Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 17, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Most adults are skeptical that Trump can address costs and other economic issues AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Donald Trump will start his term with a Republican majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as a more conservative Supreme Court. But large segments of the public lack confidence in his ability to handle key policy issues and the nation remains highly polarized on a number of his policy proposals.
Many Americans doubt Trump will be able to lower prices in his first year, an AP-NORC poll shows Linley Sanders and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Associated Press Fox News Poll: Over half say Biden administration made the economy worse Dana Blanton, Fox News
CNN Poll: Trump will enter the White House with more positive sentiment than his last term Edward Wu and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN ‘Deep dissatisfaction’ Among Electorate Drives Call for Voter Reform UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion Young People and the 2024 Election: Struggling, Disconnected, and Dissatisfied Alberto Medina, Kelly Siegel-Stechler, Sara Suzuki, Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement Tracking the Approval Ratings of All 100 U.S. Senators Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult Tracking the Approval Ratings of All 50 U.S. Governors Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult
Virginia: Spanberger holds a 5-point lead over Earle-Sears in Governor’s Race Wason Center for Civic Leadership, Christopher Newport University ‘Where’s Our Place in Society?’: 12 Men Who Backed Trump Grapple With America Patrick Healy, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Adrian J. Rivera, New York Times [unlocked]
The swing voters who helped Trump win crave change — even if lowering prices proves challenging Bridget Bowman, Alex Tabet, Juhi Doshi, Ben Kamisar and Faith Wardwell, NBC News Age and generation in the 119th Congress: Somewhat younger, with fewer Boomers and more Gen Xers Drew DeSilver, Pew Research Center
Trump Ready to Bypass Congress on Border and Tariffs Tarini Parti and Brian Schwartz, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] MAGA Is Misreading Its Mandate David French, New York Times [unlocked] The case of the missing Hegseth investigation Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times [via Yahoo] ‘Making the World a Better Place’ Is So Last Year Beth Kowitt, Bloomberg Opinion 'One of the great tragedies of American politics': Biden ends 5 decades in public life Natasha Korecki, Carol E. Lee and Jonathan Allen, NBC News The Sad Tale of Moderate Joe Biden Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity Tom Kemeny (U. of Toronto), The Conversation
Polling is becoming more of an art than a science Eli McKown-Dawson, Silver Bulletin
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
PLAYLIST
Uniting Capital and Labor with Karl Rove
Beyond the Polls with Henry OlsenThe Highs and Lows of Biden’s Presidency
538 PoliticsPublic opinion in Texas and the Trump agenda
Second ReadingA Lawyer, Not a Leader: Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis break down how political attacks work
Strong Message Here