Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the August 4, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
Voters prefer Democrats over Republicans on economy for first time in a decade, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters Americans picked Democrats over Republicans as better stewards of the economy for the first time in nearly a decade in a Reuters/Ipsos poll, which also found their approval of President Donald Trump's performance falling to 35%.
Is Trump’s Flat Voter Favorability In August Bad News For GOP’s Midterm Hopes? I&I/TIPP Poll Terry Jones, Issues & Insights
American workers assess AI impact Alec Tyson and Dan O'Leary, Ipsos Concern about AI spikes following OpenAI hacking incident Americans on AI
Tuned Out, Not Checked Out: Where Passive News Consumers Get Their Info Julie Alderman Boudreau, Navigator Research
Texas: Senate Race A Toss-Up, With Narrow GOP Leads in Other Races The Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University
Election forecast: Democrats strongly favored to take House, Senate tilts Democratic G. Elliott Morris and FiftyPlusOne
What Trump's latest slump means for the midterms Nate Silver and Eli McKown-Dawson, Silver Bulletin Americans Are Turning on Trump David A. Graham, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump says ‘don’t believe’ the polls, but Iran pullback suggests he might Scott Clement, The Washington Post [unlocked] Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity Andrew Duehren, The New York Times [unlocked] Trump Is Trying to Force Americans to Unlearn What We Know M. Gessen, The New York Times [unlocked] For Trump, the Year Is Always 2020 Katie Rogers, The New York Times [unlocked] A president for some of the people Seth Masket, the @smotus report How Democratic Socialists Are Shaking Up the Midterms Eliza Collins and Denise Blostein, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Inside the Democrats’ Push to Win Back Religious Voters Christopher Kuo, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Trump Warns GOP Rep. Max Miller of Tough Re-Election Race Natalie Andrews and Philip Wegmann, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter Shane Goldmacher, The New York Times [unlocked] States Warn Supreme Court That Trump’s Mail-In Voting Order Would Create Chaos Adora Brown, NOTUS
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Why Both Republicans and Democrats Are Worried About the DSA
The Wall Street JournalTamara Keith and Amy Walter on Democratic primary voters not playing it safe
PBS News HourWhy Michigan's primary shapes the Democratic Party's future
CNN