What US adults think about Pope Leo XIV, according to a new AP-NORC poll Luis Andres Henao and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press Just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, a new poll shows that American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader. About two-thirds of American Catholics have a “very” or “somewhat” favorable view of Pope Leo, according to the new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, while about 3 in 10 don’t know enough to have an opinion.
Most Catholics have a favorable opinion of Pope Leo XIV AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Forty-four percent of the public, including 65% of Catholics, hold a favorable opinion of the new pope. Few hold an unfavorable opinion, but many are unsure. Consumers are optimistic about the now, but anxious about the future Ipsos Consumer confidence appears to be on the rebound – at least compared to earlier this year. Is this a real rebound, or a course correction in what has otherwise been a turbulent year?
Consumer Sentiment: Preliminary Results for June 2025 Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan Consumer sentiment improved for the first time in six months, climbing 16% from last month but remaining about 20% below December 2024, when sentiment had exhibited a post-election bump. Moreover, all five index components rose, with a particularly steep increase for short and long-run expected business conditions, consistent with a perceived easing of pressures from tariffs.
Americans disapprove of spending public funds to put on military parade in Washington Ben Kamisar, NBC News Nearly 2 in 3 U.S. adults — 64% — oppose the use of government funds for this weekend's military parade in Washington, D.C., celebrating the Army's 250th birthday, according to new data from the NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. Many hold unfavorable impressions of Musk and Tesla AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Fifty-seven percent have an unfavorable impression of Elon Musk, and about half have a negative view of Tesla.
Republican enthusiasm for Musk cools after his feud with Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds Thomas Beaumont and Linley Sanders, Associated Press Tech billionaire Elon Musk has lost some of his luster with Republicans since his messy public falling-out with President Donald Trump last week, a new survey finds. Fewer Republicans view Trump’s onetime government efficiency bulldog “very favorably” compared with April, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The new poll also shows that Tesla is viewed far more negatively than some of its peers — notably, Ford, Toyota and General Motors.
Six in Ten Americans Oppose Exporting Undocumented Immigrants to Foreign Prisons Without Due Process Diana Orcés, PRRI New research from a recent PRRI survey of more than 5,000 adults shows that 61% of Americans oppose the U.S. government deporting undocumented immigrants to foreign prisons in El Salvador, Rwanda, or Libya, without allowing them to challenge their deportation in court, including 36% who strongly oppose. At the same time, majorities of some specific groups — Republicans, white evangelical Protestants, and white Catholics, as well as Christian nationalism Adherents and Sympathizers — support these actions.
Young Americans’ Views on LGBTQ Rights Over Time: 2015-2024 Chana Etengoff, PRRI LGBTQ individuals’ rights have been politicized across a number of issues over the last decade, including same-sex marriage, legal protections to prevent LGBTQ discrimination, and LGB service refusal (allowing a business owner to refuse to provide products/service to LGB individuals, if doing so violates their religious beliefs). PRRI has tracked Americans’ attitudes regarding these LGBTQ rights with the PRRI American Values Atlas since 2015.
Job Satisfaction Gap Widens Between Younger & Older Workers Conference Board A new survey reveals a striking 15-point gap in job satisfaction between the oldest and youngest generations. According to a new report from The Conference Board, only 57.4% of US workers under age 25 report being satisfied with their jobs. That’s in comparison to 72.4% of those aged 55 and older.
