Opinion Today
December 24, 2025
Donald Trump's job approval falls, reversing recent gains David Montgomery, YouGov After two weeks of rising job approval, Donald Trump's net job approval fell this week and is near the lowest approval numbers he has ever received across his two terms.
Less than half of MAGA Republicans strongly approve of Trump's handling of the Epstein investigation David Montgomery, YouGov The vast majority of Americans want the U.S. government to release all of its files from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein: 81% say it should and only 4% say it shouldn't. Donald Trump's critics overwhelmingly oppose his handling of the Epstein investigation, while Trump's supporters are more divided and give him less support than they do on other issues.
There is scant American support for military action against Venezuela David Montgomery, YouGov Majorities of Americans oppose the U.S. using military force to invade Venezuela and overthrow Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Few see the situation with Venezuela as a national emergency, and most Americans say Donald Trump should get authorization from Congress before taking military action against Venezuela.
US Consumer Confidence Fell Again in December Conference Board Confidence weakened for a fifth consecutive month as perceptions of business conditions were negative, and apprehensions about jobs and income deepened
Most Americans have never had a political argument at a holiday celebration Carl Bialik, YouGov Only one-quarter of Americans have ever had a political argument at their holiday celebrations, and younger adults are far more likely than older ones to celebrate New Year's.
What are Americans’ New Year’s resolutions for 2026? Jamie Ballard, YouGov A new YouGov survey explored Americans’ New Year’s resolutions, their thoughts on 2025, and what they’re expecting for 2026.
Howitzer, chenille, and other words that men or women are more likely to know David Montgomery, YouGov When social media users recently discovered a 2018 study about words with major differences in the shares of men and women who know them, one common response was incredulity about how anyone could not know one set of words. Or the other set. YouGov asked Americans to select words they knew the meaning of from a list including words the 2018 study identified as male- or female-skewing.
