Opinion Today
September 9, 2025
Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds Nicholas Fandos and Ruth Igielnik, New York Times [unlocked] Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayoral race, is way ahead of his three rivals, but his lead would diminish considerably if the field shrank to a two-man race.
Gen Z's gender divide reaches beyond politics and into its views on marriage, children and success Marc Trussler and Stephanie Perry, NBC News Gen Z men who backed Trump in 2024 rated having children at the top of a list of choices of how to define personal success. Gen Z women who backed Harris rated it second to last.
What Americans think about Donald Trump's second term David Montgomery, YouGov The Economist and YouGov have surveyed Americans for years about their views on Donald Trump. Here are the most recent survey results and how opinion has changed.
What Americans think about the U.S. economy David Montgomery, YouGov The Economist and YouGov have surveyed Americans for years about their views on the U.S. economy. Here are the most recent survey results and how opinion has changed.
Trump’s approval rating slips post-jobs report Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult Just 45% of voters approve of Trump’s performance following the release of a second successive disappointing jobs report, down 2 percentage points over the past two weeks and tying a record low since he took office in January. Half of voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, up 3 points over the past week, while just 42% approve, down 2 points over that time frame. Short-Term Inflation Expectations Tick Up, Job Finding Expectations Reach Series Low Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released the August 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that households’ inflation expectations ticked up at the short-term horizon and remained unchanged at the medium- and longer-term horizons. Unemployment and job loss expectations worsened. Job finding expectations declined to a series low. U.S. Depression Rate Remains Historically High Dan Witters, Gallup The percentage of U.S. adults who report currently having or being treated for depression has exceeded 18% in both 2024 and 2025, up about eight percentage points since the initial measurement in 2015. The current rate of 18.3% measured so far in 2025 projects to an estimated 47.8 million Americans suffering from depression. Most of the increase has occurred since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Most adults across 24 countries are online at least several times a day Janell Fetterolf, Pew Research Center A median of 28% of adults across 24 countries say they are online almost constantly. An additional 40% say they use the internet several times a day, while 9% do not use it at all, according to a Pew Research Center survey from this spring.
