A.G. Gancarski
The Florida man and failed 2016 congressional candidate who was appointed FBI Deputy Director last month is regarded generally favorably nationwide.
An Economist/YouGov survey of Dan Bongino’s approval finds more people like him than not, though a slim majority of respondents has no idea who he is.
Overall, 26% of respondents approve of the former podcaster, Secret Service agent and New York cop.
An additional 23% disapprove of Bongino.
The other 51% don’t know how they feel about the second-in-command at the federal law enforcement agency.
Bongino is +6 with men (32% to 26%) and treading water with women (20% on each side of the question).
He does better overall with registered voters, with 30% approval and 25% disapproval.
Among the larger sample of adult citizens, Bongino technically has better favorability than President Donald Trump (-4 overall), Vice President JD Vance (-3) and Bongino’s boss, FBI head Kash Patel (0).
But it seems that phenomenon is a function of relative anonymity, as all three of them are better known than Bongino.
Partisan breaks follow a predictable trajectory in the Bongino numbers.
the poll found 55% of Trump voters in the last election like Bongino, while 46% of Kamala Harris supporters do not. Meanwhile, 9% of Trump voters disapprove of the pick, while 7% of Harris backers approve of Bongino.
Bongino is above water with independent voters (21% approval, 20% disapproval) and with self-described moderates (22%, 19%). He has 47% approval and 9% disapproval among Republicans, and 9% approval and 42% disapproval among Democrats.
13 comments
Michael K
March 6, 2025 at 9:22 am
I’ve listened to some of his podcasts. He’s dangerously unhinged and unqualified and uninformed. In other words, MAGA affirmative action to destroy the agency from within.
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Todd W Robb
March 7, 2025 at 3:50 pm
LOL, that’s pure garbage.
Linwood Wright
March 6, 2025 at 1:50 pm
“The only thing that matters is power. Power. That is all that matters. A system of checks and balances? Haha! That’s a good one.”
– Dan Bongino
This Un-American man has no business being anywhere near a place of power and responsibility in Government.
Garett Cornwell
March 6, 2025 at 2:26 pm
Source this in context….
I’ll wait….
That’s right you can’t
Tom Lathen
March 6, 2025 at 3:26 pm
Geeze. Y’all would be worried about Jesus joining the FBI, with that long hair and beard, he would trouble.
Dawn
March 6, 2025 at 11:16 pm
That’s a fact! Must be left wing extremists! Bongino was a secret Service Agent for the Obama Administration and the George W. Bush Administration. This man is a great pick for this administration. He loves his country and supports this President and his administration. Good luck to you!
MH/Duuuval
March 8, 2025 at 9:52 am
The Secret Service embarrassed itself during Obama’s Presidency with numerous frat-boy indiscretions and derelictions of duty. I don’t know if Bongino was one of the bad actors, but there is definitely smoke here.
JB in Georgia
March 7, 2025 at 9:45 am
I have listened to Dan’s podcast for years. He is hardly unqualified and misinformed. He served as a Secret Service agent for Bush and Obama. He maintains contact with many people in the agency still. He is an excellent pick. I applaud Bongino for stepping away from his lucrative media business with DB Show and Rumble to take a Gubberment position. Dems are too ignorant and envious of wealthy citizens who put their business life on hold in order to serve the country. He absolutely tears into foolish and lawless Democrats on his show. So much of it is SOOO justified given the absurd amount of lawlessness in the Biden years. Dems would rather bad-mouth capitalism, while hypocritically supporting Gov Reps who use their time in office to fill their own pockets. Because so many of them cannot recognize ‘rule of law’ as an equalizing principle to ensure fair treatment to all, I have little sympathy for them.
MH/Duuuval
March 7, 2025 at 4:23 pm
“He absolutely tears into foolish and lawless Democrats on his show.”
Just imagine what Bongino might say if any MAGA ever proved foolish and lawless: NADA
MarvinM
March 7, 2025 at 9:59 pm
” Gov Reps who use their time in office to fill their own pockets.”
Cough cough Trump meme coin, Melania meme coin, Trump continually hawking hats, guitars, even Bibles, charging the government for Secret Service to stay at his properties while he’s there, this is but a small list of all the grift Trump and his family are doing or have done while in office.
And don’t bother to Hunter Biden me. Hunter was never in office and all he did was be overpaid to be on a board. That stinks, but it happens all the time and is not illegal.
You might want to look into Jared Kushner’s sweet deal for I think it was 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia just before his father-in-law left the office of the presidency the first time, if you are so concerned about family members making money off famous and powerful relatives.
If you think Bongino is a great pick for the No. 2 spot at FBI, I just hope you never have the need for the FBI to help you if you are victimized by credit card fraudsters, or any other type of scam artists, or certain types of violent crimes, etc. I don’t think he will be of any help to you at all.
Michael K
March 7, 2025 at 1:10 pm
I duuno. In my book, pledging to destroy the very institution you are being tapped to serve is a disqualifier. Calling for the imprisonment of perceived political rivals – without evidence – is a disqualifier. Calling for the jailing and imprisonment of duly elected congress people and US Senators with whom you disagree should send alarms in any normal situation. This is not normal.
The Cat In The MAGA Hat
March 7, 2025 at 10:18 pm
Twilight Zone Trump Administration
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