Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the August 26, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Republicans are much less likely to see inflation and election fraud as very serious problems than they were a year ago Jamie Ballard, YouGov A new YouGov survey asked Americans about the seriousness of 33 problems in the U.S. Corruption, inflation, and political division are seen by majorities of Americans as very serious problems.
Trump’s approval rating is stable amid D.C. crackdown Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult Gen Z Students More Engaged in School, Ready for the Future Zach Hrynowski, Gallup
New Hampshire: Most Granite Staters Expect Prices of Everyday Goods to Increase University of New Hampshire Survey Center Mainers Agree Cost of Everyday Goods Has Increased University of New Hampshire Survey Center Vermont: Sharp Partisan Disagreement on Price Changes University of New Hampshire Survey Center The Culture War’s Quiet Front: Abortion Opinion in 2024 Ryan Burge, Graphs about Religion
Trump Is Sending a Terrifyingly Clear Message David Frum, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump’s Right-Wing Socialism David A. Graham, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump’s Intel Move Blurs Party Lines on Economic Intervention Molly Ball, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] The Real Reason Americans Worry About Trade Peter S. Goodman, New York Times [unlocked] Democrats can win the redistricting war Nate Silver, Silver Bulletin How the Electoral College Could Tilt Further From Democrats Nick Corasaniti, Jeff Adelson, Irineo Cabreros and Charlie Smart, New York Times [unlocked]
Of Course the Voting Rights Act Would Die at This Moment Linda Greenhouse, New York Times [unlocked] Republicans could take midterm hit if Obamacare subsidies expire Kelly Hooper and Robert King, Politico Get Ready for an Independent Candidate Surge Alex Roarty, NOTUS Politics is Culture The Great Transformation with Mike Madrid Why Republicans keep making anonymous liberals a problem for Democrats David Weigel, Semafor Polling gets an AI assist Gina Chua, Semafor
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The Road to NowTamara Keith and Amy Walter on whether Newsom's tactics against Trump are working
PBS News Hour