5: New High of 45% in U.S. Identify as Political Independents in 2025
Not good news. People have been leaving both parties because of hyper-partianship. That leaves 55% to split about equally between the parties -- or about 27% each.
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4: The Vice President's Popularity | YouGov
54% Dislike, 30% Like
4: The Presidents Job Approval | RealClearPolling
2: Trump’s war against Powell: Republicans aren’t just ‘concerned’ — some may actually take a stand
"A criminal probe into Jerome Powell may have done more than make Republicans concerned. It may actually cause some to stand up to the president."
1: Supreme Court rules against Trump in Illinois National Guard case
"The court's action is one of only a handful of such "emergency docket" cases in which the conservative court has ruled against Trump."
Three conservative justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented. But John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Comey Barrett voted with the liberal justices.
3: 57% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Way ICE Is Enforcing Immigration Laws | Quinnipiac | 1/2026
1: Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
“This Court concludes that even giving great deference to the President’s determination, the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard under 10 U.S.C. § 12406,” Immergut wrote.
Therefore, the President’s unlawful federalization of the National Guard violates the Tenth Amendment, which ‘reserves to the States’ any powers not expressly delegated to the federal government in the Constitution.”
3: What Americans think about Trump’s deportations right now | PBS | 7/2025
July 2025: More than half of U.S. adults — 54% — described ICE's actions in enforcing the country's immigration laws as having "gone too far."
3: The New Immigration Crackdown: Where Americans Stand - PRRI - 12/2025
Over four in ten Americans support Trump’s handling of immigration (43%), a decrease of 5 percentage points since March 2025.
The steepest decline — 11 points — comes from independents.
Increasing numbers of Americans in the past year support both a pathway to citizenship and allowing “Dreamers” to stay and gain legal status.
3: American Support for Legal Immigration Reaches New Heights
While majorities of Democrats and Independents support a path to citizenship for immigrants living and working in the United States illegally, only four in 10 Republicans agree.
z I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.
Scientific research has shown that their tactics can undermine the conditions that lead to violence.
3: ICE’s popularity is plunging. GoodAuthority 7/2025
ICE was relatively popular at the start of Trump’s second term. The agency’s net favorability rating, was +15 in a February 2-4, 2025, YouGov-Economist survey.
That +15 net rating, however, has declined sharply since then. So much so that ICE’s favorability rating was 13 points underwater (39% favorable vs 52% unfavorable) in a late-June poll by YouGov-Yahoo! -
And Quinnipiac University’s June 22-24, 2025, survey similarly showed that 56% of registered voters (and 64% of independents) disapproved of how ICE is doing its job.
Opinion | 2 Polling Experts on How the ICE Shooting Is More Trouble for Trump
The general sense of the world being chaotic does not necessarily help Trump.
3: Americans have long been skeptical of ICE. That debate just became a lot more urgent. | CNN Politics
An August Pew Research Center poll showed ICE was the second-least-popular federal agency among 16 tested – edging out only the much-maligned Internal Revenue Service.
Americans haven’t liked ICE’s raids on workplaces (54%-45% opposed in the Pew poll) and its agents wearing masks (58% opposed in both the CBS and a University of Massachusetts Amherst poll). The same UMass poll also showed they opposed ICE using military-grade weapons 55%-30% and using physical force with protesters 54%-31%.
2: Senate Republican on DOJ Powell probe: ‘We need this like we need a hole in the head’
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Monday questioned the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its probe into the Federal Reserve’s renovation of its Washington, D.C. headquarters. “
2: The Republicans Breaking Ranks With Trump Over Powell Investigation: ‘We Don’t Need It’
“The stakes are too high to look the other way: if the Federal Reserve loses its independence, the broader economy will suffer.”
4: Donald Trump says no reason ‘right now’ to use Insurrection Act in Minneapolis
President Trump said on Friday, 1/16, there is “no reason” for him to invoke the Insurrection Act, one day after he threatened to use the law in the wake of demonstrations in Minneapolis.
2: Bacon says he would ‘lean’ toward Trump impeachment if Greenland invaded: ‘Utter buffoonery’
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Wednesday said he’d consider impeaching President Trump if the U.S. decides to invade Greenland, which he described as “utter buffoonery.”
1: Judge limits ICE tactics at Minnesota protests
A federal judge on Friday 1/16/26 ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to limit their tactics against protesters in Minnesota,
U.S. Death Rate Expected to Surpass Birth Rate by 2030, Report Claims
According to a new Congressional Budget Office report, by 2030, more Americans will die each year than will be born.
Neither Party Dominates in Favorability or Trust
Americans rate the Republican and Democratic parties similarly, but their reasons for liking or disliking each party vary greatly.
4: Trump underwater on issues that got him elected, polling shows
About 4 in 10 Americans approve of Trump's second-term performance, per a January AP-NORC poll.
Exclusive: Secret ICE Programs Revealed
Leaked documents detail the dizzying scope of ICE operations
2: House GOP pushes back against Trump on Venezuela
In a classified briefing last week, House Republicans expressed wariness and concern over the Trump administration’s plans for the South American country.
3: Most voters say fatal ICE shooting was unjustified in new poll
The national poll was conducted days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, sparking outrage and mass protests.
3: On deportations, growing shares say Trump administration is doing ‘too much’ | Pew Research Center
Overall, 50% of adults disapprove of the Trump administration’s approach to immigration, including 36% who strongly disapprove.
3: After the shooting in Minneapolis, majorities of Americans view ICE unfavorably and support major changes to the agency | YouGov
A majority (53%) of Americans say that the ICE agent was not justified in shooting Renee Good. Only 28% say the shooting was justified.
2: Republicans vow to block Trump from seizing Greenland by force
Senate Republicans are vowing to block any effort by President Trump to seize Greenland by military force, as Trump officials on Wednesday refused to back off their demands to control the island during a meeting with top diplomats at the White House. Republican senators are flummoxed by Trump’s insistence that he’s willing to use military…
Explaining the Trump loyalty cult phenomenon
Despite Donald Trump's erratic behaviour, his fan base has formed a loyalty ‘cult’ around him. Yet Elizaveta Gaufman and Adrian Favero explain how it is precisely his transgressive behaviour that is feeding Trump's charismatic authority. And this cult-like devotion of Trump loyalists, they argue, is reminiscent of darker times in US history
Trumpism as Cult
The kind and number of Trump’s administrative gaffes, his incessant daily lies, his boorish behavior, his total and complete doing the exact opposite of what he said he would do to restore the lives of all those disaffected voters in those four states...