Opinion Today
February 13, 2025
Donald Trump's popularity, Democrats' response, Elon Musk, DOGE, and Gaza: February 9-11, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll Taylor Orth and David Montgomery, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers Donald Trump's popularity, his executive orders, congressional responses, Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
National survey finds approval of U.S. Supreme Court above 50% for first time since March 2022 Charles Franklin, Marquette Law School Poll A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds that 51% of adults approve of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing, while 49% disapprove. This is the highest that Court approval has been since March 2022, when 54% approved. In a case of the Court ruling against the president, 83% say a president is required to follow the Court’s ruling, while 17% say the president has the power to ignore the Court’s ruling. An even larger majority, 87%, say the Supreme Court has the power to review laws passed by Congress and to declare them invalid if they conflict with the Constitution, while 13% say the Court lacks this power.
More Democrats Favor Party Moderation Than in Past Megan Brenan, Gallup In the wake of the 2024 election and Donald Trump’s inauguration for a second term as president, a plurality of Democrats would like their party to become more moderate, while a similar plurality of Republicans favor the status quo for their party.
5 Years Later: America Looks Back at the Impact of COVID-19 Alec Tyson, Michael Lipka and Claudia Deane, Pew Research Center Most Americans say the pandemic drove the country apart
Survey Highlights Critical Gaps in Preventive Care for Women Ryan Tully, Ipsos A new Ipsos poll commissioned by the Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention found that more than two in five women experienced some form of barrier when attempting to access preventative healthcare in the past year. Voters Strongly Oppose Trump’s Plan to “Take Over” and “Own” Gaza Data for Progress On February 4, President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to “take over” and “own” Gaza, and transform it from a “demolition site” into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” A new Data for Progress survey examines voters’ responses to these remarks. The Global Foresight 2025 survey Mary Kate Aylward, Peter Engelke, Uri Friedman and Paul Kielstra, Atlantic Council Another devastating world war, potentially bringing China and the United States into direct conflict. The spread and even the use of nuclear weapons. The wars in Ukraine and Gaza failing to ultimately produce favorable outcomes for Kyiv and Israeli-Palestinian peace. A more multipolar world without robust multilateral institutions. A democratic recession further devolving into a democratic depression. These are just some of the future scenarios that global strategists and foresight practitioners pointed to when the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security surveyed them, in late November and early December 2024.
