Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the June 4, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
61% think Trump wins almost always or most of the time at the Supreme Court Charles Franklin, Marquette Law School Poll • 57% say the Court goes out of its way to avoid a ruling Trump might refuse to obey • Public is evenly divided on whether the Court is motivated mainly by law or by politics • Approval of the Court rose to 46% in May, from 42% in April • Opinion is evenly divided on enlarging the Court, but 79% favor limited terms for justices • Two-thirds disagree with Trump’s position against birthright citizenship and with his claim of a president’s right to remove members of Federal Reserve • 63% say state laws banning transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s teams should be upheld
Voters Reject the Republican Position in Current Supreme Court Cases Data for Progress
Trump’s Approval Ratings Remain Low As Voters Fret Over Economy, Inflation: I&I/TIPP Poll Terry Jones, tippinsights
Comparing adults, registered and likely voters Charles Franklin, PollsAndVotes The Overreach Backfires: Battleground Americans Reject Abuse of Government Power Julie Alderman Boudreau, Navigator Research
Ohio: Democratic unity, Republican crossovers shape Senate race Dana Blanton, Fox News
South Carolina: Voters Get Ready to Nominate New Leaders The Citadel Poll
Farmer Sentiment Slips Again as High Input Costs Remain Top Concern Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Seeking Stability but Seeing Risk: Young Men’s Perspectives on Career Pathways Public Agenda The Narrow Path to a Democratic Senate Runs Through Very Red States Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. Epstein, The New York Times Rating Changes in Iowa Following Tuesday’s Primary Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball Cornyn’s loss proves election rules still apply Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call An autopsy of the DNC campaign autopsy David Winston (The Winston Group), Roll Call Donald Trump’s Superficiality Is Bone-Deep Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] The Return of the Dixiecrat South Jacob S. Hacker, Zoltan Hajnal, G. Agustin Markarian and Mackenzie Lockhart, The American Prospect Federal judges say elected officials are eroding confidence in judicial system Gary Grumbach and Alexandra Bacallao, NBC News U.S. Cities Dust Off Statues They Hid Away in 2020 Cameron McWhirter, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
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Dissecting what the latest primary races mean for November elections
PBS News HourSteve Kornacki breaks down California's ‘cliffhanger’ and the first Trump-backed candidate loss
NBC NewsThere's Been An Under-Discussion (with Natalie Haynes)
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