Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 3, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Highest Hopes for Trump on Immigration; Lowest, on Unity Lydia Saad, Gallup Americans have mixed expectations for what President-elect Donald Trump will accomplish in his second term, foreseeing success on seven policy goals while doubting he’ll achieve eight others.
The new government, MAGA, Jan. 6, Jimmy Carter, and 2025: December 21-24 and 29-31, 2024, Economist/YouGov Poll Kathy Frankovic & David Montgomery, YouGov Americans warm to driverless cars, though skepticism remains Taylor Orth, YouGov Have Views of Marital Fidelity Changed Over Time? Ryan Burge, Graphs about Religion Faith on the Hill Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center
The Trump era of Congress begins, with a majority in House arriving since 2016 Jacob Fulton, Roll Call How the GOP’s Microscopic House Majority Will Shrink Trump’s Big Ambitions Riley Rogerson, NOTUS Something Important Is Unfolding in America That Hasn’t Happened in a While Kristen Soltis Anderson, New York Times [unlocked] The numbers that will define 2025 Natalie Jackson (GQR Research), National Journal [unlocked] The Democrats’ Culture Denialism Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot Democracy, Alive and Creaking Ben Ansell, Political Calculus 2024 was a historic year in global elections — and a bad one for those in power Alexander Smith, NBC News What I got wrong in 2024 Nathaniel Rakich, 538
10 policies Republicans could use to pay for new tax cuts Jacob Bogage, Washington Post [unlocked]
Apocalypse, Constantly Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic [unlocked] Jimmy the Baptist: Carter redefined ‘evangelical,’ from campaigns to race and women’s rights Bill Barrow, Associated Press Jimmy Carter's remarkable post-presidency George E. Condon Jr., National Journal [unlocked]
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
PLAYLIST
How Donald Trump Reshaped The GOP
The NPR Politics PodcastWhat Fresh Hell Is This? A Preview of the New Congress
Words Matter PodcastThe “Thank You, Jimmy Carter” Edition
Political GabfestCNN’s Harry Enten lays out two scenarios that could sink Johnson
CNNBiden's legacy as 50 years in public office comes to an end
PBS NewsHour