Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 5, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Americans' State of the Nation Ratings Remain at Record Low Lydia Saad, Gallup President Trump assumes office at a time of persistently low satisfaction with the U.S., overall, and with many specific aspects of the country, which is consistent with Americans’ belief that the U.S. lost more ground than it gained during Biden’s presidency. While Americans are confident that Trump can improve conditions in some areas, they doubt he can in others. And in terms of Trump's track record, they also thought the country lost more ground than it gained at the end of his first term.
Gallup, Rollins Survey Reveals Americans’ Public Health Priorities, Trust Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University Opposition to RFK Jr.’s HHS Perch Is Growing Eli Yokley, Morning Consult Across All 50 States, New Survey Finds Strong Correlation Between Support for Christian Nationalism and Voting for Trump in 2024 Election PRRI
Survey: Amid New Policy Landscape, Corporate America Changes Philanthropic Priorities Conference Board PBS poll finds broad Trump voter support amid GOP defunding push Sara Fischer, Axios The Constitutional Crisis Is Here Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump, USAID and the Rule of Law William A. Galston, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] MAGA Feeding Frenzy Has Caused a Constitutional Crisis Thomas Zimmer, Democracy Americana Trump 2.0: The most damaging first two weeks in presidential history Ruth Marcus, Washington Post [unlocked] Trump, Musk, and 'deep state' villains Natalie Jackson (GQR Research), National Journal [unlocked] Trump Campaigned on Ending Foreign Entanglements. Now He Wants to Own Gaza. Alex Leary, Josh Dawsey and Alexander Ward, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] From the river to the sea, Palestine will be ... abolished? Dana Milbank, Washington Post [unlocked] ‘Trump’s Thomas Cromwell’ Is Waiting in the Wings Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times [unlocked] Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post [unlocked] Fighting the Putsch Norm Ornstein, The Contrarian Don’t Praise in Advance Michael Podhorzer, Weekend Reading
This Is Not a Moment to Settle With Trump Jameel Jaffer (Knight First Amendment Institute), New York Times [unlocked] White Christian Nationalism Threatens Pluralistic Democracy Jennifer Rubin, The Contrarian Will Donald Trump Make Karl Rove’s Dream a Reality? Michael Kazin (Georgetown), Politico Magazine How Democratic Gen Z activists lost the Gen Z vote Christian Paz, Vox The U.S. Economy Is Racing Ahead. Almost Everything Else Is Falling Behind. David Leonhardt, New York Times [unlocked] Rep. Miller-Meeks joins Trump lawsuit over Iowa Poll Conner Hendricks, Gray Media AAPOR Statement on Access to Federal Data American Association for Public Opinion Research
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Elon and Order (with Kaitlan Collins)
Hacks On TapHow Trump Is Destroying The Legacy News Media - Trump Chief Strategist Chris LaCivita Joins The Progrum!
Ruthless PodcastWhy Trump’s Tariff Idol, McKinley, Abandoned His Own Tariff Policy
Wall Street Journal