Opinion Today
July 1, 2026
Control of the Senate Is Up for Grabs, Times/Siena Polls Find Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker, The New York Times [unlocked] Republicans are defending seats in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas as they try to maintain their majority. Democrats are competitive in all six states — but not leading in enough to take the chamber.
Republicans’ Home-Field Edge for Senate Seems Just Enough for Now Nate Cohn, The New York Times The national political environment is favorable for Democrats heading into November’s midterm elections, but is it favorable enough for them to retake the Senate? In this week’s New York Times/Siena polls of six key Senate contests, Democrats are highly competitive, but for now they seem just out of range of flipping the chamber.
More Independents say the Republican Party is too extreme than say the Democratic Party is Taylor Orth, YouGov The latest Economist/YouGov Poll shows that Americans' opinions of both congressional Democrats and congressional Republicans have improved since earlier in 2026, when both groups were at or near five-year lows. Americans' net favorability of Democrats in Congress has risen to -17 from -33 in January, while that of Republicans in Congress has risen to -18 from -24.
Half of Americans support eliminating health insurance companies and several other socialist policy proposals Alexander Rossell Hayes, YouGov Only 8% of Americans would describe themselves as socialists, according to this week's Economist / YouGov Poll.... Even though few Americans say they're socialists, many policy proposals championed by democratic socialists draw significant support from Americans.
The majority of Americans are proud but worry about direction of the country Saige Miller and Maham Javaid, NPR News As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday, Americans reflect on the state of the nation in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
Most Americans think the U.S. has strayed from its founding principles Joshua Barajas, PBS News Most Americans believe the country has moved away from its founding principles as the nation prepares for its big 250th anniversary, a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll finds. Eighty-three percent of U.S. adults feel America has strayed from the ideals the country was founded on two-and-a-half centuries ago. America 250, July 2026 Marist Institute for Public Opinion With 250 years of history in the rearview mirror, nearly half of Americans think the principles and ideals on which the nation was founded are a distant memory. Still, a majority of Americans think the nation’s best days are still to come, even if they are not confident that future generations will be better off than Americans today. Opinions, though, differ along partisan, generational, and gender lines.
Why most Black Americans say they never fly the American flag, according to a new AP-NORC poll Corey Williams, Linley Sanders and Simran Parwani, The Associated Press Americans’ views of “Old Glory” are divided by politics, age and race, according to a new survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration.
The American Flag and Celebrating the 250th Anniversary AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research About half of adults (47%) see the American flag as more unifying than divisive in the United States today, compared with 16% who view it as more divisive. Thirty-six percent say it is neither.... About 4 in 10 U.S. adults feel “proud” about the country’s 250th anniversary and about a third say “excited” describes their emotions.
People Without a Trusted Health Care Provider Are More Likely to Endorse Vaccine Myths, As Are Those Who Often Use Social Media or AI for Health Information KFF While More People Identify Vaccine Myths as “Definitely False” than “Definitely True,” At Least Half Are Uncertain About What to Believe
US Consumer Confidence Inched Up in June The Conference Board Consumers downgraded their assessment of the current labor market but expect some improvement in business and financial conditions ahead
