Opinion Today
July 24, 2026
As the 2026 Midterms Approach, Economy Is Front and Center Andrew Daniller, Andy Cerda, Hannah Hartig and J. Baxter Oliphant, Pew Research Center By a wide margin, voters most want candidates running for Congress to talk about economic issues – with many specifically mentioning prices and affordability. But with the November elections on the horizon, neither party is seen as having an advantage on these issues.
Fox News Poll: Voters oppose the Iran war, see prolonged commitment; Republicans lose advantage on immigration Dana Blanton, Fox News Disapproval of President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran hit a record high in July. A majority of voters oppose U.S. military action, and nearly two thirds think the conflict will last at least a year.... Voters are now divided over which party can better handle immigration. Fifty percent say the Democrats and 49% the Republicans, a meaningful shift since April, when the GOP held an 8-point advantage.
Poll shows new problem for GOP: Americans think gas prices are worse than they are Jessie Blaeser, Politico Even a majority of people who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 overestimated the change in gas prices in their area, a POLITICO analysis found.
Donald Trump is deeply unpopular. Why aren't Democrats doing better in the race for Congress? David Montgomery, YouGov More Americans disapprove than approve of Donald Trump's job performance by a 24-percentage-point margin, and Trump's net job approval has been below -10 in every Economist / YouGov Poll since June 2025. But over that time, those same polls have asked how people expect to vote in the 2026 congressional elections if faced with unnamed Democratic and Republican candidates, and consistently found that Democrats are leading Republicans nationally by single digits — and often the low single digits.
Democrats' edge in midterms polling depends on how pollsters weight by party G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers What would our Strength In Numbers polling say if we weighted our samples by different targets for party identity?
Fox News Poll: Significant support for both voter ID laws and mail-in ballots Victoria Balara, Fox News Voters have more confidence in their states to run elections than Washington
What Americans think about the global AI race Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center By a three-to-one margin, Americans are more likely to say that China, not the United States, is more advanced when it comes to developing artificial intelligence. However, many U.S. adults say they’re not sure who is more advanced, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
