Opinion Today
August 27, 2025
Trump's agenda, crime, the National Guard, museums, slavery, and reading books: August 22-25, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll Taylor Orth and David Montgomery, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers… • How many Americans say Trump is going "too far" • Whether Americans see crime getting worse nationwide and near them • Whether government funding of museums should mean government control • The state of reading in the country — are Americans reading more or less than they used to?
Democrats lead the U.S. House generic ballot by 8; voters back fair maps and oppose Trump's tariffs G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers Results from the August Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll: • Trump job approval: 41% approve / 56% disapprove (net -15). • U.S. House generic ballot: Democratic 49% / Republican 41% among U.S. adults. • Right vs. wrong track: 33% say the U.S. is on the right track; 57% say wrong track. • Economy & tariffs: a plurality of 34% say their personal finances are worse than this point in the last year. 26% say Trump’s policies have made the economy better, 50% worse.
Trump Ratings and U.S. Mood Stay Tepid in August Lydia Saad, Gallup A new Gallup poll finds 40% of Americans approving of President Donald Trump’s overall job performance, in line with support for him in June and July after registering 43% or higher in the first five months of the year. Similar percentages of Americans in the Aug. 1-20 survey back Trump’s performance on the economy (37%) and foreign affairs (39%).
Just 38% of Americans support Trump's use of troops to police DC, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters Few Americans outside President Donald Trump's Republican Party support his deployment of National Guard troops to police the streets of Washington, D.C., according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The three-day poll, which concluded on Sunday, found that just 38% of Americans support using troops for law enforcement in the U.S. capital, with 46% opposed. The rest were unsure or declined to answer the question.
US Consumer Confidence Little Changed in August Conference Board Rising worries about jobs and income offset more optimistic views of current and future business conditions
