• Economic pressures unite mothers across ideologies:
  Rising costs—particularly for childcare, groceries, and healthcare—were the most frequently cited sources of dissatisfaction, cutting across political affiliation and region.
• Regional and ideological variation exists but does not offset overall discontent:
  Moderate mothers in the North showed relatively higher approval, while mothers in the West reported the lowest satisfaction and those in the South the highest—though views remained mixed in every region.
• Strong opinions reflect perceived real-world impacts:
  Most mothers expressed clear approval or disapproval rather than neutral views, with low ratings driven by concerns about the economy, civil rights, and public education.
• Policy priorities differ among supporters:
  Among mothers who expressed high approval—particularly Republican mothers—support was most often linked to immigration policy and alignment with conservative values.‍
• Low overall approval:
  Fewer than 1 in 4 mothers (22%) rated the Administration’s early policy actions favorably, while more than 70% expressed strong dissatisfaction, indicating broad concern across a nationally representative sample.

This report presents mothers’ views on early federal policy actions under the 2025 Administration, drawing on survey responses from 2,888 mothers across the United States collected between April and June 2025. Mothers rated their level of satisfaction and shared open-ended reflections based on lived experience. Findings reveal low overall approval, with economic pressures emerging as the dominant driver of dissatisfaction across political and regional lines.

This report focuses on information Count on Mothers collected from April 21 through June 19, 2025, exploring mothers’ views on U.S. government actions in the early months of the 2025 Administration, offering timely, experience-based guidance for leaders across sectors. Mothers rated their level of satisfaction with the federal policy actions and offered open-ended reflections to explain their rating – bringing numbers to life with lived experience.  A total of 2888 mothers residing in 50 states and across the political spectrum and backgrounds provided feedback based on their firsthand knowledge. To ensure results reflect the broader population and perspective of U.S. mothers, the anonymous and voluntary online survey was shared publicly across social channels, and the sample was weighted using national benchmarks for political affiliation and geographic region. After analyzing mothers’ opinions from the survey, we take this aggregate data and share it with industry leaders, policymakers, and the public so they are educated on mothers’ firsthand experiences, needs, and concerns.

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