A poll run by CBS News and YouGov has found that most Americans are happy with President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for positions in his cabinet. Matthew Rice reports in The New York Sun:

President Trump is now enjoying that much talked-about honeymoon following his electoral victory, as the overwhelming majority of Americans tells pollsters that they approve of how the president-elect is handling his transition process so far.

According to a new survey from CBS News and YouGov, 59 percent of Americans say they approve of the post-election staffing and policy announcements, while just 41 percent disapprove. The poll was conducted between Wednesday and Friday, which is the day Trump announced his latest slate of cabinet appointees.

Trump appointees themselves are getting fairly good marks from poll respondents. Of those asked, 44 percent said they have a good feeling about Senator Rubio being nominated as secretary of state, while just 25 percent said they have a bad feeling. Nearly half — 47 percent — of poll respondents say they approve of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of health and human services, and just 34 percent say they disapprove.

Even Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth — who have been nominated to be director of national intelligence and secretary of defense, respectively — are above water with voters. Both are seen as facing uphill fights in the Senate for confirmation, however.

For Ms. Gabbard, 36 percent say her nomination is good and just 27 percent say it was a bad choice. For Mr. Hegseth, 33 percent approve of him leading the Pentagon, and 28 percent say they disapprove.

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This is the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.

She’s an absolute unit! pic.twitter.com/IREbJyGojl

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“Smithfield wanted to come in and take over hog production in Poland.

So it offered a bribe to a state… pic.twitter.com/36knjfE985

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