Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 19, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
The only ID that matters is Party ID Matt Carmichael, Ipsos According to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker, Americans' attitudes on the current political climate in the U.S. are consistent across demographics — until you get to party ID.
Are people feeling tariff price increases already? Matt Carmichael, Ipsos
'Buying American' remains popular, but Democratic support wavers Matt Carmichael, Ipsos
Trump’s approval rating ticks back up Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult 22% of All Americans, Half of Men 18-49, Have Active Online Sports Betting Account Siena College Research Institute and St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication
Florida: UNF Poll Public Opinion Research Lab, University of North Florida The Jewish-American Vote Jacob Rosewater and Adrian Elimian, Split Ticket
How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right Derek Thompson, The Atlantic [unlocked] President Trump’s Immigration and Trade Policies Surface Tension in Rural Middle America Dante Chinni, American Communities Project Elon Musk Is Leading a ‘Hostile Takeover of the Federal Government’ Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times [unlocked] Sean Hannity Tries to Calm the Waters Tom Nichols, The Atlantic [unlocked] Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe Erica Frantz (Michigan State), Andrea Kendall-Taylor (Yale) and Joe Wright (Penn State), The Conversation How to Make Trump Unpopular Again Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box Despite DOGE, Trump's agenda calls for adding trillions of dollars to U.S debt Sahil Kapur, NBC News We Are Blundering Our Way Into a Financial Crisis Wendy Edelberg and Ben Harris (Brookings Institution), New York Times [unlocked] Inside Trump’s Million-Dollar Dinners With Healthcare Executives Josh Dawsey and Anna Wilde Mathews, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] You Are the "Inefficiency" Paul Waldman, The Cross Section Political scientists’ statement, February 2025 We, the undersigned, are political scientists, professionals with expertise in the study of government and politics. We write to express our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy.
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