Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the August 1, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
How Trump is delivering his pledges after 200 days David Charter, The Times The Times commissioned a survey of 1,470 adults in the US from July 18-21 to gauge views of Trump’s second term as it approaches its 200th day next week. Almost half of Americans (48 per cent) graded it positively or “fair” — 21 per cent said it was excellent, 16 per cent good and 11 per cent fair. Some 48 per cent said it had been poor and 4 per cent said they didn’t know.
The public is skeptical about the effectiveness of DEI initiatives AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
Fewer Americans see discrimination as anti-DEI push gains traction, AP-NORC poll shows Terry Tang and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Associated Press
Online Scams and Attacks in America Today Jeffrey Gottfried, Eugenie Park and Monica Anderson, Pew Research Center
What prompts interest in climate change? Evan Batzer, William Godel, Jiyoung Han, Andrew Gillreath-Brown, Anthony Leiserowitz and Jennifer Marlon, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
A Majority of Americans See Climate Change as a Serious Problem Today Zoya Qadiri & Ian Smith, Navigator Research
The Hidden Costs of Trump’s Economy: Skipped Meals, Rising Debt, and the Impossible Choices Facing American Families Julie Margetta Morgan and Rachel West, The Century Foundation
With Public Lands Under Threat, Voters Want to See Them Protected and Budgets Kept Intact Elias Kemp, Data for Progress
July 2025 Poll on Latinos, Trump and the Economy Equis Research New Jersey: 28% of Voters Worried About Deportation Fairleigh Dickinson University Alaska Legislature Special Session Polling: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Overriding Vetoes Jason Katz-Brown, Data for Progress After Six Months of Trump 2.0, Residents Open Up About Impacts Where They Live Ari Pinkus and Dante Chinni, American Communities Project We Asked Young Men Who Voted for Trump to Grade Him. Here’s What They Said. Eliza Collins and Jordan Kranse, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End Ross Andersen, The Atlantic [unlocked] California's 2024 General Election: Voting Methods and Early Voting Center for Inclusive Democracy, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy California: How the Voter’s Choice Act Changed Turnout Eric McGhee and Stephanie Barton, Public Policy Institute of California
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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‘They are playing hardball’: CNN chief data analyst on GOP’s playbook for 2026 elections
CNNThese Gen Z Men Voted for Trump. Would They Do It Again?
Wall Street Journal