Wide partisan divide on whether Trump or others will be really running Trump govt % who say really Other govt running people Trump of admin in charge
The public is divided over how active a role they see Trump playing in his administration: 50% say Trump will be in charge of what goes on in his administration most of the time, while 43% say other people will be really running the government.
In January 2001, following the election of George W. Bush, a CBS/New York Times survey found that 38% thought Bush would be in charge of what goes on in his administration most of the time, compared with 53% who said other people would be really running the government.
Views of Trump’s role vary greatly by partisan affiliation, as well as age. Three-quarters of Republicans and Republican leaners say Trump will be in charge of his administration, including 83% of conservative Republicans and a somewhat smaller 61%-majority of moderate and liberal Republicans.
Young adults under age 30 do not think Trump will be in charge most of the time: 64% say other people will really be running the government. By contrast, 67% of those ages 65 and older say that Trump will be in charge of what goes on in his administration most of the time.
Wide partisan divide on whether Trump  | or others will be really running Trump govt  | % who say  | Other running people  | really Other govt running people Trump of admin in charge  | of admin  | govt  | Total  | 43  | 50  | 18-29  | 30  | 64  | 30-49  | 46  | 49  | 50-64  | 37  | 55  | 65+  | 24  | 67  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 21  | 75  | 10  | Conserv  | 83  | Mod/Lib  | 38  | 61  | Dem/Lea n Dem  | 62  | 30  | Conserv/Mod  | 62  | 29  | Liberal  | 29  | 64  | Note: Don know responses notshown Q30.  | Source Survey conducted Jan. 499 2017  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 