OPINION WEEKEND newsletter for Aug. 17-18, 2024

Harris leads Trump overall but not on handling of the economy | Americans’ first impressions are positive for Walz, negative for Vance | Harris Puts Four Sun Belt States Back in Play | How much Kamala Harris could expand the map | Can Harris win back Biden’s Israel-Gaza critics? | GOP-Friendly Senate Map Dulls Candidate Quality Disasters | Finding common ground: 109 national policy proposals with bipartisan support | Tracking Attitudes About Elections and Political Violence Over Time … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/240818

OPINION TODAY newsletter for August 16, 2024

Majorities approve President Biden dropping out of 2024 race, but don’t think he should resign | The Polls Have Shifted Toward Harris. Is It Real, or Something Else? | Harris has opened up a second path to victory | JD Vance is more unpopular than Sarah Palin | Democrats Lean Into Liberty and the Language of Republicans | Democrats Have New Hope in Battle for Senate Majority … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/240816

OPINION TODAY newsletter for August 15, 2024

Harris Energizes Democrats in Transformed Presidential Race | The Fight To Redefine the 2024 Race for President | Can Harris Win Over “Uncommitted” Voters Worried About Gaza? | Can Democrats dare to dream of a trifecta? | Why Inflation Might Not Win the Election for Trump | Similar Shares of Republican, Democratic, and Independent Women Report Having Had an Abortion | How the GOP became the party of vaccine hesitancy … & much more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/240815

OPINION TODAY newsletter for August 14, 2024

Americans give Harris an advantage over Trump on honesty and discipline | Trump vs. Harris magnifies America’s generational and cultural divides | Can Tim Walz Help Harris Win Back the White Working Class? | Young Black voters are becoming more conservative than their parents. Here’s why | More than half of Floridians support overturning a state abortion ban | What is sociotropic voting? | The Dramatic Turnaround in Millennials’ Finances … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/240814

OPINION TODAY newsletter for August 13, 2024

Americans see many federal agencies favorably, but Republicans grow more critical of Justice Department | New polls show Harris leading Trump in key battlegrounds | How to Lose Voters and Alienate Women | What is “weird” and what is “normal” in America? | 6 primaries to watch in Minnesota and Wisconsin … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/240813-topline

OPINION TODAY newsletter for August 12, 2024

Kamala Harris is more trusted than Donald Trump on the US economy | 5 major questions facing Kamala Harris now | Harris is pushing joy. Trump paints a darker picture. | With Tim Walz, Dems see a path to winning back rural districts | From Biden to Gabbard, here’s what Harris’ past debates show before a faceoff with Trump | Ethnic Identity and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment … & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/240812-topline