Opinion Today
May 8, 2025
Views of Race, Policing and Black Lives Matter in the 5 Years Since George Floyd’s Killing Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Kiana Cox and Kiley Hurst, Pew Research Center Americans have expressed skepticism that attention to racial issues after Floyd’s killing led to changes that improved Black people’s lives.
70% of Americans say it’s likely the U.S. will have a widespread outbreak of a new infectious disease in the next decade Jamie Ballard, YouGov A new YouGov survey on vaccines finds that two-thirds of Americans believe a widespread outbreak of a new infectious disease in the U.S. is likely in the next 10 years. Most also consider it likely that the U.S. will experience a widespread resurgence of an existing disease that children are currently regularly vaccinated against.
How U.S. Catholics see the role of the Church and the pope in their lives — CBS News poll Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto and Fred Backus, CBS News Most U.S. Catholics say they rely on the pope and the Church's teachings for difficult moral questions, this is particularly the case for those who call themselves strong Catholics.
Democrats’ Immigration Opportunity Lanae Erickson, Third Way There is no doubt that Trump’s edge on immigration played a major role in his victory in 2024, and Democrats have posted a consistent and yawning deficit when it comes to who voters trust to handle the issue for years. But if opponents of Trump’s immigration agenda engage wisely in this moment, they may have an opportunity to close that gap and turn the politics of immigration around. We conducted a poll of registered voters nationally and in battleground House districts, working with Normington Petts, to understand the landscape in these first few months of Trump 2.0 and map out the most effective path to push back. Californians fear the impact on the state of the changes the Trump administration is making in Washington Mark DiCamillo, Berkeley IGS Poll Majorities of voters believe California will be negatively impacted by the changes the Trump administration is making to the federal government. The survey also finds that Californians continue to hold very mixed and highly partisan views of the job Gavin Newsom is doing as governor, with equal proportions now reporting that they approve (46%) as disapprove (46%) of the Governor’s performance. Texas: Economic Uncertainty Hurts Trump Ratings, Looms Over the Legislature James Henson and Joshua Blank, University of Texas/Texas Politics Project With 47% of Texas voters approving of the job he is doing as President and 46% disapproving, Trump remains in net-positive territory in Texas, though only barely. Continued economic uncertainty and shifts in the terrain of immigration are likely affecting both President Trump’s approval rating and many Texas voters’ views of state priorities as the Texas Legislature enters the final weeks of their 140-day session.
