Washington – According to a new report in The Times, President Trump is still unpopular in California after his first 100 days of office, with conservatives and liberals saying they are concerned that U.S. courts can effectively serve as a check on his powers.
Overall, the poll was conducted in the last week of April and found that 68% of registered voters in California disapprove of the president's performance and believe the country is in the wrong direction.
About a quarter of California Republicans have registered voters and continue to support the president's policies. But 65% of registered voters across the state believe Trump's actions “beyond the scope of his constitutional authority as president,” which includes 24% of Republicans and 63% of independents.
Looking ahead, voters say they lack confidence that the U.S. judicial system can act as a “constitutional body if he over-comforts him” and only 13% of registered voters express strong confidence in the power of the court.
Only 51% of voters identified as strong conservatives, while 53% of registered Republicans said they were confident in the judiciary’s ability to examine excessive replacement of the president. Among Republicans, only 27% say they are very confident.
Since Trump took office, his administration officials have launched a series of attacks on district court judges who ruled against them and acted slowly, even without clear violations, including a court ruling, including a U.S. Supreme Court order involving the U.S. Supreme Court mistakenly expelling Marylanders from a prison in El Salvador.
Polls found that so far, 27% of voters believe Trump has acted within his constitutional body, while 65% have not.
“It's an interesting set of numbers because you'd think the public is going to stand behind the justice system,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of polls at Berkeley. “Trump is really pushing the limits and testing the system.”
Trump's support has been low
Of all registered voters, 61% said they think Trump's second term will be worse than his first. Only 33% say Trump's changes to the federal government will have a positive impact on California.
“Historically, these numbers are speaking for themselves – they are extremely low, greater than 2-1, disapproving Trump in the first hundred days,” DiCamillo said.
In the demographic, these figures are consistent, with 68% of white voters, 64% of Latin American voters, 79% of black voters, and 71% of Asian and Pacific Islander voters in the state disapprove of the president's performance in the job.
Trump’s approval of California voters throughout the semester, during the summer of 2020, during the 1920 summer pandemic, was similar in his approval of California voters, when 71% of registered voters in the state disapproved of his work performance. At that time, only 29% approved the president's record.
Few people miss Biden
The poll found that despite Trump’s historic opposition across the state, Californians are still reviewing President Biden’s different terms.
When asked to reflect on Biden's legacy, 31% of registered voters said he would be remembered as a regular president. Only 23% said he was above average, or the best performance in any president, while 43% said he was below average, if not the worst.
This is a stark report card of one of the most democratic countries in the country, with 63.5% of voters in 2020 voting for Biden. After Biden exited the game in the 2024 election, states were 58.5% of states, voting for his vice president and Californian Kamala Harris.
“Biden's numbers are more negative than positive numbers,” DiCamillo said. “Even if you look at Democrats, they're not the point where he thinks his job is above average.”
“It's a very mediocre set of numbers,” he added. “This is not a recognition of the sound of the Biden era.”
