Trump's rising popularity, the budget, 2026 midterms, Democrats' leader, policing, and Musk: May 30-June 2, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll David Montgomery and Taylor Orth, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers… • The continuing, slow recovery in Trump's job approval • Expectations for the biggest winners and losers of the Trump budget • An early look at the 2026 midterms • The extent of acceptance of government monitoring of social media accounts • Perceived race relations five years after George Floyd's death • Which figures in their party Democrats consider to be their leader • Summer expectations of hot days and cooling international tourism
Most people across 24 surveyed countries have negative views of Israel and Netanyahu Laura Silver, Pew Research Center International views of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are much more negative than positive, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 24 countries conducted this spring.
Share of Married LGBTQ+ Americans Down Slightly From Peak Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Continuing the pattern seen in the years after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationally in 2015, LGBTQ+ Americans in cohabiting same-sex relationships remain more likely to be married than living with a domestic partner. However, the 55% now in same-sex marriages is down slightly from the high of 61% between June 2016 and June 2017, the second full year after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in its June 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
Voters Reject the Trump Administration’s Plan to Eliminate 988’s Specialized Services for LGBTQ+ Youth Data for Progress A new poll from Data for Progress asked voters whether the U.S. government should eliminate the 988 Lifeline’s specialized crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth. A strong majority of voters (69%), including 56% of Republicans, 70% of Independents, and 80% of Democrats, say that the U.S. government should keep these services in place, while less than 1 in 4 voters (23%) say the government should eliminate them. Trump’s Standing Craters with Hispanic/Latino Voters Somos Votantes and Global Strategy Group The latest results in our quarterly polling series of Hispanic/Latino voters show that the widespread pessimism about the economy that voters held in February is still deeply felt and – with economic views continuing to be upside down – Donald Trump’s standing among Hispanic/Latino voters has sharply eroded.
American Military Veterans Strongly Oppose Trump’s Birthday Military Parade and the Firing of VA Workers Data for Progress A new survey, conducted by Data for Progress and Common Defense, examined adult American military veterans’ opinions on various issues and their perceptions of the Trump administration’s actions. The survey is representative of adult veterans (those who have served on active duty in the past, other than for training) by age, gender, education, race, branch of service, voter registration, and recalled presidential vote.
