Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the August 13, 2024, edition of Opinion Today
Americans see many federal agencies favorably, but Republicans grow more critical of Justice Department Pew Research Center
How Mexicans and Americans view each other and their governments’ handling of the border Pew Research Center
Medium-Term Inflation Expectations Decline; Short and Longer-Term Inflation Expectations Unchanged Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Americans Still Want Business to Stay Quiet on Public Policy Zach Hrynowski, Gallup Majorities of Young Americans Report Using Facebook and Instagram Every Day Bryan Bennett, Navigator Research Nearly 80% of Older LGBTQ+ Adults Are Concerned About Having Support as They Age AARP Harris maintains lead over Trump Cameron Easley & Eli Yokley, Morning Consult
How to Lose Voters and Alienate Women: JD Vance Is Blowing It Blueprint Battleground State Youth Tracker Won't PAC Down
How Harris is reversing Biden’s biggest weakness in the campaign Ronald Brownstein, CNN Elon Musk Throws a Trump Rally Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic [unlocked] Inside Elon Musk’s Hands-On Push to Win 800,000 Voters for Trump Dana Mattioli, Joe Palazzolo and Emily Glazer, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] “Vibe shift”: Young Texas voters, motivated by Kamala Harris, lock into the presidential election Isaac Yu and Juan Salinas II, Texas Tribune 6 primaries to watch in Minnesota and Wisconsin Geoffrey Skelley, 538 What is “weird” and what is “normal” in America? Thomas Zimmer, Democracy Americana The Collision of Medicaid World Views Drew Altman, KFF
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What Americans Think Of Kamala Harris
538 Politics‘Clear momentum’: New polling shows voters’ enthusiasm for Harris
CNNTamara Keith and Amy Walter on new polls showing Harris leading Trump in key battlegrounds
PBS NewsHour