Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the November 14, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Democrats more energized for 2026 elections than Republicans, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters Democrats appear more fired up than Republicans about voting in next year’s congressional elections following the party’s victories in recent state and local contests, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, which showed Republican President Donald Trump’s approval steady at 40%.
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious affiliations Becka A. Alper and Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center
The Melting Pot, November 2025: African American Voter Opinion Global Strategy Group
Ready or Not: The Emerging Gap Between Awareness and Action in AI Transformation Udemy North Carolina: Cooper Maintains Lead in Senate Race Carolina Journal The Illusion of America’s Religious Revival Daniel Cox, American Storylines The subtext to the surge in young women saying they hope to leave the U.S. Philip Bump Have our personal networks become more politically segregated? John Sides (Vanderbilt University), Good Authority Epstein is the one issue that persistently splits Trump from his base Karen Tumulty, Washington Post [unlocked] Trump defends his MAGA bona fides amid backlash from his base Matt Dixon and Allan Smith, NBC News Trump faces heat from MAGA base on ‘America First’ agenda, Epstein Hannah Knowles, Washington Post [unlocked] Trump Is Falling Into the Same Trap That Ensnared Biden Catherine Rampell, The Bulwark GOP’s Shutdown Win May Backfire Over Soaring Health-Care Costs Steven T. Dennis, Bloomberg What Tariffs Did Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic [unlocked] Sifting Through the NJ/VA Results: Ticket-splitting, How Hispanic and Asian Voters Shifted, and a Place Where Politics May Still be Local J. Miles Coleman and Kyle Kondik, Sabato’s Crystal Ball Voters Crave Action. Democrats Should Listen. Kristen Soltis Anderson (Echelon Insights), New York Times [unlocked] The Great Affordability-Washing of the Democrats Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot Democrats eye Trump country for a special election surprise Andrew Howard, Politico Why rural Maine may back Democrat Graham Platner’s populism in the Senate campaign − but not his party Nicholas Jacobs (Colby College), The Conversation
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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The inside scoop on The Downballot’s new polling
The DownballotTo Win or Not to Win: Is that the Question?
Beyond the Polls with Henry OlsenThe State of Polling in 2025, with FiftyPlusOne
Decision Desk HQ Podcast