Public approval of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has jumped sharply in the past year, making it the only major federal agency to show a significant gain in Gallup’s latest annual governance survey—as ratings for most other agencies have fallen to record lows.
According to Gallup’s poll, published on Oct. 9, DHS’s job performance was rated as “excellent” or “good” by 42 percent of respondents, up from 32 percent in 2024. That 10-point increase is the largest year-over-year improvement among the 15 federal agencies measured, although it is still below the department’s 2017 peak of 59 percent.
