Opinion Today
November 3, 2025
Republicans shoulder more shutdown blame, as signs of voter irritation with both parties pile up Bridget Bowman, NBC News Voters say President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are more to blame for the ongoing government shutdown, according to a new NBC News poll. But their verdict on the spending stalemate includes more blame for Democrats than some past shutdowns, part of a growing collection of data outlining negative views of both parties.
CBS News poll finds rising concern over government shutdown impact on economy, Americans personally Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Kabir Khanna, CBS News Americans are increasingly voicing concern about the shutdown’s impact on the U.S. economy, as a big majority feel Congress isn’t even working to try to end it. There’s also increased worry from people over being personally affected, particularly among those with lower incomes, along with that concern about national impact.
Frustration with Trump gives Democrats an opening a year before the midterms Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman, NBC News Democrats have an early lead in next year’s battle for control of Congress amid an ongoing government shutdown, as more voters say President Donald Trump has not lived up to their expectations on several major issues that propelled him back to the White House in 2024, according to a new national NBC News poll.
New poll shows what Americans think of America, and it’s not great Erin Doherty, Politico Nearly half of Americans, 49 percent, say that the best times of the country are behind them, according to The POLITICO Poll by Public First. That’s greater than the 41 percent who said the best times lie ahead, underscoring a pervasive sense of unease about both individuals’ own futures and the national direction. The sense of pessimism about the future comes amid a widening perception of political polarization. More than half of U.S. adults, 59 percent, said that political polarization is “much” or “somewhat” worse than it was five years ago, with Americans over 65 much more likely to hold that view, according to the survey.
Views of capitalism slip, but socialism is still unpopular as Zohran Mamdani gains prominence Ben Kamisar, NBC News The share of registered voters with positive views of capitalism has dropped under 50% for the first time in seven years of NBC News polling on the issue — a shift that comes as some democratic socialists, like New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani, gain prominence in the Democratic Party.
