Opinion Today
February 11, 2025
Increasing numbers of Democrats want their party to oppose Trump — CBS News poll analysis Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna, CBS News The nation's rank-and-file Democrats are increasingly looking for more opposition to President Trump from their congressional delegation. A sizable 4 in 10 rank-and-file Republicans would have their congressional delegation support whatever Mr. Trump wants — a view largely boosted by those Republicans who identify as part of the MAGA movement.
Obama Best Liked Among Living Presidents; Biden, Least Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Of the five living men who have served as U.S. president, Barack Obama receives the highest favorable rating (59%) and Joe Biden the lowest (39%). George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are rated more positively than negatively, while opinions about Donald Trump are divided.
On issue after issue, Americans say things are going better locally than nationally Jenn Hatfield, Pew Research Center Just after Election Day in 2024, 69% of registered voters said the elections in their community were run and administered very well, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Yet only 43% said the same about elections across the United States. On issues as varied as education and crime, Americans often have a rosier view of how things are going in their communities than in the nation as a whole.
Breaking Down the Differences Between Voters and Non-Voters in the 2024 Election PRRI According to PRRI’s 2024 Post-Election Survey, 59% of registered voters reported voting in the presidential election, while 41% of registered voters sat out this election cycle. Yet, not all groups of Americans were represented among 2024 voters in proportion to their representation in the U.S. population. This Spotlight Analysis compares the demographic profiles of non-voters and voters in the 2024 presidential election.
Inflation Expectations Stable; Household Spending Growth Expectations Decline Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released the January 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that inflation expectations were unchanged at the short- and medium-term horizons, and increased at the longer-term horizon. Commodity price expectations rose across the board, with the expected price change for gas, food, medical care, education, and rent all increasing. Labor market expectations were mixed, with job loss and job finding expectations both rising and unemployment expectations falling to the lowest level since July 2021.
