Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the July 11, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated Lydia Saad, Gallup • 30% of Americans want immigration decreased, down from 55% a year ago • Record-high 79% consider immigration good for the country • Support down for border wall, mass deportation
Americans’ Views on Who Influences Health Policy and Which Health Issues To Prioritize Giancarlo Pasquini and Eileen Yam, Pew Research Center How Americans think the U.S. compares to the rest of the world Taylor Orth, YouGov
Most US adults say child care costs are a ‘major problem,’ a new AP-NORC poll finds Adriana Gómez Licón and Linley Sanders, Associated Press
Americans Look for Humanitarian, Balanced Immigration Reform Ian Smith, Navigator Research
Extreme Heat Protections Are Popular With Voters Brynne Robbins and Elias Kemp, Data for Progress ICE’s popularity is plunging Michael Tesler (UC Irvine), Good Authority Local Election Officials Survey — July 2025 Brennan Center for Justice
New Jerseyans Are Dissatisfied With State’s Handling of Taxes, Affordability and Transit Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, Rutgers University-New Brunswick California Voters Believe American Democracy is Under Attack -- and Show Little Trust in Political or Business/Tech Leaders Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Californians’ Changing Levels of Trust in the Federal Government Deja Thomas, Public Policy Institute of California
First thing we do, let’s fire all the statisticians Catherine Rampell, Washington Post [unlocked] Want Medicaid coverage? Go pick some vegetables. Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked]
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This Casey Michel, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trolling Democracy Nathan Taylor Pemberton, New York Times [unlocked] What Democrats Can Learn From Mamdani’s Victory Nate Cohn, New York Times [unlocked] These Younger Democrats Are Sick of Their Party’s Status Quo Katie Glueck, New York Times [unlocked] New Democratic Group Says Answer to the Party’s Woes Lies With the States Katie Glueck and Nick Corasaniti, New York Times [unlocked] Musk’s 2026 Third Party Fantasy Mark Schulman New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S. Corey Hutchins, Nieman Lab
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