Opinion Today
June 23, 2026
Heading into 2026 midterms, Americans back policies targeting lower healthcare costs Ipsos Latest Axios/Ipsos American Health Index: Americans support renewed health insurance subsidies, ongoing mail access of mifepristone; GLP-1 use continues to climb
Axios-Ipsos poll: Health affordability is shaping the midterms Adriel Bettelheim and Margaret Talev, Axios Majorities of Americans say they're more likely to vote for candidates in November who support ideas to lower their health costs, according to the latest Axios-Ipsos American Health Index. Wealthy Nations Don't See Their Own Climate Anxiety Benedict Vigers, Gallup Most people living in high-income countries say climate change poses a threat to people in their country, but they vastly underestimate the degree to which others in their country share that concern.
Many Americans favor prayer in public schools, but few think it should be mandatory Chip Rotolo, Pew Research Center Several states recently have passed or proposed legislation to incorporate prayer or display the Ten Commandments in public schools. A new Pew Research Center survey shows that many Americans are receptive to religious expressions at public schools.
Americans draw a new line in the betting bonanza sweeping over Wall Street — politics Declan Harty, Politico Results from The POLITICO Poll show that a large group of U.S. adults doesn’t believe wagering on political events like what President Donald Trump will say, who he will pardon, and the outcome of the 2028 presidential election should be legal.
How Americans in the Battleground View Republican Policies Julie Alderman Boudreau, Navigator Research This Navigator Research report covers key policies from President Trump and Republicans in Congress, like tariffs and the Republican tax law, and how Americans in the battleground feel about them.
Causal Beliefs and the Potential for Political Backlash Against AI Open Access Sophie Borwein, Beatrice Magistro, R Michael Alvarez, Bart Bonikowski and Peter J Loewen, Public Opinion Quarterly Artificial intelligence is poised to reconfigure the economy and politics. Although new technologies often produce net economic gains, their costs and benefits are unequally distributed, making them susceptible to politicization. We argue that whether and how AI becomes mobilized for partisan gain will depend on the public’s causal beliefs about the winners and losers of AI. Australians register historic levels of distrust and unease in 2026 Charles Lyons-Jones, The Lowy Institute Australians are wary of the two superpowers, placing low levels of trust in both the United States and China. Australians’ trust in the United States to act responsibly in the world has fallen to 31%, the lowest level ever recorded in the Lowy Institute Poll. By contrast, trust in China has risen eight points from last year to 28%, narrowing the gap with the United States to just three points. That gap was 53 points in 2022.
