Opinion Weekend
July 4-5, 2026
Americans say they’re sick of politics taking over their lives. With exceptions. Jessie Blaeser and Alec Hernandez, Politico The POLITICO Poll finds that a majority of Americans think there’s too much politics in places it doesn’t belong. But they can still be influenced by what their favorite stars and businesses say.
Americans excited to celebrate July 4, but divided on Trump’s role Andrew Rafferty and Nathaniel Reed, Scripps News A majority of Americans are excited to celebrate the country's 250th birthday, but are divided about President Donald Trump’s role in the festivities, a new Scripps News/Talker Research poll finds.
Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know What America’s 250th Is Celebrating Emily Ekins, Cato Institute A new national survey from the Cato Institute, conducted in collaboration with Morning Consult of 2,253 Americans ahead of July 4th and America’s 250th anniversary, finds nearly half (46%) of Americans don’t know what America’s 250th anniversary commemorates. A little more than half (53%) correctly answered that it was the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
250 years after independence: how do Britons see the USA? Matthew Smith, YouGov With 4 July this year marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence saw the original 13 colonies break away from Great Britain, new YouGov data shows that few Britons still hold a grudge. Only 10% think it is a bad thing that the colonies seceded in 1776, compared to 39% who consider it an actively good occurrence.... A quarter of a millennium on, however, the US’s reputation is tarnished on this side of the pond. Currently 64% of Britons see the US as more of a force for bad in the world, while only 9% saying it is more a force for good, and 11% say it is neither.
