Opinion Today
December 10, 2025
Majority of Americans Disapprove of President Trump’s Immigration Policies PRRI A new report by PRRI finds that support for President Trump’s handling of immigration has declined by 5 points among Americans since March 2025. • Increasing numbers of Americans in the past year support both a pathway to citizenship and allowing “Dreamers” to stay and gain legal status. • Partisan divides remain stark on most of Trump’s immigration policies; yet such polarization is asymmetric, as independents’ views are more closely aligned with Democrats. • Religion shapes views on immigration policies, with white Christians being more supportive of most of Trump’s immigration agenda than Christians of color, members of minority faith traditions, and the religiously unaffiliated.
Donald Trump’s job approval rebounds while remaining well below the start of his second term David Montgomery, YouGov 41% of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of Donald Trump’s job performance as president, while 55% disapprove — a net approval of -14. Though sharply negative, this is a big increase from Trump’s -19 net approval last week.
Trump approval rating rises as Republicans back cost-of-living efforts Jason Lange, Reuters [via Yahoo] President Donald Trump’s approval rating edged up to 41% in the past week as Republicans warmed to his handling of the cost of living, a sign the administration’s new focus on affordability might be supporting his popularity, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Americans agree that housing isn’t affordable but disagree on the biggest reasons why David Montgomery, YouGov The vast majority of Americans say finding affordable housing in the U.S. is either very difficult (47%) or somewhat difficult (40%).
Two-thirds of Americans say drug smuggling is a big problem but are divided on boat attacks Taylor Orth, YouGov Nearly all Americans are concerned about drugs being smuggled into the U.S., but opinions are divided about U.S. military attacks on international drug smugglers. Americans are more than twice as likely to view killing survivors of such attacks as unjustified as they are to believe doing so is justified. Far more Americans have unfavorable than favorable views of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Majorities of Americans say Donald Trump gives out too many pardons and want to limit pardon power Taylor Orth, YouGov A majority of Americans think that Trump uses the presidential pardon power too frequently and most Americans are in favor of placing constitutional limits on the president’s ability to pardon. Far more disapprove than approve of specific recent pardons and commutations given out by Trump.
How Polarized Are We? Carnegie Corporation of New York A new survey finds that 89 percent of local officials say polarization is negatively affecting the United States, the highest figure since data collection began in August 2024. In contrast, 30 percent of the same officials say polarization is hurting their local community, a figure unchanged during the past year, suggesting that community life remains resilient despite national strife.
Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025 Michelle Faverio and Olivia Sidoti, Pew Research Center Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about 3 in 10 who do so daily.
