US EditionMost Americans oppose East Wing demolition for Trump ballroom, poll finds
A recent poll finds 56% of Americans oppose demolishing the East Wing for a $300 million private-funded ballroom, with opposition strongest among Democrats and independents.
- On Oct. 24-28, the ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found 56% of Americans oppose tearing down the East Wing of the White House for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom funded by $300 million in private donations.
- On Oct. 23, 2025, construction crews demolished much of the East Wing while an online poll conducted Oct. 24-28, 2025 via Ipsos KnowledgePanel captured public reaction.
- Intensity varies sharply among strong Trump approvers and strong Trump disapprovers, with 58% of the former strongly supporting and 82% of the latter strongly opposing the demolition.
- The poll completed 2,725 interviews, reporting a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points and a design effect of 1.08, with larger subgroup errors, ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos said.
- Ipsos says its KnowledgePanel covers all households and supplies internet or tablets where needed, and data were weighted by gender, age, race/ethnicity, education and 2024 vote choice, though pollsters warn of possible non-sampling errors.
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Americans largely oppose Trump tearing down White House East Wing to make way for his ballroom: Poll
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Most Americans oppose the demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for President Donald Trump’s ballroom, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel. A 56% majority of Americans oppose the Trump administration tearing down the East Wing of the White House as part of the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom paid for by $300 million in privat…
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