International relations, tariffs, Pope Leo XIV, and space exploration: May 9-12, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll Taylor Orth and David Montgomery, YouGov Findings from the latest Economist/YouGov poll about: • How much respect Americans think people around the world have for Donald Trump • How fair or unfair Americans consider their country's major trade relationships • Which groups of Americans want to see Pope Leo XIV influence U.S. affairs • Whether support for missions to the moon and Mars is rising or falling
Land of the Free? Fewer Americans Agree Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray, Gallup
What Is News? Pew Research Center
California: Voters hold very different views of Democrats Kamala Harris and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Mark DiCamillo, Berkeley IGS Poll NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo Breaks 50% in Fifth Round of Ranked Choice Voting Marist Institute for Public Opinion
Trust in just about everything has become politicized Natalie Jackson, National Journal [unlocked] Working Class Weekly: How Do Working Class Voters React to Different Democrats? Ian Sams and The Working Class Project Democrats Can’t Rely on Trump’s Struggles Michael Baharaeen, The Liberal Patriot The rise of the regretful Trump voter Christian Paz, Vox This Is Why Trump Is Always Talking About Corruption Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times [unlocked] The Wild West of Presidential Pardons in Trump’s Second Term Eliza Collins, Rebecca Ballhaus and Corinne Ramey, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Trump’s Habeas Corpus Threat William A. Galston, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] White House eased China tariffs after warnings of harm to ‘Trump’s people’ Jeff Stein, Natalie Allison and David J. Lynch, Washington Post Are Medicaid and SNAP cutters cruel or out of touch? E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post [unlocked] Trump Wants to Cut Medicaid; Here's How Dems Can Stop Him Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box Drill, Baby, Dr … Never Mind Paul Krugman The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump Patricia Cohen, New York Times [unlocked] A Damning Portrait of an Enfeebled Biden Protected by His Inner Circle Jennifer Szalai, New York Times [unlocked] Hispanic and Latino Voters' Declining Political Cohesion: A Thorn in the Side of Thornburg v. Gingles's Framework for Evaluating Claims Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act Jacob Maguire (Pennsylvania State University), SSRN Announcing the Strength In Numbers/Verasight U.S. politics poll G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Arab and Black communities are trying to reconcile after Trump's election
Code SwitchPlanes, Popes & PR (with Rahm Emanuel)
Hacks On TapKornacki: Trump is the 'X factor' in both NJ gubernatorial party primaries
NBC NewsHow common are spiritual beliefs in the U.S.?
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