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What percentage of Republicans view Trump as honest according to recent polls?
Executive summary
Recent national polls show a substantial majority of self-identified Republicans continue to describe Donald Trump as honest, though that share has slipped modestly in some surveys. For example, a Pew Research Center poll in August 2025 found 69% of Republicans said “honest” described Trump [1], while YouGov/Economist tracking reported Republican trustworthiness slipping from 77% in January to 71% by August 2025 [2].
1. What the headline numbers say: Republicans largely still call Trump “honest”
Pew’s August 2025 portrait of presidential traits reports that 69% of Republicans said the word “honest” described Trump — a clear plurality and the most direct single-source percentage across the items in the provided results [1]. Newsweek’s write-up of an August YouGov/Economist poll provides a complementary picture of strong, though slightly eroding, Republican confidence: Republicans who called him trustworthy fell from 77% in January to 71% by August [2].
2. Variation across polls: different questions, different months, different samples
Polls ask about “honest,” “trustworthy,” “favorable,” or job approval — each yields different percentages. The Economist/YouGov measure cited by The Hill and Newsweek finds 31% of all adults called Trump “trustworthy/honest” in August, but that overall figure mixes partisan blocs and is not the same as the Republican-only share [3] [2]. Pew’s question on “honest” asked respondents to rate whether the phrase “honest” describes Trump; that produced the 69% Republican figure [1]. Differences in wording, timing, and whether the sample is “U.S. adults,” “registered voters,” or “likely voters” explain much of the spread [4] [5].
3. Trends: some softening among Republicans but durable loyalty remains
Newsweek highlights a decline among Republicans on trustworthiness from January to August — a drop from 77% to 71% — and notes those seeing him as untrustworthy doubled from 7% to 14% in that timeframe [2]. Other coverage of approval trends (notably job approval) shows broader erosion in Trump’s standing beyond the GOP base across 2025, but party-line loyalty continues to create a high floor for positive trait ratings among Republicans [6] [7] [8].
4. How journalists and aggregators interpret these numbers
Many outlets point to a stark contrast: while a minority of the overall public calls Trump honest/trustworthy (Economist/YouGov shows 31% among all adults), partisan splits mean Republicans overwhelmingly view him positively on personal traits [3] [2] [1]. Analysts such as Nate Silver’s tracker and polling aggregators emphasize that different pollsters produce different snapshots and that averages help smooth those differences [4] [5].
5. Limits and caveats in drawing a single percentage conclusion
There is no single “recent poll” percentage that fully answers the user’s question without specifying pollster and question wording. Pew gives 69% (Republicans saying “honest” describes Trump) and YouGov/Economist shows a Republican trustworthiness figure of 71% in August after earlier higher readings; broader public measures are much lower [1] [2] [3]. Available sources do not mention a single consolidated “most recent” Republican percentage beyond these cited polls; polls released after August 2025 in our set focus more on approval than the specific “honest” label [9] [10].
6. What this means politically: strong base support but signs of erosion
The data indicate Republican views of Trump’s honesty remain a bulwark for his standing: majorities (about two-thirds to three-quarters) of Republicans describe him as honest or trustworthy in the polls cited [1] [2]. At the same time, modest declines within that group — documented by the YouGov/Economist trend from January to August — suggest susceptibility to political events and controversies that may chip away at the intensity of that support [2] [3].
7. Bottom line and how to read future reports
If you need a concise answer framed by the available reporting: use Pew’s 69% (Republicans saying “honest” describes Trump) as a clear, recent Republican-only measure and YouGov/Economist’s 71% (Republican trustworthiness in August 2025) to reflect a similar but slightly different question and trend [1] [2]. For any single “percentage of Republicans” claim, always note the pollster, exact question wording, and field dates because those factors materially change the result [4] [5].
Sources cited: Pew Research Center (Aug 2025) on Trump’s traits [1]; Newsweek reporting on YouGov/Economist trends [2]; The Hill on Economist/YouGov overall honesty/trustworthiness numbers [3]; Nate Silver / poll aggregation context [4]; polling-coverage examples and approval context from Reuters/Ipsos, Forbes, NYT and others in the result set [6] [5] [7] [8].