Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 23, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Widespread support for deporting immigrants convicted of violent crimes AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research There is widespread public support for deporting immigrants who have been convicted of violent crimes. But there is less support for broader deportation efforts and trepidation about how deportations may be carried out.
Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Tim Sullivan, Associated Press
The start of Donald Trump's second term and wars in Ukraine and Gaza: January 19-21, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll David Montgomery, YouGov
Reuters / Ipsos Trump Inauguration Survey Chris Jackson and Annaleise Azevedo Lohr, Ipsos
New Low in U.S. 'Very Satisfied' With Personal Life Megan Brenan, Gallup
A majority of Americans oppose cuts to Social Security and Medicare Camille Keene, Navigator Research A Strong Majority of Voters Support the Ceasefire Deal in Gaza — and a Plurality Give Trump Credit Data for Progress Where Economists Think the Trump Economy Is Headed Paul Kiernan, Peter Santilli and Anthony DeBarros, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] What do Americans think of Trump's executive actions? Mary Radcliffe, Nathaniel Rakich, Tia Yang, and Cooper Burton, 538 How Trump has reshaped the political map Ronald Brownstein, CNN Are we entering a Conservative Golden Age? Nate Silver, Silver Bulletin How Tyranny Begins Kiana Cole and Adam Westbrook, New York Times [unlocked] Birthright Citizenship Stunt Is Classic Trump Patricia Lopez, Bloomberg Opinion [unlocked] Even Religious People Don’t Trust Religious Institutions Jessica Grose, New York Times [unlocked] The Reapportionment of Votes in the Electoral College: The 1970s to Now Kenneth Martis, Sabato’s Crystal Ball Public Attitudes on Implicit Bias Yulia Baskakova, Gary Langer, Jon A. Krosnick, and Allison De Jong, “The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism,” (Cambridge University Press)
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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48 Hours of Trump: Stephen Hayes looks ahead to another four years
The Chuck ToddCastDavid Remnick on the Dawn of Trump’s Second Term
The Political SceneHow racial realignment ignited the culture war
The Science of PoliticsFree Speech Is Back!
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