Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 27, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
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
Is caring about democracy a luxury belief? Milan Singh, The Argument
Two-thirds of Americans want term limits for Supreme Court justices G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers
Was Trump’s first year a success? A failure? What our new poll says Jennifer Graham, Deseret News
Views of Tariffs in the Wake of SCOTUS Decision Maryann Cousens, Navigator Research
Indian Americans Still Lean Left. Just Not as Reliably. Sumitra Badrinathan, Devesh Kapur, Andy Robaina and Milan Vaishnav, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A Fresh Warning for Democrats About Young Black Voters Alex Roarty, NOTUS Family Caregiving in an Aging America Kim Parker, Pew Research Center
Most older adults who live at home want to age in place, but they aren’t entirely confident they’ll get to Kim Parker and Luona Lin, Pew Research Center
North Carolina: Whatley holds 30-point lead, 50% unsure in GOP Senate primary Carolina Journal New York State: Hochul Approval Rating Highest in More Than 4 Years… Leads Blakeman by 17 Points Marist Institute for Public Opinion
What the polls say about how Americans are using AI Adam Noboa, NBC News
Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post [unlocked] How to prevent elections from being stolen − lessons from around the world for the US Shelley Inglis (Rutgers University), The Conversation Trump’s economic progress report to the country — and what’s next David Winston (Winston Group), Roll Call The Choice: Which Republican Should Win in Texas? New York Times [unlocked] What to Watch for in the Texas Primaries J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball The Texas Primary, Electability, and the Mobilization Myth Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box Why I Got Thrown Out of a Jasmine Crockett Rally Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic [unlocked] The Spectacular MAGA Breakup Rocking Georgia Cameron McWhirter and Lindsay Wise, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Can foreign policy issues really affect elections? Nyron N. Crawford and Alexandra Guisinger (Temple University), Good Authority America, We Have a Math Problem Aubrey Clayton (Harvard University), New York Times [unlocked] Gallup Launches Research on AI Phone Interviewing Jenny Marlar and Mitchell Leon, Gallup
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Who’s really leading in the Texas Senate primaries?
The Strength In Numbers Podcast with G. Elliott MorrisTexas: It’s Like a Whole Different Country
Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen