Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the December 19, 2024, edition of Opinion Today
Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s proposals to test democracy’s limits Colby Itkowitz, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, Washington Post [unlocked] A majority of Americans oppose Donald Trump’s plans to use the U.S. military to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, to instruct the U.S. Justice Department to investigate his political rivals and to pardon rioters charged with breaking into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a nationwide Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.
Slight Majority Oppose Tariffs On Mexico, Canada & China Quinnipiac University Poll
Presidential pardons, billionaires, and Luigi Mangione: December 15-17, 2024 Economist/YouGov Poll Kathy Frankovic & David Montgomery, YouGov
National survey finds approval of U.S. Supreme Court rises to highest level since March 2022 Charles Franklin, Marquette Law School Poll
What do voters and non-voters really think about Donald Trump? John Johnson, Marquette Law School Americans want to live healthier in 2025. Here’s what that looks like, from alcohol to exercise Christopher Good, Ipsos
Why abortion didn't lead Democrats to victory in the 2024 election Mary Radcliffe and Cooper Burton, 538
Trump Should Enjoy a Longer Honeymoon This Time Around John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot Trump’s win was modest relative to the last 12 years, never mind 129 Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked] How the States Vote Relative to the Nation: A 2024 Update Kyle Kondik, Sabato’s Crystal Ball Trump says his inaugural will be about unity. It might be a tough sell. Peter Nicholas, NBC News The next great reform movement is poised to begin now Chuck Todd, NBC News Trump Has Found the Media’s Biggest Vulnerability Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] Health Insurance is a Racket Paul Krugman, Krugman wonks out What Happened to the Democratic Party? Chris Lehmann, The Nation How the Right Claimed ‘Crunchy’ Lisa Miller, New York Times [unlocked] Immigration and the future of Social Security Simon Hodson, Emma Phillips and Tara Watson, Brookings Institution