Opinion Today
February 27, 2026
Israelis No Longer Ahead in Americans' Middle East Sympathies Benedict Vigers, Gallup Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis. The five-percentage-point difference is not statistically significant, but it contrasts with a clear lead for the Israelis only a year ago (46% vs. 33%) and larger leads over the prior 24 years.
Most Americans back Trump's deportation goals but not his tactics, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters Most Americans share President Donald Trump's view that immigrants living illegally in the U.S. should be deported, but generally disapprove of his hardline tactics, including masked agents in tactical gear who have clashed with U.S. citizens, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Is caring about democracy a luxury belief? Milan Singh, The Argument If you look at practically any poll conducted within the last few years, you’ll notice that most voters are indeed fired up about the cost of living. But beneath this now-well-trod, surface-level consensus, issue priorities vary dramatically by income, age, partisanship, and education level. This variation highlights an uncomfortable reality: The voters most insulated from economic precarity are the ones most likely to prioritize abstract threats.
Two-thirds of Americans want term limits for Supreme Court justices G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers Our new poll finds majority support for structural reforms to the Supreme Court, Puerto Rico statehood, and limits on the pardon power
Was Trump’s first year a success? A failure? What our new poll says Jennifer Graham, Deseret News In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump declared America “bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before” because of initiatives in the first year of his second term. Americans aren’t as convinced, according to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll conducted by Morning Consult.
Views of Tariffs in the Wake of SCOTUS Decision Maryann Cousens, Navigator Research This Navigator Research report covers perceptions of tariffs, including the share who believe Trump’s tariffs are raising costs, and how Americans believe Trump should proceed now that the Supreme Court has invalidated many of his tariffs.
Indian Americans Still Lean Left. Just Not as Reliably. Sumitra Badrinathan, Devesh Kapur, Andy Robaina and Milan Vaishnav, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New data from the 2026 Indian American Attitudes Survey show that Democratic support has not fully rebounded from 2020.
