Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
6-2025
Document Type
Master's Capstone Project
Degree Name
Master of Science
Program
Data Analysis & Visualization
Advisor
Matthew K. Gold
Subject Categories
American Politics | Data Science | Digital Humanities | Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication
Keywords
Executive Orders, Data Visualization, Donald Trump, LGBTQIA+ Policy
Abstract
At the end of the first week of his presidency this year in 2025, Donald Trump signed a total of thirty-six executive orders. After only one month, that number had gone up to seventy-six. He is currently on track to sign the highest number of executive orders in his first year in office of any president in the last 50 years, and potentially even the last 100 years if he keeps moving at this rate. In the first 90 days of his term, Donald Trump has signed 159 executive orders, more than any other president in the history of the United States of America. These executive orders have covered a wide variety of topics concerning civil rights, immigration, federal funding, and more. One way that this can be seen is through their treatment of the LGBTQIA+ community, particularly of transgender people, within the orders. This project aims to investigate the executive orders issued by Donald Trump in the first 90 days of his second term, along with an analysis on how they impact the LGBTQIA+ community. This will be done by collecting data on each order, understanding the policies that they are trying to instill, and pinpointing where they are in the legislative process and how much impact they’ve currently made.
Recommended Citation
Santos, Leonard J., "Unpacking the Orders" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/6337
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