Opinion Today
March 24, 2026
6 in 10 Americans View Trump’s Handling of Immigration Unfavorably; Believe Surge of ICE Officers Makes Communities Less Safe PRRI A new survey by PRRI finds that just 35% of Americans rate President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration favorably, compared with 61% who rate his actions unfavorably; nearly half (48%) of Americans hold very unfavorable views of his handling of immigration. Just 1 in 3 Americans (33%) hold favorable views of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Americans would trade jobs for cheaper eggs Lakshya Jain, The Argument The public opinion landscape on the economy resembles an apocalyptic wasteland for the Republican Party. Driven by immense economic dissatisfaction from a public crying out for lower costs, Donald Trump’s approval ratings are plumbing all-time lows in our latest survey of national registered voters at The Argument. With just 40% of respondents approving and 58% disapproving in our March survey, Trump’s net approval rating is the worst that we have ever seen for him in any of our polls.
U.S. Worker Thriving Declines as Job Market Pessimism Grows Sarah Fioroni, Gallup Over half of employees are seeking or watching for new jobs, even as most say it is a bad time to find one.
Most Americans Doubt Tariffs Strengthen Economy, I&I/TIPP Poll Finds Terry Jones, tippinsights President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported goods suffered a Supreme Court legal rebuke in late February, but they're not doing much better in the court of public opinion. As the latest I&I/TIPP shows, most voters don't believe the economy will get a boost from tariffs, which win strong majority support only from Republicans.
One in three Americans worried about job loss or falling behind in housing payments McCourtney Institute for Democracy, Pennsylvania State University Independents and Democrats are more worried than Republicans About 6 in 10 Americans don’t have moral objections to medical aid in dying Rebecca Leppert, Pew Research Center Illinois and New York recently joined 11 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing people with serious illnesses to end their lives with a doctor’s help. While most states still ban physician-assisted death, a majority of Americans see the practice as morally permissible or don’t consider it a moral issue, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Consumer Perceptions of Health Care Fraud and Wasteful and Unnecessary Care Sai Loganathan, Lateefah Hughes, Tarcia Johnson, Charles Betely and James Zimmerman, NORC at the University of Chicago This brief examines: (1) Whether respondents report receiving treatments they perceive as unnecessary or wasteful; (2) Factors they believe contribute to unnecessary or wasteful care; and (3) Their level of support for a rule requiring refunds for their out-of-pocket costs related to unnecessary or wasteful care.
Food for Thought: Special Battleground Report on Food and Health Melissa Toufanian, Navigator Research This Navigator Research report covers party trust, which policies battleground constituents think will make Americans healthier, and food-related issues they think Congress should address.
Understanding young news audiences at a time of rapid change Craig T. Robertson, Amy Ross Arguedas, Mitali Mukherjee and Richard Fletcher, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism This report has two main objectives. The first is to map out key behavioural and attitudinal trends among young members of the public, shedding light on key differences and changes in how they consume and relate to news.... Second, we wish to illuminate what young people are proactively doing around news, not just what they are not doing compared to older groups.
