Jimmy Kimmel, civil rights, Ukraine aid, tariffs, Venezuela, and King Charles III: September 19-22, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll Taylor Orth, David Montgomery and Carl Bialik, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers… • Reactions to Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air • Democrats’ increasing prioritization of civil rights • A big drop in Republican support for cutting Ukraine aid • More belief that Israel is committing genocide than that it isn’t • Scant expectation the Supreme Court will overturn Trump’s tariffs • Divisions over attacks on boats in Venezuela • Doubts about King Charles III’s eventual place in history
New poll: Percent saying America on the “wrong track” hits new high G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers Plus: Democrats lead the U.S. House generic ballot by 5, Americans reject ICE racial profiling; and approval of Trump’s handling of prices and health care hit a new low
About half of the public believe the level of legal immigration to the U.S. should remain the same AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research The public is less likely than they were earlier in the year to say that legal immigration should be reduced, and more say the country now benefits from legal immigration. But few want legal immigration increased, and views about immigrants who are in the country illegally have stayed about the same.
What Americans think about legal immigration, according to a new poll Adriana Gomez Licon and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press As President Donald Trump’s administration imposes new restrictions on the legal immigration system, U.S. adults are more likely than they were a year ago to think these immigrants benefit the country, according to a new poll. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Americans are more likely than they were in March 2024 to say it’s a “major benefit” that people who come to the U.S. legally contribute to economic growth and help American companies get the expertise of skilled workers.
Trump’s approval dips as Americans worry about economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters President Donald Trump’s approval ticked slightly lower in recent weeks as Americans worried about the health of the U.S. economy and the Republican’s ability to contain rising prices, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The three-day poll, which closed on Sunday, showed 41% of respondents approved of Trump’s performance as president, down from 42% in a September 5-9 poll.
Most Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of free speech and a growing share say rights are eroding Alexander Rossell Hayes, YouGov Last week, ABC announced that it was suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! after a joke Kimmel made about the Trump administration’s reaction to the killing of Charlie Kirk. According to a new YouGov survey conducted just before Kimmel’s suspension was lifted, Americans’ concerns about freedom of speech are at a high point.
76 percent of Americans say Trump does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize Scott Clement, Washington Post [unlocked] As President Donald Trump continues his campaign to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Americans are broadly skeptical that he merits the honor. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll this month finds 76 percent of Americans say Trump doesn’t deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize, compared with 22 percent who say he does.
Americans Support Working Through the United Nations Craig Kafura, Chicago Council on Global Affairs As the United Nations reaches its 80th anniversary this year, the spirit of cooperation and multilateralism that defines its work seems at risk. Unilateralism, power politics, and impunity appear to be driving many world developments. Despite these shifts in policy, the 2025 Chicago Council Survey, fielded July 18-30, finds the American public remains broadly supportive of the UN mandate and thinks the organization has a role to play. However, there are deep and growing partisan divides on how important strengthening the institution is to US foreign policy.
Trump’s best and worst actions, according to supporters and critics in poll Washington Post At the eight-month mark of President Donald Trump’s second presidential term, The Washington Post fielded a survey with Ipsos measuring Americans’ opinions of the presidency and found a public mostly critical of his handling of crime, tariffs, immigration and other top issues.
September 2025 Verified Voter Omnibus Echelon Insights • Donald Trump’s job approval stands at 45% approve, 53% disapprove • There is a close race for the generic congressional ballot, 47% Democratic – 46% Republican • Voters say most political debates are existential, not just about policy differences, by a 55-33 margin
Americans Mostly Favor Using Local Police To Fight Crime, Wary Of Federal Gov’t Control: I&I/TIPP Poll Terry Jones, tippinsights September’s national online I&I/TIPP Poll asked 1,362 adults: “President Trump has moved to take control of the Washington, D.C., police. Do you mostly favor or mostly oppose the federal government running local police departments?” Overall, among those responding, 36% say they “mostly favor” the idea, while 49% say they “mostly oppose” it, and another 15% say they’re not sure.
