Opinion Today
December 27, 2024
Trump Transition Ratings Better the Second Time Around Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup More Republicans approve than did during first transition; overall ratings still well below other presidents
Most adults feel the need to limit political news consumption due to fatigue and information overload AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Sixty-five percent of adults have felt the need to limit their media consumption about the government and politics due to information overload, fatigue, or similar reasons and half feel the same for overseas conflicts. Around four in ten adults feel the same way about news on the economy and climate change.
Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they’re tuning out David Bauder and Linley Sanders, Associated Press About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government because of overload, according to the survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Smaller percentages of Americans are limiting their intake of news about overseas conflicts, the economy or climate change, the poll says. Politics stand out. 43% of Americans Say They Are Overweight; 55% Want to Slim Down Megan Brenan, Gallup As the new year approaches and Americans consider their resolutions for 2025, losing weight may be on the minds of many. More than four in 10 U.S. adults, 43%, view themselves as overweight -- and even more, 55%, say they want to lose weight. However, only 27% report they are actively working toward that goal.
Support for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in western Europe, poll finds Jon Henley and Luke Harding, Guardian YouGov survey finds negotiated end to war with Russia is preferred option in four out of seven countries
Trump’s Re-election Defines a New Era of American Politics Nate Cohn, New York Times [unlocked] The Obama-Romney race in 2012 was the last in a familiar pattern in U.S. politics, which has since become defined by Donald Trump’s conservative populism.