Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 4, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Few Major U.S. Political Figures Rated Positively on Balance Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Americans have more positive than negative opinions of just a few of the 14 prominent U.S. political figures tested in a new Gallup survey. President Donald Trump’s 48% favorable rating is unchanged from a November 2024 postelection survey but remains above the 44% taken immediately before the election.
What Is Donald Trump’s Mandate? Stanley B. Greenberg (Greenberg Research), American Prospect New York State: Gov. Hochul’s Favorability, Approval & Re-Elect Ratings Remain Underwater Siena College Research Institute
Wyoming: Poll of 2026 Republican Primary Voters Brock McCleary, Cygnal & Nick Trainer, National Public Affairs / Hageman for Wyoming Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government Jonathan Swan, Theodore Schleifer, Maggie Haberman, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac and Madeleine Ngo, New York Times [unlocked] Elon Musk Is President Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic [unlocked] What Trump and Musk are doing could change the American system forever Andrew Prokop, Vox The GOP’s meek acquiescence to Trump’s power grabs Aaron Blake, Washington Post [unlocked] Trump Is Running America the Way America Ran Iraq Michelle Goldberg, New York Times [unlocked] The Trump Executive Orders as “Radical Constitutionalism” Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith, Executive Functions Inside the Chaotic Run-Up to Trump’s Tariff U-Turn Gavin Bade, Ryan Felton and Chip Cutter, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] U.S. soft power took decades to build. Trump is dismantling it in weeks. Max Boot, Washington Post [unlocked] How to Talk About Trump's Tariffs with Your MAGA-Curious Uncle Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces Erica L. Green, New York Times [unlocked] Is Trump Flooding or Draining the Zone? Yes. Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review Population adjustments will cause the next jobs report to be misinterpreted and misconstrued Jed Kolko, Briefing Book The Harvard Youth Poll Overestimated Support for Harris. What Caused the Gap? Will P. Cottiss and Elise A. Spenner, Harvard Crimson
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Will Tariffs End Trump’s Honeymoon?
538 PoliticsDEFCONstitution
Talking Feds"This is not chaos for chaos's sake." Molly Ball on Trump 2.0.
The Odd YearsSo what really determined the 2024 U.S. presidential elections?
Good Authority‘Americans are saying no, no, no’ to Trump's tariffs, senior data reporter says
CNNTamara Keith and Amy Walter on the political response to Trump's tariff threats
PBS NewsHour