Opinion Today

October 26, 2021

Virginia: McAuliffe and Youngkin are in a dead heat with one week to governor election
Phillip M. Bailey & David Jackson, USA Today
Virginia's bellwether race for governor remains close in the final stretch of a campaign that is testing President Joe Biden’s sagging approval numbers going into the 2022 midterms. Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are tied at roughly 45% each, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll.

Congress Approval Lowest in 2021 as Democrats Turn Negative
Lydia Saad, Gallup
Americans' approval of the job the 117th Congress is doing slipped six points in the past month to 21%, its lowest thus far in 2021.

In Response to the Increasing Threat of Climate Change, Most Americans Support Policies to Confront It
Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
More than half support, and only 16 percent oppose, a clean electricity standard that would decrease the share of electricity coming from traditional sources. More Americans support than…