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Selected links from the August 22, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
National poll: Majority of Democrats back California’s effort to counter Texas despite claims of hating gerrymandering Jeremy B. White, Politico Democratic voters drop their aversion to redistricting when it means fighting Republicans. What the data says about immigrants in the U.S. Stephanie Kramer and Jeffrey S. Passel, Pew Research Center
U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023 Jeffrey S. Passel and Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center
New Jersey: Sherrill Leads by Nine Points Among Likely Voters in Race for Governor Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Hampshire: Ayotte's Approval Slips; Granite Staters Divided on Budget Provisions University of New Hampshire Survey Center Health Costs Consume a Large Portion of Income for Millions of People with Medicare Nancy Ochieng, Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman and Anthony Damico, KFF
When tax laws defy public opinion: What OBBBA reveals Sona Wyse, Ian Berlin and William G. Gale, Brookings Institution Trump Says Massachusetts’ All-Blue Map Is Unfair. Is He Right? Nate Cohn and Eve Washington, New York Times [unlocked] Texas pushes our democracy closer to the brink Matthew Dowd, MSNBC A Detailed Analysis of California’s (Maybe) New Congressional Map Nathaniel Rakich, Inside Elections Trump Loves a Red Line Anya Trofimova Why Everyone Should Stop Freaking Out About Gavin Newsom's Social Media Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box Hispanic Voters in Texas Are Starting to Turn on Trump Elizabeth Findell, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] After Trump's gains, the next big test of the Latino vote is looming this year Bridget Bowman, NBC News Democrats Reaping What They Sowed in 2024 Markschulman’s Substack Grand Designs: the loss of American freedom Christina Pagel, Diving into Data & Decision making ‘Make McCarthy Great Again’ Michael Scherer, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump’s next RNC chairman Joe Gruters is a longtime believer. Here’s what to know about him Bill Barrow and Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Polling is good Lakshya Jain, The Argument James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and key leader on the Christian right, dies at 89 Mike Catalini and Holly Meyer, Associated Press
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