Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the August 8, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Trump’s approval rating still negative while the public sours further on Democrats, CNBC survey shows Steve Liesman, CNBC President Donald Trump’s overall and economic approval ratings remain in negative territory despite a slight improvement in the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey. More troubling for the president, however, could be that the survey shows positive approval of only one of seven key issues, with the public holding negative views on his handling of tariffs, inflation, taxes and federal spending. There also was a modest rise in the public’s preference for the Democrats to control Congress, rising to a 49%-44% advantage from 48%-46% in April. It was the largest lead for Democrats since 2021.
KFF Health Information and Trust Tracking Poll: Health Information and Advice on Social Media Shannon Schumacher, Grace Sparks, Julian Montalvo III, Ashley Kirzinger and Liz Hamel, KFF
Inflation Expectations Tick Up; Consumers More Optimistic about Taxes and Their Financial Situations Federal Reserve Bank of New York What Americans think about Sydney Sweeney, 'good genes,' and nature vs. nurture David Montgomery, YouGov
Trump wants a new U.S. census to exclude people here illegally. It'd be unprecedented Hansi Lo Wang, NPR News Trump’s Redistricting Gambit Is Poison for Blue State Republicans Jonathan Martin, Politico Magazine A decade of Supreme Court rulings have given states increasingly unfettered power in redistricting Lawrence Hurley, NBC News Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump Just Did What Not Even Nixon Dared Tim Naftali, The Atlantic [unlocked] Why the Extremists Took Over on the Right Thomas Zimmer, Democracy Americana This Is No Way to Run a Country David French, New York Times [unlocked] She’s a Democratic Bellwether, and She’s Changing Her Position on Israel Lydia Polgreen, New York Times [unlocked] Is Divorce the Next Front in the Culture War? Ryan Burge, Graphs about Religion How Apple could send democracy to the spam folder Patrick Ruffini (Echelon Insights), Washington Post
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Trump’s Plunging Polls with Professor Alexander Theodoridis
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al HuntCNBC All-America Economic Survey: 45% approve of Pres. Trump's handling of the economy
CNBCWhy Trump’s Economy Hasn’t Cracked Under Tariffs (Yet)
Wall Street JournalNew film company with ties to Palantir pitches pro-America movies as Hollywood culture war heats up
NBC News