Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 7, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
The generational gap on climate change isn’t what you think Christopher Good, Ipsos Younger Americans’ attitudes on the causes of climate change generally fall in line with those of the general population. The real generational gap is on what is to be done about it, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
Republican Foreign Policy Experts Signal Strong Support for Taiwan Craig Kafura, Dina Smeltz, Jordan Tama and Joshua Busby, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Focus Group Report: Maine, Michigan, and North Carolina Voters on the Trump Administration’s Early Actions Rachael Russell, Navigator Research How news influencers talked about Trump and Harris during the 2024 election Galen Stocking, Luxuan Wang, Samuel Bestvater and Regina Widjaya, Pew Research Center
Democratic polling finds Elon Musk is unpopular Ally Mutnick, Politico As Washington reels from Trump’s first actions, his voters like what they see Natalie Allison, Washington Post [unlocked] Using populism to make way for plutocracy Seth Masket, Tusk How populist leaders like Trump use ‘common sense’ as an ideological weapon to undermine facts Dannagal G. Young (U. of Delaware), The Conversation Oligarchs Understand Power. Do We? Michael Podhorzer, Weekend Reading After Trump’s remarks on Gaza, some in Dearborn, Michigan ‘think we screwed up’ Liz Crampton, Politico Democrats Have Wised Up and Stopped Trying to Cooperate With Trump Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist Let's Get Real John Ganz, Unpopular Front How Canadians see Trump’s trade war Tyler Girard (Purdue), Good Authority RFK Jr. and the MAGA Death Trip Paul Krugman The Trump Crisis Deepens David French, New York Times [unlocked] Connecting the Dots: Trump’s Tightening Grip on Press Freedom Rebecca Hamilton, Just Security The Trump war on the news media takes an absurd turn Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab What Happened the Last Time a President Purged the Bureaucracy Clay Risen, Politico Magazine Trust the Plan - Does Religion Drive Conspiratorial Thinking? Ryan Burge, Graphs about Religion
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
PLAYLIST
Signposts of Democratic Decline
Talking FedsFlying a Kite and Rolling the Pitch (with Rob Hutton)
Strong Message HereDemocracy advocate examines how Trump is changing the U.S. government
PBS NewsHourTrump's Former Chief Strategist on Musk, RFK Jr. and Trump's 2025 Playbook
Wall Street Journal