Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the July 17, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Democrats' Confidence in U.S. Institutions Sinks to New Low Megan Brenan, Gallup Americans’ confidence in major U.S. institutions remains near a record low, and partisan divisions have shifted again in the second Trump presidency.
Roughly 6 in 10 Americans oppose Trump’s megabill, CNN poll finds Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN
63% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Trump Administration's Handling Of Epstein Files Quinnipiac University Poll
Americans’ support for school cellphone bans has ticked up since last year Jeffrey Gottfried, Eugenie Park and Monica Anderson, Pew Research Center
About Half of Voters Identify That Trump’s Budget Law Will Decrease Health Care Coverage or Increase the Deficit Data for Progress What Platforms Do Working Class Voters Use to Get News and Information – And Do They Trust Any of It? The Working Class Project Virginia: Democratic candidate Spanberger leads GOP’s Earle-Sears L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University After 10 years, just how large is Trump’s actual base? Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked] For Trump, Domestic Adversaries Are Not Just Wrong, They Are ‘Evil’ Peter Baker, New York Times [unlocked] The White House’s plan to downsize the federal government, in charts Jeremy B. Merrill, Kati Perry and Jacob Bogage, Washington Post [unlocked] 3 Scenarios That Explain the Epstein Debacle Ankush Khardori, Politico Magazine How Dems Should (and Should Not) Talk About the Epstein Scandal Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box Trump’s Plans to Put Emil Bove on the Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times [unlocked] Does Mamdani represent a big tent or a big problem for Democrats? David Winston (Winston Group), Roll Call Can Anything Save the Democrats? Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Even if Ernst Retires, Iowa Senate Race Still a Heavy Lift for Democrats Kyle Kondik, Sabato’s Crystal Ball 2004 to 2024, Part Two: When Each State Was at its Most Republican J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball How Texas could help ensure a GOP House majority in 2026 David Daley, Washington Post [unlocked] The Limits of Simulation in Public Opinion Research Survey 160 Your Credit Score Is Shaped by the Neighborhood Where You Grew Up Justin Lahart, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Why We Mistake the Wholesomeness of Gen Z for Conservatism Jessica Grose, New York Times [unlocked]
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Trump’s Rage Erupts as Inflation Rises and His Pollster Openly Panics
THE DAILY BLAST with Greg SargentMike Pence on Trump tariffs, Jeffrey Epstein and more
The Takeout with Major GarrettEnten: 'For anyone who's writing the Republican House's political obituaries, hold the phone'
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