Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the April 23, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Most Americans Support Checks on Presidential Power Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania Large majorities of U.S. adults support the role of the courts and Congress in serving as checks on presidential power, even though the public has less trust in all three branches of the federal government than it does in many other American institutions and professions, according to a survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
About half of Americans have a negative view on Tesla and Elon Musk, CNBC survey finds Steve Liesman, CNBC
Trump’s economic approval rating hits new low Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult National Poll Finds Increased Awareness of – and Continuing Support for – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs University of Massachusetts Amherst Most Americans have donated to those in need within the past year AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
Most US adults give to charity. Here’s where they donated James Pollard and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Associated Press Americans Are Concerned About Cuts to Critical Programs, Regardless of Who or What is Doing it Rachael Russell, Navigator Research A Majority of Voters Say the U.S. Is Already Experiencing the Effects of Climate Change Eva Brungard, Grace Adcox, and Catherine Fraser, Data for Progress
Teens, Social Media and Mental Health Michelle Faverio, Monica Anderson and Eugenie Park, Pew Research Center The Moderate Abortion Politics of Christian Nationalism? Brooklyn Walker and Paul A. Djupe, Religion in Public
How Americans Feel About DOGE and Elon Musk Ruth Igielnik and Christine Zhang, New York Times Testing the Limits: Why Trump Pulled Back on Tariffs Clifford Young, Ipsos Defending democracy is easier when you listen to voters Nate Silver, Silver Bulletin The Force That Holds Trump’s Coalition Together Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] A Ticking Clock on American Freedom Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic [unlocked] What's the Alternative? Julian Zelizer, The Long View The Slippery Slope of Political Iconography Vanessa Friedman, New York Times [unlocked] Democrats have a large turnout advantage in non-presidential elections G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers The next AOC? Young Democrats are aiming to topple incumbents inside their own party Elena Moore, NPR News Pope Francis’s death highlights tensions between religion and politics in the U.S. Natalie Jackson, National Journal [unlocked] What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly. Hakeem Jefferson, The Stanford Daily
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
Fresh AirMinority Rule in America
Good on Paper52% of Americans have a negative view of Elon Musk, CNBC survey finds
CNBC‘President Trump is on a planet all by himself’: Harry Enten on market fears
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