Americans Think History Will Rate Biden Presidency Negatively | 4 years later, Republicans’ disapproval of Jan. 6 attack continues to soften | What a Trump Pardon of Jan. 6 Rioters Would Mean for U.S. Politics | What the nation told us in 2024, state by state | How Deep Is the Wound to the Democratic Party? | Key elections to watch in 2025 | Elon Musk Is Roiling European Politics … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250107-topline
OPINION TODAY newsletter for January 6, 2025
Four years after his supporters invaded the US Capitol, Trump is more powerful than ever | ‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6. | Voters’ views on election denialism after 2024 election | House and Senate Split on How to Deliver for Trump | What to know about Democrats losing the working class | Insights from Presidential Election Prediction Markets Beyond Polls | Are People Fleeing States with Abortion Bans? … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250106-topline
OPINION WEEKEND newsletter for Jan. 4-5, 2025
Republicans’ trust in accuracy of US elections jumps after Trump’s win | How the Democrats Lost the Working Class | Presidents Expect Loyalty. Trump Demands Fealty. | Why Liberals Struggle to Cope With Epochal Change | How Trump “Won”: The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority | 2024 Was the ‘Device ID’ Election | The Incredible, World-Altering ‘Black Swan’ Events That Could Upend Life in 2025 | The public is a thermostat: The never-ending cycle of governments doing something and the public wanting the opposite | Why the Trumpiest Congress Ever Might Not Even Deliver Trump’s Agenda | Considering Carter as a one-term president | Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power … & much more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250105-weekend
OPINION TODAY newsletter for January 3, 2025
Highest Hopes for Trump on Immigration; Lowest, on Unity | Republicans are more optimistic than they were four years ago while Democrats are more pessimistic | GOP’s Microscopic House Majority Will Shrink Trump’s Big Ambitions | How Donald Trump Reshaped The GOP | Democracy, Alive and Creaking | Americans warm to driverless cars, though skepticism remains … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250103-topline
OPINION TODAY newsletter for December 31, 2024
Americans Predict Challenges in 2025, With a Few Bright Spots | Republicans are expecting 2025 will result in an improvement in their own lives and for the country | Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death | These 10 Charts Will Help You Understand 2024 | How Top Pollsters Grade 2024’s Polls | Jimmy Carter’s presidency is ripe for a major reappraisal … & much more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/241231
OPINION TODAY newsletter for December 27, 2024
Trump Transition Ratings Better the Second Time Around | Americans are exhausted by political news | Support for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in western Europe | Trump’s Re-election Defines a New Era of American Politics | After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits | Cutting the Deficit Is Easy—It’s Just Unpopular | Trump’s connections to tech’s right-wing brotherhood | 43% of Americans Say They Are Overweight; 55% Want to Slim Down … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/241227