarge majority of people who watched President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress approved of the speech, according to a poll.
Trump's speech in front of lawmakers Tuesday night was a chance for the president to discuss the sweeping changes he has brought in during the first six weeks of his second term.
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
A CBS News/YouGov poll surveyed people who planned to watch Trump's Congress address and then sought their view of the speech immediately...
The Republican-heavy audience that tuned in to hear President Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday greeted it with tempered positivity, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
Speech-watchers broadly said Trump’s policies would take the country in the right direction, with majorities saying the same across five issue areas that were the focus of the president’s speech. But fewer expressed strong confidence in Trump to help people like them, use his presidential power responsibly or provide the nation with real leadership.
Roughly 7 in 10 speech-watchers said they had at least a...
President Donald Trump's 99-minute victory lap in front of Congress on Tuesday night was a hit with the watching American public, according to an exclusive snap poll for DailyMail.com.
Trump may have included taunts and boasts but some 57 percent of respondents gave the speech a thumbs up.
Only 32 percent said they disapproved, according to an online survey of 774 viewers conducted by J.L. Partners.
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