2024 Post-Election Survey: Ideological Debates in the Election | Health Care Affordability for Older Adults: How the U.S. Compares to Other Countries | Once again, polls missed a decisive slice of Trump voters in 2024 | Trump’s plans to remake America in 1 week | Project 2025, Mar-a-Lago and Fox News: What Connects Trump’s New Staff Picks | America’s Role Reversal: Working-Class Blacks Make Gains While Whites Fall Back | Party Positioning Under Populist State Leaders … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/241204-topline

Most Americans continue to say media scrutiny keeps politicians from doing things they shouldn’t | Why Republicans start out as favorites in the 2026 Senate elections | What the Harris Team Thinks Went Wrong | Reaction and backlash to Biden’s pardon of son | ‘Crunchy Moms’ Found a Hero in RFK Jr. | The Surprising Allure of Ignorance … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/241203-topline

A Majority of New Trump Voters Used Social Media as Main News Source | Latino men voted for Trump in large numbers. Here’s what they hope he delivers. | Trump Doubles Down on Defiance After the Collapse of the Gaetz Selection | Musk’s Rivals Fear He Will Target Them With His New Power | Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat | Distrustful of Health Agencies, These Voters Cheer Trump’s Picks to Run Them | The Causal Effects of Income on Political Attitudes and Behavior … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/241202-topline

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals | As Trump’s lead in popular vote shrinks, does he really have a ‘mandate’? | Trump Vowed to Kill Biden’s Climate Law. Republicans Say Not So Fast. | Corporate America Launches Unorthodox Campaign to Gain Trump’s Attention | After two flops, pollsters think they finally figured out Trump | Democrats need ‘shortcuts’ to reach low-information voters … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/241201

Trump’s nominees, criminal cases, and business interests | Trump voters feel very differently about things now that he’s won | Calling Trump’s Win a ‘Mandate’ Is Ridiculous. Here’s Why. | Maps Pinpoint Where Democrats Lost Ground Since 2020 | The Perception Gap That Explains American Politics | America is incredibly polarized. It’s bad for our health. | Is there another way to think about the political cycle? … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/241129

Americans want lower prices. Too bad: Trump wants tariffs. | US Consumer Confidence Improved Again in November | What do Americans know about Donald Trump? | Are Americans’ perceptions of the economy and crime broken? | Polling in the age of Trump highlights flawed methods and filtered realities | Most say they’ll try to avoid political talk at post-election Thanksgiving … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/241127-topline