Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the May 8, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
Reconsidering America’s Role in the World The Searchlight Institute Most polling on foreign policy and national security issues focuses on specific news of the day — particular countries, particular events, and so on. We wanted to avoid duplicating that work, and instead take a deeper look at how the American voter views the ways the U.S. interacts with the world. These fundamental beliefs drive how Americans react to new conflicts as they arise.
Short-Term Inflation Expectations Increase Further, Longer-Term Expectations Stable The Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Americans are more than twice as likely to say that when they were growing up, they were closer to their moms than to their dads Jamie Ballard, YouGov
Moms, Coaches, Doctors, Entrepreneurs: Who Are America’s Health and Wellness Influencers? Pew Research Center
Surveying Teachers on Artificial Intelligence Alli Aldis, EdChoice
Texas: Inside the Minds of Moderates and Independents Ahead of November Texas Public Opinion Research
GOP polls show they have a shot at flipping House Dem districts Trump won Andrew Howard, Politico A polarising Britain? How value divides are shaping British politics UCL Policy Lab and Stanley Greenberg, Climate Policy Strategy
Have Republicans already bottomed out? Charlie Cook Politics Polls show an enthusiasm gap between Democrats and Republicans going into midterms Aaron Blake, CNN Republicans could get “locked out” of the California gubernatorial election FiftyPlusOne and Mary Radcliffe Andy Beshear won twice in Trump country. Now he wants to show Democrats how to do it everywhere Ali Vitali, MS NOW The voters’ voice: Gerrymandering and the state of democracy David Winston (The Winston Group), Roll Call Voters, Gerrymandering Steals Your Power. Don’t Let It Mary Ellen Klas, Bloomberg Opinion [unlocked] Trump's Truth Social lays bare narrow obsessions of an extremely online president Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News
Democrats Return to a Tried and True Campaign Message: Trump’s Corruption Igor Bobic, NOTUS The Kind of Men Who Flummox Trump David French, The New York Times [unlocked] Amidst the Geopolitics of War, Gov't Is Failing In One of Its Key Roles Jared Bernstein A Bet Is Not a Poll C.J. Robinson, Columbia Journalism Review
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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America's new redistricting doom loop
The Strength In Numbers Podcast with G. Elliott MorrisAre Republicans Actually Souring on Trump?
Political GabfestTop 6 signs Trump is losing the Independents who elected him
CNNFrom 2020 election to retribution, how the Justice Department is advancing Trump’s agenda
PBS News Hour