Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 30, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
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
How Americans See Immigration Officers’ Behaviors and Civilian Actions Andrew Daniller and J. Baxter Oliphant, Pew Research Center
Immigration is turning into a disaster for Trump Lakshya Jain, The Argument
Few Americans support Trump’s proposed takeover of Greenland Steven Shepard, Pew Research Center
Understanding Americans' ideology David Montgomery, YouGov
The Polls Are Clear. Americans Don’t Want This. Kristen Soltis Anderson (Echelon Insights), New York Times [unlocked] Americans Support ‘Restricting, Restraining, and Reforming’ ICE Senate Majority PAC Meet The Pocketbook Pessimists Julie Alderman Boudreau, Navigator Research Few see unlimited campaign spending as a form of free speech Mallory Newall and Lily Miller, Ipsos State of Chinese Americans Survey Committee of 100 Texas: New poll shows how Democratic primary voters are weighing electability and turnout in the Senate race Texas Public Opinion Research North Carolina: Voters want to choose their public school Carolina Journal How the Minneapolis killings look from Trump country Frank Langfitt, NPR News Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota Natalie Allison, Isaac Arnsdorf and Hannah Knowles, Washington Post [unlocked] What MAGA Sees in the Minnesota Mirror David French, New York Times [unlocked] How to Talk About Minnesota and ICE Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box Justice Dept. Playbook in Minnesota: Investigate Foes, Protect Allies Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush, New York Times [unlocked] The Senate: A Couple of Rating Changes in Favor of Democrats, but Republicans Still Favored Overall Kyle Kondik, Sabato’s Crystal Ball
How Trump’s 2020 Election Claims Have Been Debunked Again and Again Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti, New York Times [unlocked] Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud Josh Dawsey, Dustin Volz and Sadie Gurman, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Meet ‘Coalie,’ the Lethal Mascot for Dirty Energy Mark Gongloff, Bloomberg Opinion [unlocked] How Politicians and the Press Battle for Eyeballs Tory Lysik and Dhrumil Mehta, Columbia Journalism Review and Tow Center for Digital Journalism
CBS, Washington Post blind themselves when America needs eyes on the ground Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer [unlocked]
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