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Unemployment concerns, Gaza, Epstein, trust and medicine, guns, and team names: August 1-4, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll Taylor Orth and David Montgomery, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers… • Longstanding doubts about unemployment data • A shift in sympathies toward the Palestinians and away from Israel • Continuing bipartisan skepticism of Trump's handling of the Epstein inquiry • Diverging red and blue approaches to getting medical information • Bipartisan support for two gun-control measures and a partisan split on assault rifles • Two new team names in pro sports with few supporters
Younger adults are less engaged with U.S. politics AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
Young adults are less likely to follow politics or say voting is important: AP-NORC poll Nicholas Riccardi, Linley Sanders and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press
Support for Businesses Taking a Public Stance Rebounds Julie Ray, Gallup
New York City: Survey of registered Jewish voters New York Solidarity Network
The Supreme Court Has Finally Found a President It Likes Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times [unlocked] Commander in cheat G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers Sizing Up Democrats’ Chances of Winning Back Congress Next Year Michael Baharaeen, The Liberal Patriot G.O.P. Bets Big on Latino Voters With New Texas Map Pooja Salhotra, New York Times [unlocked] No More Pillow Fights Julian Zelizer, The Long View 2024 Election Post-Mortem: Atheists and Agnostics Ryan Burge, Graphs about Religion
The Era of A.I. Propaganda Has Arrived, and America Must Act Brett J. Goldstein and Brett V. Benson (Vanderbilt), New York Times [unlocked] The Future of Press Freedom Cambridge University Press [open access]
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