Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 30, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Comparing the start of Donald Trump's first and second terms, policy, and the economy: January 26-28, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll Taylor Orth and David Montgomery, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers how public opinion now differs from the start of Donald Trump's first term, the president's policies and appointments, and the economy.
Trump's Inaugural Approval Rating Is Historically Low Again Megan Brenan, Gallup
Trump Begins Second Term Stronger Than The First Quinnipiac University Poll
Support for some Trump executive orders is mixed Chris Jackson and Annaleise Azevedo Lohr, Ipsos
Despite Trump Withdrawal, Americans Back Paris Climate Agreement Lama El Baz, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
After Week 1, Voters Have a Slightly Favorable View of Trump, but Oppose Many of His Executive Orders Rob Todaro and Lew Blank, Data for Progress Voters Worry DOGE Is “Stealing From You” by Cutting Social Security & Health Care and Other Popular Programs to Give Tax Breaks to Elon Musk Data For Progress Romantic Recession: How Politics, Pessimism, and Anxiety Shape American Courtship Daniel A. Cox and Kelsey Eyre Hammond, American Enterprise Institute
Ohio: Backers of Vivek Ramaswamy see big lead Mike Allen, Axios What the polls say about the start of Trump's second term Ben Kamisar, NBC News Do Americans support Trump's mass deportations? Nathaniel Rakich, 538 RFK Jr., Trump and the triumph of coronavirus surreality Philip Bump, Washington Post Democrats’ brutal poll problem Aaron Blake, Washington Post Powerless, Democrats Debate Just How Deep in the Wilderness They Are Shane Goldmacher, New York Times [unlocked] How Democrats Can Start Fighting Back Right Now Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box There Is a Strategy Behind the Chaos David A. Graham, The Atlantic [unlocked] If All This Sounds Delusional, That’s Because It Is Jamelle Bouie, New York Times [unlocked] Trump earned his title, but his mandate claims are a myth Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill Throw Biden under the bus Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring Checking Back on Key 2024 Counties, Part One: The Industrial North J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball Who else is going to retire from the Senate? Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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When Democracy Isn't Democratic Enough with Pew Research's Richard Wike and Patrick Moynihan
Cross TabsDawn of Unipolarity
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