Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 3, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Americans Offer Upbeat Outlook for Key Economic Factors Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Predictions for economic growth, stock market, inflation, interest rates most optimistic in past seven years
Many Americans Say the Democratic Party Does Not Share Their Priorities Jeremy W. Peters, Ruth Igielnik and Lisa Lerer, New York Times [unlocked] A poll from The New York Times and Ipsos found that Americans believe abortion, L.G.B.T.Q. issues and climate change concern Democrats more than the cost of living.
Who Pays for Tariffs? Here’s What You Need to Know. Ana Swanson, New York Times [unlocked] Why Does Trump Threaten America’s Allies? Hint: It Starts in 1919. Jennifer Mittelstadt (Rutgers), New York Times [unlocked] Trump Kicks Aside Congress With Sweeping Claims of Presidential Power Aaron Zitner, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
Trump's Not-So Secret Weapon Politics by Bill Schneider The Tasks of an Anti-Trump Coalition David Frum, The Atlantic [unlocked] Why Democrats Slept Seth Masket, Tusk ‘We Have No Coherent Message’: Democrats Struggle to Oppose Trump Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein, New York Times [unlocked] Renewing the Democratic Party William A. Galston and Elaine C. Kamarck, Third Way
Democrats have become the party of permissiveness. That’s ballot box poison. Rahm Emanuel, Washington Post [unlocked] Causes and Extent of Increasing Partisan Segregation in the U.S. – Evidence from Migration Patterns of 212 Million Voters Jacob R. Brown, Enrico Cantoni, Ryan Enos, Vincent Pons & Emilie Sartre, National Bureau of Economic Research Climate Change to Wipe Away $1.5 Trillion in U.S. Home Values, Study Says Nicole Friedman and Deborah Acosta, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Viewers’ opinions on BBC News to be gathered for first time Alex Farber, The Times
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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