CBS News poll: On Trump deploying National Guard, divisions over impact on crime, rights

Watch Video Trump considering sending National Guard to New Orleans The National Guard was deployed to Washington D C and reportedly may be sent to other cities But wherever Americans live it is speaking to larger issues ranging from crime and their safety to rights and freedoms and their views on the powers of a president Those in favor of President Trump s deployment of National Guard troops to cities are largely in his Republican base and say it reduces crime feel it makes them personally safer even if they don t live in cities and that in principle they d encouragement deployment to other U S cities The majority of Americans are opposed though and those who are tend to feel their own rights and freedoms would be less secure as a effect They do not think it would be effective at reducing crime or make them any safer To those in favor it s not a situation of red-versus-blue cities They d help the Guard being sent to either Democratic- or Republican-led places or coming to their own local area as well To those opposed they believe the president is acting out of politics more than crime prevention People who live in cities generally oppose the idea of sending troops to other cities and Americans in rural areas are mostly in favor of sending the Guard to other cities Opinion is more tied to partisanship than geography though The people who think the presence of the National Guard does reduce crime but still oppose the deployment to Washington or elsewhere tend to see Trump acting for political reasons not just crime prevention The bulk of Americans wherever they stand on this deployment think in principle both the president and a local leader like a mayor or governor should have the authority to deploy the National Guard Fewer including a lot of those opposed think it should be only a local leader Very insufficient think it should be only Donald Trump Approval ratings The plan on which one judges a president can of unit affect the overall evaluation of him Republicans and Trump s supporters overall say they re judging him on immigration and deportation protocol more than on his financial system and inflation policies that topic plus crime together far outpaces inflation and the market system as their bulk key metric Of late the deployments may have the political effect of focusing on matters other than inflation at least for the president s political base And that in turn has helped his overall numbers a bit His Republican approval now ticks back up over and his overall approval has stabilized up two points now after steadily declining over the weeks and months of his term Meanwhile those judging him on economic and inflation policies don t approve of him overall or on the matter of inflation specifically The relatively small group of people who disapprove of him on inflation but approve on immigration mostly approve of him overall Tariffs Economic matters remain tougher for Mr Trump as they have been Several continue to say Trump s policies have made them financially worse off Four in Americans record buying fewer things because of tariffs Promotion for tariffs continues to drop incrementally if steadily And as with a great number of other items endorsement for tariffs is centered in the Republican and MAGA political base but not elsewhere That extends to a call for a few financial sacrifice too Seven in Republicans say Americans should be willing to pay more for what they buy to backing Trump s commerce policies This is true for Republicans across income levels On balance people overall are mixed about the likely impact on manufacturing jobs Relatively more do think the tariffs will lead to manufacturing jobs more than will lead to losses and Republicans are also the bulk likely to think this Views of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act remain underwater and its approval rating is unchanged from July shortly after it was signed into law The Fed The majority Americans continue to call for a Federal Reserve that operates independently of what Donald Trump wants Unlike matters related to immigration or the National Guard there is a bit of difference within the GOP ranks MAGA Republicans specifically would like the Fed more under Trump s guidance than non-MAGA Republicans Nor would all Republicans have Trump replace Fed members who disagree with him Trump s approach All of these matters also speak to questions of executive power and how it is applied In all as a general description people tend to like Trump s goals relatively more than his approach In general two-thirds of Americans feel Donald Trump is trying to increase the powers of a president That s not collectively what they d want the greater part would say not to change those powers And while Democrats see an approach they d describe as Trump trying to bring the federal establishment more under his direct control Republicans describe him trying to make it work more efficiently Kabir Khanna contributed figures weighting and analysis to this summary This CBS News YouGov survey was conducted with a nationally representative sample of U S adults interviewed between September - The sample was weighted to be representative of adults nationwide according to gender age race and coaching based on the U S Census American Locality Survey and Current Population Survey as well as presidential vote The margin of error is points Source