Opinion Today
April 2, 2025
Public skeptical of tariffs and inflation trends, but increasingly positive on the nation’s direction Charles Franklin, Marquette Law School Poll In the run up to threatened new tariffs, a new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds 58% of adults think tariffs hurt the U.S. economy, while 28% say tariffs help the economy and 14% say they don’t make much difference. Slightly more than half of Republicans, 52%, think tariffs help the economy, but 58% of independents say they hurt the economy, as do 89% of Democrats.
Six in 10 say it’s important to negotiate a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and between Russia and Ukraine AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research About half disapprove of the way President Trump is handling the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and a similar number disapprove of how he is dealing with the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Negotiating a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and recovering the hostages being held by Hamas are the public’s two biggest priorities regarding the conflict in Gaza. When it comes to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, 61% view negotiating a permanent ceasefire as important, and half say the same about stopping Russia from gaining more territory in Ukraine.
More Republicans want the US to focus on ceasefires in Ukraine and Gaza, a new AP-NORC poll finds Marc Levy and Linley Sanders, Associated Press While most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the conflict is not weighing as heavily on his public perception as it did on President Joe Biden, a new poll shows. That’s because of Trump’s solid support from his base on this issue. In U.S., Inability to Pay for Care, Medicine Hits New High Dan Witters and Ellyn Maese, Gallup The percentage of U.S. adults who have recently been unable to afford or access quality healthcare has reached 11% -- equivalent to nearly 29 million people -- its highest level since 2021, according to new findings from the West Health-Gallup Healthcare Indices Study, which classifies these individuals as “Cost Desperate.”
Trump voters in the federal government are torn over his job cuts Emily Davies, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, Washington Post A majority of these voters said they agree in concept with the cuts. But many in interviews said they are overwhelmed by the breakneck pace of changes and concerned about their impact on government services.
