Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 24, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
What do Americans expect from Donald Trump's second term? Taylor Orth, YouGov Opinions on Donald Trump and his policies are sharply divided just after his inauguration. Majorities of Americans anticipate that compared to his first term as president, during his second term there will be more executive orders, pardons, and trade disputes, among other changes. Our survey asked Americans about 20 policies that Trump either mentioned in his inauguration speech or took action toward implementing during his first or second day in office.
Americans’ support for climate justice Jennifer P. Carman, Danning Lu, Matthew Ballew, et al, Environmental Science & Policy
Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Demand a New Path Forward from State and Federal Elected Officials Commonwealth Foundation Trump’s Panama, Greenland gambits: A bold idea few are really asking for Aaron Blake, Washington Post Emperor Trump’s New Map Franklin Foer, The Atlantic [unlocked] Returning to Origins: Trump's Inauguration and the Ideology of Endless Expansion John Ganz, Unpopular Front MAGA Is Starting to Crack Ali Breland, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump thanking his Black and Latino voters highlights a hard truth for liberals Nicholas Mitchell (U. of Kansas), MSNBC Republicans Think They’ve Found the Dems They Can Divide: Freshmen Katherine Swartz, NOTUS What to make of Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship Geoffrey Skelley, 538 Freed Jan. 6 Convicts Are Back on the Street and Ready to Help Trump Khadeeja Safdar, Shalini Ramachandran, Vera Bergengruen and Tawnell D. Hobbs, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] How Republicans Learned to Excuse Political Violence Will Saletan, The Bulwark Hitler Pardoned His Goons Too Harry Litman, Talking Feds Substack Why So Many Working Class Americans Feel Left Out Daniel Cox and Sam Pressler, American Storylines
Today’s Politics and Today’s Masculinity Claude Fischer (Berkeley), Made in America When political parties undermine themselves Sarah F. Anzia (Berkeley), Hypertext
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Executive Disorder: Worst. Reboot. Ever.
Quiet RiotDeciphering Our Political Matrix: Is America Red-Pilled?
Beyond the Polls with Henry OlsenThis Time Trump Knows What He’s Doing
Political Gabfest