Elon University Poll: Americans fear a constitutional crisis ...Middle East

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

A majority of Americans fear a constitutional crisis is developing from the ongoing conflicts between the Trump Administration and the courts, according to a national survey released Thursday by the Elon University Poll. 

Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has worked to concentrate power, signing 130 executive orders so far. Critics are challenging some of those orders as unconstitutional.

The policy journal Just Security had documented 206 legal challenges against Trump administration actions as of April 22, the Elon press release noted. 

Forty-six percent of Elon poll respondents said the president has too much power compared to the other branches of government, while 38% said he has the right amount, and 5% said he had too little. 

There’s a partisan split in the responses, with 79% of Democrats saying the president had too much power, and 67% of Republicans saying he has the right amount. A slim majority of independents said he has too much power. 

Sixty-seven percent of those surveyed said they were concerned about “a situation in which the executive branch and the courts strongly disagree over their constitutional powers and neither side backs down—creating a crisis over who has the final say.”

A majority, 54%, said the executive branch should not have the authority to ignore or override court rulings. The partisan breakdown on that question was 78% of Democrats, 53% of independents, and 33% of Republicans saying the executive branch should not have the authority to ignore the courts. 

The poll found Trump’s approval rating slipping, with 41% approving of the job he’s doing and 47% disapproving. That compares with a 45% approval to 41% disapproval rating from the February poll.

Opinions on Trump’s executive orders:

Opinions on federal court rulings:

The national survey of 1,000 American adults was administered by YouGov from April 10-17. It has a 3.58 percentage point margin of error.

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