Voters Support Medical Aid in Dying, Think It Should Only Be Offered to Terminally Ill Patients Matthew Cortland, Data for Progress In a new survey, Data for Progress finds that after reading a brief description of the practice, voters broadly support medical aid in dying, including 60% of Democrats, 65% of Independents, and 58% of Republicans. However, while a majority of voters think medical aid in dying should be an option for someone with a terminal illness (65%), they largely do not think it should be allowed for someone with a severe disability (37%), someone with a severe mental illness (26%), someone with a severe illness that isn’t terminal (25%), or someone who simply wishes to end their life (22%). Teachers Who Collaborate, Learn at Work Are More Satisfied Andrea Malek Ash, Gallup Teachers who are satisfied with their opportunities for professional learning and growth are much more likely than their counterparts to be satisfied with their school as a place to work and less likely to feel burned out. The findings come from Teaching for Tomorrow: How Supporting Teachers Today Shapes Classrooms Tomorrow, the latest study released by the Walton Family Foundation and Gallup. New York City: Mamdani Leads Mayor’s Race by 20-Point Margin Suffolk University Political Research Center Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party nominee, has a commanding 20-point lead over his closest opponent, independent Andrew Cuomo, in a Suffolk University CityView poll taken of those residents very or somewhat likely to vote in November’s general election for mayor of New York City. Mamdani (45%) leads Cuomo (25%), followed by Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa (9%), and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams (8%). Democrats’ waning support for Israel extends to Jewish Democrats too Michael Tesler (UC Irvine), Good Authority Politics and ideology increasingly trump religious identity for Jewish Democrats. Democrats Blew It on Immigration Josh Barro, New York Times [unlocked] Since the spring, the shine has come off President Trump’s handling of immigration. And yet there has been no apparent surge in voters’ desire to put immigration policy back in the hands of Democrats. Frankly, Democrats have not earned voters’ trust on immigration — and I say this as a Democrat. The critical role Christianity plays in Trumpism Philip Bump When Charlie Kirk was killed earlier this month, it was inevitable that the moment would become a rallying point for the political right. What’s been striking about that energy, though, is that it has flowed both to Donald Trump and to Christianity itself — a reflection of Kirk’s own embrace of the religion. Why MAGA Evangelicals Can Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time David French, New York Times [unlocked] If MAGA evangelicals cheer the president’s hatred, if they welcome it, if they adopt it and if they vote for it, then they are responsible for it. ‘They Cheated Like Dogs, but We Got Them Back’ Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times [unlocked] The MAGA movement’s encirclement maneuver is gaining ground. Free Speech Serves the ‘Public Interest’ William A. Galston, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Charlie Kirk was a vigorous proponent of First Amendment protections. When the Gerrymander Comes for MAGA Michelle Cottle, New York Times [unlocked] When the president starts rigging the system for his own benefit, no one is safe. Where were you when you got your first social media death threat? Natalie Jackson, National Journal Interacting behind screens has destroyed our sense of humanity.
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Trump Is Building the Blue Scare The Ezra Klein Show This is McCarthyism 2.0. Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Trump administration has been speed-running an attack on the “radical left.” And the tactics it has been using are darkly reminiscent of the Red Scare of the 1940s and ’50s. So what can that period teach us about the current moment and what the Trump administration might do next? How far could this go? Corey Robin is a political theorist at Brooklyn College. He’s an expert on McCarthyism and the author of the book “The Reactionary Mind,” one of the most insightful books you can read on the Trumpist right. In this conversation, he walks through what happened in the first and second Red Scares and what made him start worrying about the Trump administration.
Jimmy Kimmel is Back! Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel returns to the air and talks about all of the people who have reached out over the last six days including fellow late night talk show hosts, fans of the show, and those who don’t support what he believes but support his right to share those beliefs anyway, and he expresses that it was never his intention to make light of the murder of a young man, how important it is to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this, the Chairman of the FCC Brendan Carr telling an American company that “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Trump saying he has no talent and no ratings....