Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the March 31, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
President Trump’s Approval Sinks to 33% in New UMass Poll University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll A new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll finds President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 33%, the lowest rating of his second term in office. The poll of 1,000 respondents, conducted March 20-25, finds Trump’s approval down five points from July 2025 and 11 points lower than last April.
Healthcare Reclaims Top Spot Among U.S. Domestic Worries Lydia Saad, Gallup
Americans' AI Use Increases While Views On It Sour Quinnipiac University Poll
Trust, LLMs, and the Ballot Box: Americans’ Views on AI and Elections Polarization Research Lab
Media Consumption and Views on the Iran War Melissa Toufanian & Aidan Harty, Navigator Research
Does Support for Christian Nationalism Hinge on How It’s Defined? Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker, Religion in Public Social Media Use Linked to Mixed Views on Democracy Ellyn Maese and Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup
The Fox News Advantage: How Cable News Divides Along Religious and Generational Lines Ryan Burge, Graphs about Religion
Nevada: Lombardo Keeps Pace with Ford as Undecideds Hold the Balance Noble Predictive Insights
New York State: Hochul Lead Over Still Largely Unknown Blakeman Drops 7 Points to 47-34% Siena Research Institute New York Voters Want Big Oil to Pay for the Home Insurance Crisis Data for Progress
Charting almost 50 years of public attitudes toward suicide John Sides (Vanderbilt University), Good Authority Trump barrels ahead as approval drops and midterm fears grow Alex Gangitano, Eli Stokols and Megan Messerly, Politico MAGA Was Supposed to Be Antiwar. Nope. Kristen Soltis Anderson, The New York Times [unlocked] America Is Now a Rogue Superpower Robert Kagan, The Atlantic [unlocked] It’s Not Going to Get Any Easier for Democrats After Trump Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times [unlocked] Why Liberals Should Maybe Hope the Republicans Nuke the Filibuster Michael Tomasky, The New Republic ‘I Think That MAGA Is Dying’: Inside the Youth Movement at CPAC Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New York Times [unlocked] College Republicans director made racist and sexist remarks on live streams Jason Wilson, The Guardian Americans Have Never Been All That Excited About Going to the Moon Kenneth Chang, The New York Times [unlocked] The Unlikely Ensemble Leading Trump’s Hunt for 2020 Election Fraud Vera Bergengruen, Josh Dawsey and Sadie Gurman, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Information Contagion Rajiv Sethi, Imperfect Information
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