Forty-nine percent of voters have a favorable opinion of Ivanka Trump, while 47 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of Melania Trump. | Getty POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT POLL Hidden stars: Melania and Ivanka Trump are well-liked, poll finds

Donald Trump may have a secret weapon when it comes to his woman problem: Melania and Ivanka Trump.

A new POLITICO/Morning Consult Poll finds that voters have positive impressions of Trump’s wife and eldest daughter. Forty-seven percent of voters have a favorable opinion of Melania Trump, while 32 percent have an unfavorable view. And 49 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of Ivanka Trump, while 30 percent have an unfavorable view.


Those contrast with the president's own mixed numbers among female voters in the opening days of his administration: 43 percent of women approve of Trump's early performance, but 41 percent disapprove.

The disconnect comes as people turned out across the country in unprecedented numbers over the weekend for the Women’s March opposed to Trump. The number of protesters at the Women’s March in Washington appeared to dwarf Trump’s own inauguration attendance.

Melania Trump’s favorability has rebounded since the Republican National Convention, up from 42 percent after her RNC speech, in which she appeared to crib lines from Michelle Obama's Democratic convention speech in 2008. Ivanka Trump’s favorability is down a point from 50 percent after the GOP convention.

For both women, sizable segments of the electorate don't have an opinion about them, unlike the polarizing new president.

"While most have formed their opinion on Donald Trump, about 20 percent of voters still haven't made up their mind about the First Lady and First Daughter," said Kyle Dropp, Morning Consult Chief Research Officer and Co-Founder. "That leaves open an opportunity for Ivanka and Melania to refine their public personas over the next few months as the new administration gets underway."

A majority of voters, 51 percent, want Melania Trump to an active role in his administration. Slightly fewer, 45 percent believe Ivanka Trump should take an active role.

For the most part, Melania Trump has kept out of the spotlight. She hasn’t given extended remarks since her widely panned speech at the Republican convention. She also had a limited role on the campaign trail. She gave only one major speech — an address in Pennsylvania focused on women voters — before the election.

It’s unclear how Melania Trump will approach her role as first lady. She has returned to New York with their son, Barron, and is expected to spend the majority of her time there until Barron's school year ends. She did tweet from the official first lady Twitter account on Saturday that she was “deeply honored to serve this wonderful country as first lady.”

Ivanka Trump — the president's daughter from his first marriage who recently moved her family to Washington, is expected to have a visible role in Trump’s administration. She is likely to take an active role on issues like the environment and other women’s issues. She has also spoken out about family paid leave on the campaign trail.

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More details on the poll and its methodology can be found in these two documents — Toplines: http://bit.ly/2ksudGM | Crosstabs: http://bit.ly/2ksufyo