Opinion Today
November 13, 2025
Trump’s approval rating remains low during government shutdown AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research An AP-NORC poll, fielded just before several Senate Democrats moved to end the shutdown, finds that only three in ten adults approve of President Trump’s handling of the economy, health care, or the federal government. Overall, 62% disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president, while 36% approve. This is largely unchanged from October, when 61% disapproved and 36% approved.
More Americans are unhappy with the way Trump is managing the government, AP-NORC poll shows Jill Colvin and Linley Sanders, Associated Press Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising discontent coming from fellow Republicans.
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S. Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray, Gallup For the second straight year, about one in five Americans say they would like to leave the U.S. and move permanently to another country if they could. This heightened desire to migrate is driven primarily by younger women.
Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray, Gallup The 17-point drop in the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life — from 66% in 2015 to 49% today — ranks among the largest Gallup has recorded in any country over any 10-year period since 2007.
How Americans’ Views of the Shutdown Changed Rachael Russell, Ian Smith, Maryann Cousens & Camille Keene, Navigator Research This Navigator Research report covers the latest views of the government shutdown and its impacts ahead of the Senate’s move to end the shutdown: • As the 2025 government shutdown became the longest in U.S. history, blame remained on President Trump and Congressional Republicans, as did blame for health care premiums rising. • The belief that the shutdown was bad for the country and Americans personally intensified over the last six weeks, with most deeply concerned about the loss of food assistance. • Americans soured on President Trump’s overall and economic job approval as the shutdown continued.
Voters Disapprove of Recent ICE Actions, Support a Progressive Immigration Agenda Data for Progress In a survey fielded from October 24-27, Data for Progress provided U.S. voters with various actions recently taken by ICE agents, and asked whether they approve or disapprove of them. The poll finds that each action is unpopular with likely voters nationwide.
