With contentious midterm elections on the horizon, a new survey is reporting broad support for President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, as congressional Republicans hesitate to back that agenda. According to a McLaughlin and Associates poll commissioned by Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA), a majority of voters approve of the president’s high-profile agenda items, but are less certain in their support for GOP congressmen and candidates.

Immigration

Perhaps the most controversial aspect of Trump’s plan to safeguard Americans has been his immigration agenda, which includes mass deportations, restoring rule of law to the nation’s immigration system, and closing loopholes and preventing fraud in that system. However, voters largely support the president’s immigration policy. Overall, 58% of voters support the president’s bid to end “birthright citizenship” and ensure that U.S. citizenship is granted only to those born in the U.S. to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. Republican voters (78%) are the most likely to support the measure, but a plurality of Democrats are also on board: 43% of Democrats agree with Trump on the issue, while 45% say that they disagree.

Nearly three quarters of voters (72%) also agreed that legal immigrants to the U.S. should “learn English, embrace American tradition and values, and become part of this country — not remain separate from it.” While 88% of Republicans agreed with that statement, a majority (57%) of Democrats also concurred.

Additionally, a staggering 82% of voters of all political stripes (including 91% of Republicans, 77% of Democrats, and 77% of Independent voters) insist that only U.S. citizens should be permitted to vote in U.S. elections, including 66% who strongly support that stipulation. The SAVE America Act, which would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and photo identification when voting, also has strong support. A majority (56%) of voters said that the U.S. Senate should work hard to pass the critical legislation, which was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in February, before the end of the year. That includes three-quarters (75%) of Republicans, a narrow majority (51%) of Independent voters, and more than four in 10 (41%) of Democrats.

Waste & Fraud

Another popular Trump platform plank is the slashing of waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. When presented with the statement “Fraud in government programs is theft from taxpayers. Stopping waste, fraud, and corruption should be a top priority,” 81% of voters (including 90% of Republicans, 74% of Democrats, and 78% of Independent voters) agreed. Additionally, 83% of voters agreed that Congress “should require a permanent system to detect and prevent fraud before taxpayer money is spent — not after it’s already gone,” including nearly 60% who “strongly” agreed.

While most (43.3%) surveyed voters rated the economy and affordability as their top concern heading into the midterms, a majority agreed that government spending is at least partly to blame for the cost of living crisis. Overall, 70% of voters (including 85% of Republicans, 68% of Independent voters, and even 57% of Democrats) agreed that “affordability doesn’t come from more government spending — it comes from stopping the fraud, waste, and corruption that’s driving up our national debt and our cost of living. Cutting government fraud is the most direct path to bringing prices down for every American.”

Security

As conflict with Iran wears on, a majority (71%) of voters nevertheless support Trump’s argument that Iran cannot be permitted to “block, attack, mine, or extort” ships attempting to pass the crucial Strait of Hormuz; 84% of Republicans, 60% of Democrats, and 67% of Independent voters agreed with the president on that point.

Voters also backed Trump’s plans to build a ballroom and security complex at the White House, following multiple assassination attempts against the president. Nearly 60% of voters agreed that Congress “has an obligation” to fund Trump’s planned ballroom and security complex, including 35% who “strongly” agreed. A supermajority (83%) of voters also agreed that political violence “has no place in America,” and that those responsible for committing or inciting political violence — such as the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in September — should “be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Congress

While Trump’s agenda has brought support, even across party lines in some cases, only 42% of voters said that they will likely vote for the Republican candidate in November’s midterm elections, while 46.4% said that they intend to vote for the Democrat candidate, despite the fact that more voters identified as Republicans (35%) than as Democrats (34%). Only 31% identified as Independent voters.

Republicans who have opposed or impeded the president’s agenda have largely been met with aggressive primaries over the past year. GOP senators in Indiana’s state senate who voted against Trump’s redistricting push last year were largely eliminated in primary elections earlier this month, losing their seats to Trump-endorsed challengers. Likewise, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) both lost their primaries to Trump-backed opponents, despite more than 35 years in the Senate between the two. U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the sole Republican to attempt to tank the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill last year, was also put out to pasture in a contentious primary last week, losing to Trump-endorsed Captain Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL and three-time recipient of the Bronze Star, despite Massie’s nearly-15 years in Congress.

Others have noted that Trump’s broad success in primarying establishment figures suggests that his approval ratings are nowhere near as low as mainstream media outlet polling suggests. “For somebody with a sub-40% approval rating, Trump sure is winning a lot of primaries,” quipped the Drunk Republican on X. Seth Keshel, author of “The American War on Election Corruption,” commented sarcastically, “Trump is so unpopular the flagship GOP state is about to dump a four-term incumbent for his choice by 30 points.” According to McLaughlin and Associates, nearly half (47.7%) of voters approve of either Trump and his policies (33.7%) or just his policies (14%), while 47.1% of survey respondents disapproved of both Trump and his policies.

“President Trump’s broad political and legislative agenda boasts strong support from the overwhelming majority of voters,” said TPPA chairwoman Jenny Beth Martin, in a press release. “Whether the issue is funding serious security upgrades to the White House complex or cutting government fraud as a means [of] bringing prices down, or preventing Iran from controlling the Strait of Hormuz or ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens — or passing the SAVE America Act — President Trump’s agenda is a winner.”