Crazy Democrats See Trump Acting Like A Dictator

February 26, 2025

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters believe Trump is acting like a dictator, while 46% think Trump is doing what

voters elected him to do.

The partisan split on this question is a mirror-reverse, with 74% of Democrats saying Trump is acting like a dictator, while the exact same percentage of Republicans (74%) view Trump as doing what voters elected him to do. Voters not affiliated with either major party are almost evenly divided, with 46% who believe Trump is doing what he was elected to do, 44% who think Trump is acting like a dictator and 10% not sure.

Trump recently provoked controversy when he posted a quote often attributed to French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte: “He who saves his country does not violate any law.” Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely Voters agree with that quote, including 21% who Strongly Agree, but 40% disagree, including 29% who Strongly Disagree. Another 17% are not sure.

What about the alternative to Trump’s presidency? Forty-four percent (44%) of voters think America would be better off now if Kamala Harris had won the presidential election last year. Forty-seven percent (47%) disagree.

Perhaps not surprisingly, 75% of Democrats believe the country would be better off now if Harris had won last year’s election, but just 18% of Republicans and 36% of unaffiliated voters share that belief. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Republicans, 16% of Democrats and 49% of unaffiliated voters don’t think America would be better off if Harris had won.

By a 10-point margin – 50% to 40% – men reject the idea that a Harris victory would have been better for the country, while a 47% plurality of women voters think a Harris win would have been better, versus 44% of women who disagree. Significantly more men (48%) than women voters (38%) agree with the statement, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.”

Forty-eight percent (48%) of whites, 46% of black voters, 49% of Hispanics and 45% of other minorities think Trump is acting like a dictator. Hispanics are most likely to agree with the Napoleon quote.

Voters under 40 are less likely than their elders to think Trump is acting like a dictator. Under-40 voters are more likely to agree, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.”

Breaking down the electorate by income categories, voters in the highest bracket – earning more than $200,000 a year – are most likely to say America would be better off now if Kamala Harris had won the presidential election last year. Those with annual incomes below $30,000 are most likely to agree with the quote attributed to Napoleon.

Among those who voted for Trump in last year’s election 63% agree, “He who saves his country does not violate any law,” while only 21% of Harris voters agree with that statement.