Most Individuals oppose the demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make manner for President Donald Trump’s ballroom, in line with an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll performed utilizing Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel.
A 56% majority of Individuals oppose the Trump administration tearing down the East Wing of the White Home as a part of the development of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom paid for by $300 million in personal donations, together with 45% who “strongly” oppose it, the ballot finds.
Most Individuals oppose President Donald Trump tearing down the East Wing to make manner for a ballroom.
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Simply 28% of Individuals assist it, with 15% strongly supporting the East Wing being torn down for a ballroom, the ballot discovered. One other 16% say they aren’t certain.
Help breaks down by social gathering strains, with a 62% majority of Republicans in assist and 88% of Democrats opposed. A 61% majority of independents oppose the East Wing tear city and ballroom, with practically half opposing it strongly, in line with the ballot.
An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White Home was demolished, October 23, 2025 in Washington.
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Opinions are a lot stronger amongst Democrats: 78% of Democrats strongly oppose the teardown and ballroom, a a lot smaller 35% of Republicans strongly assist it.
A majority of liberals (76%) and about half of moderates (51%) strongly oppose the East Wing teardown and ballroom, whereas nearly a 3rd of conservatives (34%) assist it strongly.
Robust assist peaks amongst robust Trump approvers, with 58% saying they strongly assist the teardown of the East Wing and ballroom. Amongst those that considerably approve of Trump, simply 11% strongly assist the plan.
Building employees atop the U.S. Treasury, watch as work continues on a largely demolished a part of the East Wing of the White Home, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, earlier than building of a brand new ballroom.
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Building crews demolish the East Wing of the White Home, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington.
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Amongst robust Trump disapprovers, 82% strongly oppose tearing down the East Wing and constructing a ballroom, whereas a a lot smaller 37% of those that considerably disapprove of the president strongly oppose the plan.
Nearly 4 in 10 conservative Republicans (42%) say they’re strongly in favor of the plan. Conversely, 82% of liberal Democrats and 73% of average and conservative Democrats oppose it strongly.
Methodology: This ABC Information/Washington Put up/Ipsos ballot was performed on-line through the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel® Oct. 24-28, 2025, in English and Spanish, amongst a random nationwide pattern of two,725 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 share factors, together with the design impact. Error margins are bigger for subgroups. The partisan divisions are 28% Democrats, 31% Republicans and 41% independents or one thing else.
See extra particulars on ABC Information’ survey methodology here.
