Opinion Today
January 30, 2026
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans Hannah Hartig and Jocelyn Kiley, Pew Research Center A year into his second administration, Americans’ views of President Donald Trump – already more negative than positive – have continued to slip.
Fox News Poll: An early look at the 2026 midterms Victoria Balara, Fox News A new Fox News survey finds the Republican Party is seen as better able to handle border security (by 15 points), national security (+12), and immigration (+5). The Democratic Party is favored on transgender issues (by 22 points), healthcare (+21), vaccines (+16), helping the middle class (+14), and affordability (+14). The survey shows if the election were today, 52% of voters would back the Democratic candidate in their House district and 46% the Republican.
How Americans See Immigration Officers’ Behaviors and Civilian Actions Andrew Daniller and J. Baxter Oliphant, Pew Research Center Amid ramped-up immigration enforcement efforts around the country, Americans overwhelmingly say it is acceptable for ordinary people to record video of immigration arrests. A clear majority also say it’s acceptable for people to share information about where enforcement is happening. And by wide margins, the public says it’s not acceptable for federal immigration officers to wear face coverings that hide their identities, or to use people’s appearance or language use as a reason for checking their immigration status.
Immigration is turning into a disaster for Trump Lakshya Jain, The Argument Our latest poll, fielded in the days after the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by immigration enforcement officers (Jan. 26 to 27, 2026) revealed a distrusting public increasingly souring on the administration’s handling of Minneapolis. Renee Good and Pretti’s deaths at the hands of immigration officials have turned what used to be Trump’s strongest issue — immigration — into one of his biggest immediate liabilities.
Health Care Costs Tops the Public’s Economic Worries KFF Heading into this midterm election year, the cost of health care tops the public’s economic anxieties and more than 4 in 10 voters say the issue will have a major impact on their vote, a new KFF Health Tracking poll finds. Voters, including independents, currently trust Democrats more than Republicans to address the cost of health care and most other health care issues, though neither party has an advantage on addressing the overall cost of living, the poll finds.
Few Americans support Trump’s proposed takeover of Greenland Steven Shepard, Pew Research Center By a more than two-to-one margin, Americans oppose President Donald Trump’s proposal to take over Greenland from Danish control.
Understanding Americans' ideology David Montgomery, YouGov YouGov asked Americans to place their political viewpoints on a seven-point scale: far-left, left, center-left, center, center-right, right, far-right. The most common way Americans describe their political viewpoint is center (21% of U.S. adult citizens), followed by right (17%) and left (15%).
