Americans Say Trump Hasn’t Done Enough to Make America Healthy Again

The majority of Americans believe the Trump administration hasn’t done enough to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), a Politico poll showed.

Overall, 52% of respondents felt that way, while 26% said the administration has done enough on health, according to the poll.

That sentiment was strong even among respondents who identified as supporters of the MAHA movement, with 47% saying the administration hasn’t done enough, though 45% of this group said it has done enough.

Meanwhile, 41% of people who voted for Trump in 2024 said he hasn’t done enough for Americans’ health — nearly the same proportion of this group (40%) said he has done enough.

Politico noted that the poll revealed “both broad frustration and dissatisfaction with the Trump administration on health priorities.”

The poll also captured sentiments on a wide swath of other healthcare issues, including vaccination, environmental issues, and pharmaceutical overprescribing.

When it comes to vaccines, 19% of respondents strongly supported and 22% supported reducing the number of vaccines Americans receive. Among MAHA supporters, those figures were 36% and 29%, respectively.

As for vaccine side effects, 41% of people believed Republicans were more concerned about these, while 21% said Democrats were more concerned. Among MAHA supporters, those figures were 51% and 24%, respectively.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken numerous steps challenging U.S. vaccination policy, including shaking up the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and slashing the number of recommended vaccines. (A judge temporarily blocked those changes, but experts say the chaos and confusion surrounding vaccine policy under Kennedy has already caused damage.)

In the overall survey, Republicans and Democrats were even when it came to the question of who is most eager to stop overprescribing of medications (27% and 28%, respectively), but among MAHA supporters, 50% said Republicans were more eager, while 25% said Democrats were more eager.

A larger proportion of respondents said Democrats were the party that “follows the science” (36% vs 24% for Republicans), but that was flipped among MAHA supporters — 48% said Republicans do this, while 26% said Democrats do.

The majority of respondents overall supported MAHA issues, including removing artificial dyes from food (67% support or strongly support), restricting junk food purchases through federal nutrition programs such as SNAP (52% support or strongly support), and limiting pesticide use (68% support or strongly support).

MAHA may not have the same brand recognition as Make America Great Again (MAGA), but 34% of respondents said they’ve heard of it and could explain what it is, while another 34% said they’ve heard of it but couldn’t explain it. Most MAHA supporters said they could explain it (50%), but 31% said they’re familiar with the movement but couldn’t explain what it is.

About 23% of respondents overall said they strongly support the MAHA movement, and 25% support it. Among MAHA supporters, 57% said they strongly support the movement and 33% said they support it.

The poll was conducted March 13-18, and included 3,851 people.