Opinion Today: Topline

Selected links from the October 17, 2024, edition of Opinion Today

Oct 17, 2024

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The election's aftermath, hurricanes, and MLB playoffs: October 12-15, 2024, Economist/YouGov Poll
Kathy Frankovic & David Montgomery, YouGov

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Fox News Poll: Trump ahead of Harris by 2 points nationally
Dana Blanton, Fox News

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Trump Support Depends on Being Seen as Masculine
Dan Cassino, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Media source affects Americans’ understanding of crime, immigration, the economy
Ipsos

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Republicans, young adults now nearly as likely to trust info from social media as from national news outlets
Kirsten Eddy, Pew Research Center

Approval of U.S. Supreme Court edges upward, but 55% disapprove of the Court’s work
Marquette Law School Poll

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Where Americans Stand on Taxes
Frank Newport, Gallup

Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump as YouGov's latest MRP 2024 presidential estimates show very close race
YouGov

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Democrats hold narrow lead in the House while Republicans have a slight edge in the Senate, according to new YouGov model
YouGov

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One in Four Republican Trump Supporters Say That if Trump Loses the Election, He Should Declare Results Invalid and Do Whatever it Takes to Assume Office
Public Religion Research Institute

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Closing Arguments: How Harris Can Pin Down Trump
Blueprint

Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina
Quinnipiac University Poll

Massachusetts Poll: State of the State
University of Massachusetts Amherst

New Jersey: Tight Contest in CD-07
Monmouth University Polling Institute

Half the country will vote for Trump. What is his appeal?
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill

How Accurate, or Off-Target, Could the Polls Be This Year?
Kaleigh Rogers, Albert Sun and Christine Zhang, New York Times

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I Grew Up in Bucks County, Pa. I Went Back to Try to Make Sense of the Election.
Michael Sokolove, New York Times

The Pipeline: How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S.
Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News

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An AI-powered bot army on X spread pro-Trump and pro-GOP propaganda, research shows
Kevin Collier, NBC News

Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts
Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post [unlocked]

The Man Who’s Sure That Harris Will Win
Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic [unlocked]

There’s much, much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:

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Polls and the Electoral College
Power and Flour Podcast

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The Gen Z Gender Gap and other Polling Stories, with Professor John Sides
Cross Tabs

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Peter Baker & Susan Glasser: Where’s The Outrage?
Impolitic with John Heilemann

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Nevada voters who switched parties in 2020 election share thoughts on this year's race
PBS NewsHour

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What voter registration data says about 2024 election turnout
CBS News

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Steve Kornacki explains how one district in Nebraska could decide the election
NBC News