Opinion Today: Topline
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Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the November 15, 2024, edition of Opinion Today
Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking Alec Tyson and Brian Kennedy, Pew Research Center A majority of Americans say they have confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests. Confidence ratings have moved slightly higher in the last year, marking a shift away from the decline in trust seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Focus group: Swing voters wary of Musk-Trump relationship Erin Doherty, Axios Why voters chose Trump Monica Potts, 538
Democrats bet big on abortion in 2024. Voters had other priorities. Caroline Soler and Brian Schaffner (Tufts), Good Authority The New Driving Force of Identity Politics Is Class, Not Race Jeanne Whalen, Valerie Bauerlein and Arian Campo-Flores, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Latino advocates grapple with Hispanic vote shift and its impact on policy agenda Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News Why So Many Latino Voters Abandoned Democrats, According to the Data Ali Bianco, Politico Magazine The Democrats’ 2022 Error Message Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic The State-Level Differences Between the Presidential and Senate Races J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball 7 Reasons Democrats Should Be Optimistic About Their Chances in 2026 and 2028 Wally Nowinski, Noahpinion Trump gained some minority voters, but the GOP is hardly a multiracial coalition William H. Frey, Brookings Institution What Trump's Victory Means for America Daniel Cox, American Storylines Trump Talked Twice as Much as Harris on the Campaign Trail Eve Washington and Francesca Paris, New York Times [unlocked] How did 2024 election polls fare? We talked to experts. Scott Clement and Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post ‘There Were Signs’: How the Polls Anticipated Some of Trump’s Key Gains Kaleigh Rogers, New York Times Inside the Republican false-flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey, Washington Post [unlocked] This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return M. Gessen, New York Times [unlocked] Why the Second Trump Regime Will Be Far More Dangerous Thomas Zimmer, Democracy Americana
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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A 'Realignment' Among Latino Voters
538 PoliticsJohn Anzalone
The Axe Files with David AxelrodLeft Behind: Why Democrats Lost the Working Class
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart