Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the December 17, 2024, edition of Opinion Today
Americans Pass Judgment on Their Courts Benedict Vigers and Lydia Saad, Gallup Americans’ confidence in their nation’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record-low 35% in 2024. The result further sets the U.S. apart from other wealthy nations, where a majority, on average, still expresses trust in an institution that relies largely on the public’s confidence to protect its authority and independence.
What Democrats and Republicans thought of 2024 and what they expect in 2025 Jamie Ballard, YouGov
Post-election polling suggests a new reason behind Trump’s victory Douglas E. Schoen and Carly Cooperman, The Hill
Hispanic/Latino Adults Lack Adequate, Affordable Health Insurance Coverage Joseph R. Betancourt, The Commonwealth Fund
Americans are unhappy with the state of health care and insurance Monica Potts, Cooper Burton, Holly Fuong, and Amina Brown, 538 Trump sues Des Moines Register, top pollster for 'brazen election interference,' fraud over Harris poll Brooke Singman, Fox News The Great Capitulation Michelle Goldberg, New York Times [unlocked] The Modern Conservative Tradition and the Origins of Trumpism Thomas Zimmer, Democracy Americana Young Republicans Gather, Ready to Make America Vengeful Again Shawn McCreesh, New York Times [unlocked] Men and Women Are Politically Divided. There Is Much More to It Than That. Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times When online rumors and institutional distrust collide, you get drones Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked] Maybe Democrats Didn’t Do So Badly After All Russell Berman, The Atlantic [unlocked] What Puts Republicans in the Mood to Shop Joe Pinsker, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
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