Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the July 10, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
AI: Major Threat or Just the Next Tech Thing? Lydia Saad, Gallup • U.S. adults divided over whether AI poses a novel technology threat • Majority do foresee AI taking important tasks away from humans • Most say they will avoid embracing AI as long as possible
Where Working Class Voters Get Information, and How and When to Reach Them The Working Class Project
How Americans think the government should respond to natural disasters, according to recent polls Linley Sanders and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Associated Press Black voter support for Trump is sinking, polls show Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today Most public school parents say their children are safe in D.C.-area schools Nicole Asbury, Karina Elwood, Lauren Lumpkin, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, Washington Post
Pennsylvania: Support for early voting, voter ID grows among voters who participated in bipartisan discussions Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania New York State: Consumer Sentiment Up 3 Points Siena College Research Institute
New York City: Zohran Mamdani leads general election poll for mayor Jeff Coltin, Politico Straight talk about the ‘big, beautiful bill’ David Winston (Winston Group), Roll Call Why Trump’s Bill Might Not Be the Elixir Dems Imagined Lauren Egan, The Bulwark Only a big tent can maximize the OBBBA opportunity Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring The 2026 Midterms: Trump’s betting his Big, Beautiful Bill will mean electoral success for the Republican Party LSE USAPP How a Broken Media Ecosystem Enables Trump and the GOP Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box These maps show America’s ‘third’ parties. Who is Musk’s for? Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked] Musk’s “America Party” Is Just the Right Wing of the GOP Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist Abbott Asks Lawmakers to Redraw Texas’ Congressional Maps in Special Session J. David Goodman and Shane Goldmacher, New York Times [unlocked] Notes on the State of Politics: Nebraska Senate, Upcoming Special Elections J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball How New England’s House Democrats Outperformed Kamala Harris Giacomo Pensa and Harrison Lavelle, Split Ticket How to Dismantle a Democracy, Legally Adam Bonica, On Data and Democracy Immigration, Epstein, Ukraine: Trump’s moves roil MAGA base Natalie Allison, Washington Post [unlocked] Lobbyists Revel in Trump Bonanza but Ask How Long It Can Last Josh Dawsey, Rebecca Ballhaus and Maggie Severns, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Andy Beshear Has a Plan for the Democratic Party
The Political SceneRepublicans face historical headwinds in 2026 midterms
NBC NewsProgram helps bridge political divides by connecting people through personal stories
PBS NewsHour