Most Americans do not think President Donald Trump deserved the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, according to a new YouGov poll.
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President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, and most Americans think it was the right call, according to a new YouGov poll.
The Nobel Peace Center announced on Oct. 10 that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 peace prize. A vocal critic of President Nicolas Maduro, she was credited with fighting for democracy and human rights.
The highly anticipated decision comes after Trump spent months advocating that he be given the award, one of the world’s most prestigious honors.
In July, he phoned Norway’s finance minister to discuss his effort to obtain the prize, according to Politico, and in September, he told the U.N. General Assembly, “Everyone says I should get the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Multiple world leaders also nominated the Republican president for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, including for his efforts to resolve foreign conflicts. And Machado, in accepting her own award this year, said she “dedicate(d) this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!”
Reacting to Trump’s loss, White House communications director Steven Cheung wrote on X, “Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.”
Critics of the president argue he was undeserving of the honor previously awarded to figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, citing his support for Israel’s war in Gaza and accusations that he has targeted political opponents and cracked down on free speech.
Public opinion on Trump’s peace prize bid
The YouGov poll — conducted with 2,725 U.S. adults on Oct. 9 — asked respondents, “Do you think Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?”
A majority, 58%, said he should not be given the prize, the winner of which is selected by the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Meanwhile, 25% said he does deserve the award, and 18% said they were not sure.
This question elicited markedly different responses among partisans.
Most Republicans, 56%, said Trump should be awarded the peace prize, while most Democrats and independents — 87% and 63%, respectively — said he should be passed over.
Views on Israel/Hamas peace deal
The survey, which has a margin of error of 3 percentage points, also asked respondents about the peace deal reached between Israel and Hamas, which Trump said he helped broker.
A majority, 54%, said they strongly or somewhat approve of the deal, while just 7% said they strongly or somewhat disapprove. An additional 39% said they were not sure. Most Republicans and Democrats said they favored the agreement.
Trump announced on Oct. 8 that Israel and Hamas had agreed to an initial phase of a peace deal, which includes a ceasefire and hostage swap.
It comes two years into the war in Gaza, which has led to the death of more than 67,000 Palestinians, many of whom are women and children, according to Gaza health officials. Many more have suffered from famine and starvation due, in part, to Israeli restrictions on aid, with hundreds killed near aid sites, according to the U.N.
The current conflict began in October 2023, when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 Israelis and taking about 250 hostage, according to U.S. officials.
The YouGov poll also questioned respondents about the role Trump played in achieving the peace deal.
A plurality, 34%, said he played a major role, while 24% said he played a minor role. Sixteen percent said Trump took no part in it, and 25% said they were not sure.
Most Republicans, 63%, credited Trump with being deeply involved in the deal, while less than a third of Democrats (15%) and independents (26%) said the same.
Brendan Rascius
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