Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the November 11, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
2028 Presidential Preferences YouGov • Which of the following people would you consider voting for in the Democratic / Republican presidential primary or caucus in your state in 2028? • Regardless of who you prefer, who do you think would be most likely to win the 2028 general election if they were the Democratic / Republican nominee? • Do you think that Donald Trump will attempt to serve a third term as president? • And more.
Trump’s approval rating dips to second-term low Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult Crumbling Consensus On Climate? Americans Vote ‘No Confidence’ In Latest U.N. Talks: I&I/TIPP Poll Terry Jones, tippinsights Maine: Only One in Six Expect Positive Impact From Artificial Intelligence University of New Hampshire Survey Center New Hampshire: Happy With Their Artificial Intelligence Experiences, But Gloomy on Wider Effects of AI University of New Hampshire Survey Center Vermont: Wary of Artificial Intelligence, Expect Detrimental Effect on Jobs, Relationships, and Elections University of New Hampshire Survey Center Donald Trump is Joe Biden now G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers
Progressives Blame Schumer After Shutdown Strategy Collapses Lindsay Wise and Katy Stech Ferek, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Democrats Were Winning the Shutdown. Why Did They Fold? Ezra Klein, New York Times [unlocked] Trump made a huge blunder on the shutdown. So why did Democrats cave anyway? Nate Silver, Silver Bulletin
Why the Democrats Finally Folded Russell Berman and Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic [unlocked] The Shutdown Surrender Dave Karpf, The Future, Now and Then Blame the shutdown on citizens who prefer politicians to vanquish their opponents rather than to work for the common good Robert B. Talisse (Vanderbilt University), The Conversation Trump Tries to Seize ‘Affordability’ Message Erica L. Green, New York Times [unlocked] Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: ‘Anti-Vax’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times [unlocked] Trump’s sweeping 2020 election pardon raises alarms ahead of the midterms Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein, Politico Supreme Court to weigh imposing new limits on mail-in ballots in a major election case Lawrence Hurley, NBC News How Redistricting Turned a Setback Into a Bloodbath Alan Greenblatt, Politico Magazine The 2026 Midterms: Democrats have cemented New Jersey’s Blue State status LSE USAPP BBC resignations are a symbol of mounting pressure on public broadcasters in the Trump era Denis Muller, Nieman Lab
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Who Won The Government Shutdown?
GD POLITICS‘Political nightmare fuel’: Enten on public’s view of economy under Trump
CNNTamara Keith and Amy Walter on the deal to end the government shutdown
PBS News Hour