Many red-state Trump voters say they’d be ‘better off’ if their state seceded from U.S.

Red-state Donald Trump voters are now more likely to say they’d be personally “better off” (33%) than “worse off” (29%) if their state seceded from the U.S. and “became an independent country,” according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. It’s a striking rejection of national unity that dramatizes the growing […] Read more »

Voters See a Bad Economy, Even if They’re Doing OK

The fastest inflation in four decades has Americans feeling dour about the economy, even as their own finances have, so far, held up relatively well. Just 10 percent of registered voters say the U.S. economy is “good” or “excellent,” according to a New York Times/Siena College poll — a remarkable […] Read more »

Mother Nature Dissents

Mother Nature is entering a dissenting opinion on last month’s Supreme Court decision that weakened the federal government’s ability to combat climate change. With record heat in Texas that is testing the state’s power grid, a California wildfire that has threatened an ancient grove of sequoias considered a foundation stone […] Read more »

Americans’ Views on Federalism as States Take on More Power

The U.S. Supreme Court concluded its recent ruling overturning Roe v. Wade by saying that decisions on abortion would now be returned “to the people and their elected representatives.” This raises the question of which elected representatives. It is possible that the voice of the people and their elected representatives […] Read more »

All-America Economic Survey: Biden’s job approval hits all-time record low

CNBC’s Steve Liesman joins ‘Squawk Box’ to report on the All America Survey, which reveals Americans thoughts on President Biden’s performance. CNBC The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »