One of Donald Trump’s five children has the most influence over the president-election according to a poll of everyday Americans.
Trump’s towering youngest child Barron (6′ 9″), his doting daughter Ivanka and second-son Eric do not hold as much sway as the Republican’s eldest son Don. Jr., the latest DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners survey of over 1,000 registered voters found.
Twenty-eight percent, or roughly one out of three Americans, believe Donald Trump Jr. has the most influence over his father out of any Donald’s children, according to the survey.
Don Jr. has been alongside his father for many years on his political escapades and business ventures and is perceived to be the most senior family advisor to the president-elect barring incoming First Lady Melania.
Trump’s eldest son was reportedly played a critical role in his father tapping Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice president, and he spent hours reworking his father’s RNC nomination acceptance speech.
He has also advised his father on emerging technology like cryptocurrency, connecting their family to influential industry players, leading to Trump’s own crypto ventures.
In his second term, Trump will have to navigate global conflicts in Ukraine and Israel, mending a severely broken U.S. immigration system and installing his much talked about tariff plans.
From dad’s triumphant trip down the Trump Tower’s golden escalator to announce his candidacy in 2016, to his loss and attempted overturns of the 2020 election, to courtrooms and campaign venues across the country, all of Trump’s children have been deeply intertwined in the past decade’s political happenings.
Donald Trump looks at his son Donald Trump Jr. at an election night watch party. Voters responded to the latest DailyMail.com survey saying Jr. has the most influence over his father
Former first lady Melania Trump and Barron Trump look on as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an election night event. The latest Daily Mail survey found Barron to have the third-most influence over his father out of all the Trump children
Ivanka, who is Trump’s only child to serve in his administration, had the next most at 18 percent, followed by Barron with 10 percent, Eric with nine percent and Tiffany with a meager four percent.
Surprisingly, though maybe not, voters found that Barron has much more influence than some of his older siblings.
Similar to Don Jr., Eric has done extensive campaign and business work with his father.
Still, voters think Barron, 18, who spends his time attending New York University in Manhattan, holds more control than his older brother Eric who resides nearby his father in Florida where he helms the Trump Organization.
This sentiment was particularly pronounced among younger survey respondents.
Voters between 18 – 29 were much more likely to believe Barron have access to his father’s ear.
In that age group he was found to be the second-most influential family member, beating out Ivanka 15 percent to her 14 percent.
On Friday, Melania noted Barron’s growing impact on his father.
‘I’m very proud of him and about his knowledge on politics and giving advice to his father,’ she said in a Fox News interview. ‘He was very vocal and brought in success and told his father which podcasters he needed to talk to.’
Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos, Kimberly Guilfoyle, her partner Donald Trump Jr. and his his daughter Kai Madison Trump listen to Donald Trump speak an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, early on November 6, 2024
Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Mike Johnson and Vivek Ramaswamy look on during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024 in New York City
Older voters, meanwhile, were most likely to believe Jr. and Ivanka were the most influential respectively.
Out of all of Trump’s children, Ivanka was the only one to join in on her father’s first administration.
She served as a senior advisor from 2017 – 2021 and later as director of the Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship.
Since then though she has been less active in her father’s political ambitions, hardly appearing at all during his 2024 campaign.
Though since her time in the first administration her older brother, who has a popular political podcast, has waded deeper into his father’s presidential dealings.
Still, Don Jr. has yet to been given an official role in his father’s upcoming term.
