Opinion Today
June 18, 2025
Trump approval falls, Israel-Iran conflict, anti-ICE protests, and vaccines: June 13-16, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll Taylor Orth & David Montgomery, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers… • Trump approval numbers matching second-term lows • Strong opposition to U.S. military intervention in the Israel-Iran conflict • How anti-ICE protests are splitting the country • Negative and declining opinion of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his actions
Americans Have Mixed to Negative Views of Trump Administration Immigration Actions J. Baxter Oliphant, Jocelyn Kiley, Ted Van Green, Shanay Gracia and Joseph Copeland, Pew Research Center Public split over use of local law enforcement for deportation efforts; majorities disapprove of suspending asylum applications
GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition, with many unaware Brianna Tucker, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin, Washington Post As Senate Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a plurality of Americans oppose the sweeping tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions and concerns about its impact on the national debt and Medicaid, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted this month.
Americans support extending some tax cuts in House budget – but not for the wealthy or corporations Mallory Newall, Bernard Mendez and Dan O'Leary, Ipsos Americans generally oppose but are largely unfamiliar with the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” according to a new Washington Post/Ipsos poll
How Americans view the GOP’s budget and tax bill Andy Cerda and Andrew Daniller, Pew Research Center Americans are broadly skeptical of the GOP’s far-reaching budget and tax bill, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted June 2-8, 2025.
Public Views “Big Beautiful Bill” Unfavorably by Nearly a 2-1 Margin KFF Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the public holds unfavorable views of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed last month by the House, nearly twice the share who view the bill favorably (35%), a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. The budget reconciliation bill that includes tax and budget cuts – much of which affect health care – is viewed unfavorably by large majorities of Democrats (85%) and independents (71%), but favorably by six in 10 Republicans (61%).
Majorities Oppose House Republicans’ Proposed Budget Maryann Cousens, Navigator Research A majority of Americans (51 percent) now oppose the Republican budget plan following its passage in the House. Opposition outweighs support by 15 points, with just 36 percent supporting the GOP budget bill. Opposition to the bill has increased six points since May and has grown the most among independents.
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Spring 2025 Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication • 52% of registered voters think global warming should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress. • 64% of registered voters think developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress. • 71% support tax credits or rebates to encourage people to buy electric appliances, such as heat pumps and induction stoves. • 44% support drilling and mining fossil fuels on public land in the U.S. • 79% of registered voters oppose ordering all federal agencies to stop doing research on global warming. • 79% of registered voters support U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement.
