Opinion Weekend
July 11-12, 2026
Winthrop Poll Center for Public Opinion & Policy Research, Winthrop University In partnership with YouGov, the Winthrop Poll has released its first national poll on a host of issues. • Nationally, Trump’s approval ratings hover in the mid 30s. Nearly 7 in 10 Independents disapprove of how he’s doing his job as president. • Overall, 64% rate the economy as fairly bad or very bad. Two-thirds of Republicans rate the economy as very or fairly good as opposed to merely 9% of Democrats. • Two-thirds of Americans believe that the government is hiding evidence concerning the Epstein case. • Fewer than 3 in 10 Republicans believe that greater numbers of people of different races, ethnicities, and nationalities make America a better place as opposed to more than 7 in 10 Democrats.
Who do you trust? How old are you? Charles Franklin, PollsAndVotes Trust in other people is dramatically lower among younger people than the olds
Latino voters and the economy Equis Research The latest Equis poll, focused on economic views, shows the first major drops in Trump approval among Latinos since last summer, changes in the Republican party brand, evolving views on the American Dream, corruption worries that hit both parties, and conflicted perspectives on AI data centers.
Patriotism in the US, Europe and Canada, charted Erin Doherty and Jessie Blaeser, Politico An international POLITICO Poll details how politics shapes national pride differently across six major democracies of the West.
LSEG/Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index Johnny Sawyer, Ipsos The LSEG/Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index for July 2026 is at 51.0. Fielded from June 19 – 30, 2026, the Index is up 1.9 points from last month.
We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump – more view him as an enemy than a friend Gerard Toal (Virginia Tech), John O’Loughlin (University of Colorado Boulder) and Sarah Wilson Sokhey (University of Colorado Boulder), The Conversation For more than a decade, we have organized and conducted public opinion polls in Ukraine. While polling has become more difficult since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, our surveys have provided a window into Ukrainian public opinion in the territories not occupied by Russia. In our latest survey, we drilled down on how Ukrainians felt toward Trump and his administration’s diplomatic efforts, and toward Americans more generally.
Lives, Choices and Futures The United Nations Population Fund Through the voices of over 108,000 Internet-connected people aged 18 to 39 across 73 countries, this report shows that many young people continue to value partnership and parenthood, but the conditions to realize these aspirations often feel out of reach.
