Opinion Today
January 20, 2025
Trump's return to office greeted with optimism, high expectations — CBS News poll Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, Jennifer De Pinto, Kabir Khanna, CBS News A majority of Americans are optimistic about the next four years with Donald Trump, even more so than they were in 2017 before his first term. And most are hopeful about the coming year.
Biden's presidency viewed negatively by most Americans — CBS News poll Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna, CBS News President Joe Biden will leave office with ratings far more negative than when he started, and a retrospective approval rating lower than any he received during the term. When Americans look back now on Biden's presidency, 37% approve of the job he has done over the last four years.
What one thing do you remember most about Joe Biden’s presidency? Ruth Igielnik and Christine Zhang, New York Times [unlocked] We surveyed more than 2,000 Americans this month and asked for their most prominent memory of Mr. Biden’s time in office. Here’s what they said, in their own words.
CNN Poll: Most Democrats think their party needs major change, while the GOP coalesces around Trump Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN In the wake of the 2024 election, most supporters of the Democratic Party say it needs to make significant changes and that they feel “burned out” by politics, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The party faces its lowest ratings in more than 30 years. Donald Trump’s return to office is also remolding the GOP, with a majority of the party’s backers now saying that support for the president-elect is central to being a Republican.
Americans favor deporting undocumented immigrants, until they're asked how Margaret Talev and Russell Contreras, Axios Most U.S. adults (9 in 10 Republicans and close to half of Democrats) say they support mass deportations of immigrants living in the country illegally — but that enthusiasm quickly erodes when presented with options over how to carry them out, according to a new Axios-Ipsos poll.
Majority of Americans support deporting immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally Chris Jackson, Mallory Newall and Johnny Sawyer, Ipsos However, new Axios/Ipsos poll also finds that support declines when specific policies to carry out mass deportations are outlined Checking In on America’s Vibes as Trump Takes the Stage Michelle Cottle, New York Times [unlocked] Ever since the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, we’ve been keeping an eye on how voters are feeling about the direction of the United States, based on daily polling data from Civiqs.
