Record-high Trump disapproval, Texas flooding, Alligator Alcatraz, Jeffrey Epstein, and JD Vance: July 11 - 14, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll David Montgomery and Taylor Orth, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers… • Donald Trump's declining job approval — offset by one key group where he's been gaining strength • How Americans rate the government's response to fatal Texas flooding • The share of Americans who approve of "Alligator Alcatraz" • Widespread support for the government releasing all documents related to Jeffrey Epstein • Where Americans rate JD Vance better than Trump
Americans are broadly dissatisfied with how much Epstein info the government has released, CNN poll finds Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Half of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the amount of information the federal government has released about the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS in the days after the Justice Department released a memo saying there is no evidence the convicted sex offender kept a so-called client list or was murdered.
International Views of China Turn Slightly More Positive Laura Silver, Laura Clancy, Jonathan Schulman, William Miner and Christine Huang, Pew Research Center In many of 25 surveyed nations, people increasingly see China as the world’s top economic power
Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in many surveyed countries Jonathan Schulman and Laura Silver, Pew Research Center Across 24 countries Pew Research Center surveyed this spring, more people have a positive view of the United States than of China. However, this gap is closing, as views of the U.S. have become more negative while views of China have turned more positive.
U.S. Public Trust in Higher Ed Rises From Recent Low Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Americans’ confidence in higher education has increased, with 42% saying they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in it, up from 36% in each of the past two years. At the same time, the share with little or no confidence has declined from 32% a year ago to 23% today. The results are based on a Lumina Foundation-Gallup education survey, conducted by telephone June 2-26.
