An unreleased poll conducted in October 2025 by Tony Fabrizio, a longtime Trump pollster, indicates that 73% of voters express concern about childhood vaccine mandates. The survey further shows 90% of respondents cite the pharmaceutical industry’s corrupting influence on public policy.

The poll, commissioned by MAHA Action and obtained by an independent source but withheld from public release at the request of its commissioner, directly contradicts White House assertions that the issue is a political loser.

According to the secret survey, voters’ top health concern is the drug lobby’s impact on medical research, news coverage, and policy decisions. Nearly seven in ten respondents want more research into vaccines’ cumulative effects in infants.

The poll also found that 68% or more of voters, across party lines, support government studies on complications from administering multiple infant vaccines too quickly, oppose blanket immunity for vaccine manufacturers, and believe families should share responsibility for vaccination decisions. Only 11% believe the government alone should decide, while 45% favor allowing families to spread out the vaccine schedule.

White House officials have previously cited a more limited poll conducted later in the year to justify Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent shift away from vaccines toward food policy. This pivot culminated last week with the termination of Tracy Beth Hoeg, who led efforts to align the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule with 20 other developed nations.

The secret poll contradicts Trump’s own messaging as recently as December, when he stated that the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule is unusual compared to other Western nations and that its long-term effects have not been well studied. Trump reiterated this view in an interview on May 10.