The unpopularity of Trump’s budget and the popularity of “Medicare for all” | People in Many Countries Consider the U.S. an Important Ally; Others See It as a Top Threat | Majorities of Americans worried their local area might be harmed by extreme weather | Americans want the government to focus on child care costs, not birth rates | Why a Third-Party Bid Is Unlikely but Not Impossible | Democrats Have ‘a Massive Blind Spot When It Comes to Male Issues’ … & much more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250709

Zohran Mamdani’s policies are popular with Americans outside New York — even if Mamdani is not | Do Americans think the bombing of Iran and other U.S. foreign military interventions were the right decisions? | US consumers plan to cut back this summer as tariff worries weigh on spending | Republicans plot a strategy to fend off Democratic onslaught against Trump megabill | How Elon Musk’s Third Party Gamble Could Succeed … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250708-topline

Floods, hurricanes, heat: New poll shows Americans fear rise of extreme weather | Why Trump’s hold on the GOP Congress may threaten its hold on power | How Healthcare Cuts in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Affect Americans | Can Democrats Find Their Way on Immigration? | Advertisers Spend Big in West Palm Beach Just to Reach Trump … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250707-topline

Trump’s approval rating falls to new low | Trump Is Now More Responsible for the Economy Than Biden, Voters Say | The Limits of Trump’s Revolution Are Laid Bare by the Megabill | The one thing about Mamdani’s win that should worry Republicans | What the Post-Dobbs Right Wants … & more: https://opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250703-topline

Perceptions of the Republicans’ budget plan | 54% disapprove of how Trump has handled the war between Iran and Israel | Investors Braced for More Market Volatility | Is a ‘Democratic Tea Party’ Brewing? | The Painful Truth About Swing State Politics | Americans’ perception of others’ patriotism and their own … & much more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250702-topline

Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem | What Americans think about Trump’s deportations | Just one-third now trust the federal government | Voters favored casting early and mail ballots last year | Democrats Lay Groundwork for a ‘Project 2029’ | Why MAGA Loves the 1950s … & much more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250701