Opinion Today

August 26, 2021

Vaccine mandates unlikely to compel many, especially Republicans
Ben Kamisar, NBC News
Federal and state governments, businesses and health care experts across America are trying a smattering of ways to convince Covid vaccine holdouts to change their minds. But numbers from the new NBC News poll suggest that only a small portion are open to changing their minds, and Republicans are even less so.

Voters Increasingly OK With Taliban Takeover as Consequence of Military Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Eli Yokley, Morning Consult
After a week of chaos in Kabul that grappled with both of those issues, a new Morning Consult/Politico poll found growing acceptance of the withdrawal even if the Taliban will be in charge of Afghanistan. The bulk of voters also support the relocation of Afghan civilians to the United States.

Voters support expanding Afghan refugee program
Kirby Phares, Data for Progress
A poll conducted from August 18 - 20th shows that voters strongly support allowing more Afghan refugees to…