Opinion Weekend
December 7-8, 2024
How Americans feel about Trump’s mass deportations Clifford Young, Bernard Mendez & Sarah Feldman, Ipsos There’s a lot of uncertainty with how Trump’s promise of a deportation at an unprecedented scale would end up happening. How might Americans react to this? Right now, polling shows that while most Americans support the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, support could change as mass deportations become real, especially if it affects the labor market, prices of goods, or separates families.
Syracuse University/Ipsos poll: Most say Trump should have to follow the same rules as any other president Chris Jackson, Johnny Sawyer, Bernard Mendez & Sarah Feldman, Ipsos A majority of Americans say they want Trump to follow the same rules as any other president. Americans have mixed reactions to Trump’s cabinet picks.
How Did Trust in Elections Change After the 2024 Presidential Contest? Thad Kousser, Lauren Prather, Laura Uribe and Alex Zhao, UC San Diego How has confidence in elections changed among Americans in each party and in different demographic groups after the 2024 presidential contest? To answer this question, we measure levels of trust in two Yankelovich Center national surveys that are representative of eligible voters, one conducted just before the 2024 election and the other fielded immediately after it.
Consumer sentiment: Preliminary Results for December 2024 Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan Consumer sentiment improved for the fifth consecutive month, rising about 3% to its highest reading in seven months. A surge in buying conditions for durables led Current Economic Conditions to soar more than 20%. Rather than a sign of strength, this rise in durables was primarily due to a perception that purchasing durables now would enable buyers to avoid future price increases.
Striking findings from 2024 Jenn Hatfield and Anna Jackson, Pew Research Center Pew Research Center has gathered data around some of this year’s most pivotal news stories, from the U.S. presidential election and international conflicts to debates over immigration and the role of social media in society. Here’s a look back at 2024 through 14 of our most striking research findings.
Is the Urban Shift Toward Trump Really About Democratic Cities in Disarray? Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times [unlocked] Big cities have faced serious problems lately. But there’s little evidence those problems are what drove voters to the right in November.
