CBS News poll finds Trump starts on positive note as most approve of transition handling
President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration starts off with mostly good will from the public: a majority of Americans overall are either happy or at least satisfied that he won and are either excited or optimistic about what he'll do as president. Trump's handling of his presidential transition gets approval from most Americans overall and brings near-universal approval from his voters, along with a net-positive response about his selections for Cabinet posts, in particular, Sen. Marco Rubio, who is Trump's pick to be secretary of state. Trump selections of Cabinet and agency chiefs for his administration Trump's current selections for agency heads and Cabinet picks get rated overwhelmingly as good choices from Trump's voters, and are net-positive as selections among Americans who have heard enough about them to say. Following Trump's victory, there's been an increase in the number of Republicans who say democracy and rule of law is secure, though most Americans continue to say it is not.
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