Polling shows a narrow majority of U.S. voters approve of President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating the dismantling of the Department of Education (DOE).
The Rasmussen Reports survey found that 51 percent of likely U.S. voters approve of Trump’s order, along with 37 percent who “strongly approve.” At the same time, 47 percent disapprove, including 35 percent who “strongly disapprove.”
Respondents are evenly divided on whether or not the DOE, which was created in 1979 under President Jimmy Carter, has made American schools better, 41 percent to 41 percent. Thirteen percent do not believe the department has made much of a difference.
Unsurprisingly, those who believe the DOE has made schools better are more likely to disapprove of Trump’s order (76 percent), while
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