Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the November 8, 2024, edition of Opinion Today
Americans see immigration as top issue for Trump to tackle, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters Americans see immigration as the most pressing issue for President-elect Donald Trump to address, and a large majority believe he will order mass deportations of people living in the U.S. illegally, a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed Thursday found. Political Fundamentals Foreshadowed Trump Victory Megan Brenan, Jeffrey M. Jones and Lydia Saad, Gallup
Thoughts + resources on understanding the 2024 election Alexander Agadjanian
What Swayed Trump Voters Was Bidenomics Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic What Kamala Harris changed – and what she couldn’t Danny Hayes (George Washington U.), Good Authority Americans hate inflation more than they hate unemployment Noah Smith, Noahpinion Why Democrats couldn’t sell a strong economy, in 3 charts Nicole Narea, Vox
The Shattering of the Democratic Coalition Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot Breaking down the election results Jed Kolko, Slow Boring America's diploma divide: States with fewer grads went for Trump Erica Pandey, Axios
How Could Trump and Abortion Rights Both Win? Jill Filipovic, New York Times [unlocked] 2024 Election Edition: Young Men Swing Toward Trump Daniel Cox, American Storylines Trump’s Huge Latino Gains Put a Big Crack in Democratic Coalition David Luhnow, Caitlin Ostroff and Juan Forero, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Lot of votes left to count — but the scale of the shift is clear Philip Bump, Washington Post
For Black Women, ‘America Has Revealed to Us Her True Self’ Erica L. Green and Maya King, New York Times [unlocked] Is the Gen Z bro media diet to blame? Rebecca Jennings, Vox Will Trump Govern as a Strongman? Steven Feldstein, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace After 248 years, America prepares for life under a king Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer [unlocked] What Happens Next? Don Moynihan, Can We Still Govern? Leaders in Democratic States Begin Planning to Fight Trump Policies Shawn Hubler, Jonathan Weisman and Mike Baker, New York Times [unlocked] Trump Got Away With It — Because of the Biden Administration’s Massive Missteps Ankush Khardori, Politico Magazine Pollsters Were Blindsided by Breadth of Trump Win Aaron Zitner, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] America's last presidential bellwether ends its winning streak Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times [via Yahoo]
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Republican Pollster Patrick Ruffini on the Increasingly Multi-Racial GOP Coalition
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryCalled It!
Beyond the Polls with Henry OlsenElection Post-Mortem
Hacks On TapHow race and gender played a role in the 2024 election
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