3 in 4 college-age voters support Trump’s DOGE cuts: poll

The College Fix

James Samuel – Drexel University

February 24, 2025

Nearly three in four college-age Americans support the efforts to cut wasteful spending by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a new poll from Arc Insights and Vote 4 America.

The poll, which was conducted Feb. 4 and 5, found a strong majority of Americans (62 percent) support DOGE’s “efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse.”

In a breakdown of the results, provided to The College Fix via email, 47 percent of voters ages 18 to 25 indicated that they voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, while 45 percent voted for Kamala Harris; 2 percent voted for another candidate, and 6 percent did not vote.

Despite the even split along party lines, 71 percent said they support the Department of Government Efficiency’s cost-cutting goals. Of the more than 1,000 registered voters polled, 75 were between 18 and 25 years old.

President Donald Trump established the DOGE in an executive order on Jan. 20.

Since then, the department has cut close to $1 billion in spending by the Department of Education, including grants and other projects focused on “woke, “divisive ideologies.” Led by billionaire Elon Musk, DOGE also unearthed records showing that USAID funded an al Qaeda terrorist’s college tuition, The Fix reported.

In the poll, 71 percent of college-age voters responded that they “believe waste, fraud, and abuse is a serious problem inside the U.S. government,” and 53 percent supported cutting foreign aid to balance the budget.

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