7 in 10 Americans believe that “less than half” or “hardly any” of the immigrants deported since January 2025 were violent criminals www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW Economist/YouGov Feb 20-23: Iran % who support the U.S. using military force to [attack Iran | overthrow Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] U.S. adult citizens 27% | 29% Democrats 9% | 10% Independents 15% | 22% Republicans 58% | 57% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Americans are more likely to say that growing diversity makes the U.S. a better place to live than to say it makes the country worse. (@alxrh.bsky.social @today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260225

The title of this new article by >30 deaf and hearing authors says it all "Avoiding unintended consequences: Science of reading policies have potential to harm deaf children" doi.org/10.1093/jdsa...

he wrapped this one up in about 30 seconds. you figure there are about one million kids enrolled in new york city schools. if he spends ten hours a day on the phone, seven days a week, he will have personally informed every child of tomorrow's snow day by the spring of 2028

I say "the data was" and "the data is" and don't worry about whether or not data is plural (or was, long ago). But I also don't worry about how anyone else says stuff, because as long as I understand what someone is trying to tell me, I don't bother too much about how they say it, whatever language.

For @today.yougov.com, we've got same-day polling about SCOTUS striking down the Trump tariffs. 60% strongly/somewhat approve, vs. 23% disapproval. Democrats near-unanimous in approval while Republicans are split. More polling in our free newsletter: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/most-ameri...

New polling on the Supreme Court's tariffs decision % who approve | disapprove of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down most of the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump U.S. adults 60% | 23% Democrats 88% | 6% Independents 63% | 16% Republicans 30% | 47% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

New polling on TrumpRx % of U.S. adult citizens who approve | disapprove of TrumpRx when it is referred to as... A new government website 57% | 19% TrumpRx 41% | 31% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

“Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords kiki & bouba with spiky & round shapes, respectively...We tested the bouba-kiki effect in baby chickens. Similar to humans, they spontaneously chose a spiky shape when hearing a kiki sound & a round shape when hearing a bouba.”😲🧪

Feb 18-19 poll of 6,457 U.S. adults (+/-1.5 points) % who think social media companies should | shouldn't be required to make changes to their platforms to make them less addictive U.S. adults 49% | 20% Democrats 56% | 17% Independents 45% | 20% Republicans 46% | 22% today.yougov.com/topics/techn...

In an experiment, I show that a government website offering discounted prescription drugs is a popular idea, but naming it TrumpRx hurts it. When Americans are told the site's name, approval decreases and more say they won't use it. More at @today.yougov.com: today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Many Americans like the concept of TrumpRx, but the name turns off some of them. (@alxrh.bsky.social @today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260218

Don't report on betting odds as if they were poll numbers. These are not remotely the same thing.

Economist/YouGov Feb 13-16 % of U.S. adult citizens who believe the U.S. should be using more | less of the following forms of energy Solar 64% | 9% Wind 57% | 17% Nuclear 30% | 29% Gas 19% | 33% Coal 17% | 46% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Economist/YouGov Feb 13-16: 2026 election If U.S. House elections were being held today, % of registered voters who would vote in the district where they live for the candidate who is... Democratic 47% Republican 40% D+7: biggest lead of cycle Last week 44%-38% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

It’s called R

Economist/YouGov Feb 13-16 % who trust AI [a fair amount or a great deal | not much or not at all] U.S. adult citizens: 35% | 58% 18-29: 42% | 51% 30-44: 44% | 50% 45-64: 32% | 61% 65+: 24% | 68% today.yougov.com/technology/a...

Economist/YouGov Feb 13-16 % who think that Trump was | wasn't involved in Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes U.S. adult citizens 50% | 30% Democrats 86% | 1% Independents 53% | 21% Among Republicans Overall 13% | 67% MAGA 11% | 79% Non-MAGA 23% | 45% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

NEW Economist/YouGov Net approval for Donald Trump's handling of immigration at this stage of... • His current term -11 (low -13; start +11) • His first term -4 today.yougov.com/politics/art...

New polling on U.S. expansion % of U.S. adult citizens who would support | oppose the following becoming a U.S. state Washington, D.C. 50% | 28% Puerto Rico 48% | 28% Greenland 27% | 48% Canada 24% | 55% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/U_...

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center: If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

My worlds collide!

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

Roses are red I bet you'll agree Which one is bouba And which is kiki

One of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, forces in public opinion is elite leadership. Partisans largely “follow the lead“ of their side’s elites. Arguing Dems shouldn’t try to shape opinion is arguing they should give up this power voluntarily. That’s dumb, not to mention morally vacuous

New polling on secession % of adults in the following states who would support their state seceding from the U.S. CA 27% WA 25% NM 25% TX 24% ME 23% MN 23% CT 22% OR 21% AR 20% SC 20% LA 20% AL 20% NY 19% MS 19% MA 18% UT 11% OK 11% NH 11% MO 10% NE 10% IA 9% ID 7% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Just noting this because I have cited the trends a lot recently: Tracking data from Civiqs now shows a plurality of the public favors abolishing ICE, with 47% in support and 46% opposed. Independents are net +5 on abolish, up from -40 a year ago substack.com/profile/4791...

Feb 12-13 poll of 8,355 U.S. adults (+/-1.4 points) % who think greenhouse gas emissions do | don't threaten human life and well being U.S. adults: 50% | 23% Democrats: 74% | 6% Republicans: 29% | 41% 18-29: 62% | 12% 30-44: 53% | 18% 45-64: 45% | 27% 65+: 41% | 33% today.yougov.com/topics/healt...

Brand new polling from Data for Progress, shared first with Strength In Numbers, shows voters back Dems in the DHS shutdown over ICE — and overwhelmingly favor key reforms such as preventing mask-wearing (+23) and requiring judicial warrants for arrests (+34): www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...

To everyone thanking me, much appreciated but not why I posted! Pls support your local immigrant defense group like: The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: www.ilcm.org/donate/ Or my hometown LUCE: www.lucemass.org/donate Or Google your city/state & “immigrant defense” to find your local heroes!

New polling on relationship milestones % of U.S. adult citizens who say it’s better for a couple to do the following before | after marriage Move in together 38% | 29% Have sex 27% | 26% Buy a home together 7% | 67% Have a child 2% | 70% today.yougov.com/society/arti...

low-info voters are very responsive to national conditions. which is they they voted for trump in 2024, and now why they're even more anti-trump on affordability than high-knowledge (dem-leaning) voters thanks to @verasight.io for partnering on this poll! www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...

An important reality check.

At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures. Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:

“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

NEW Economist/YouGov Feb 6-9: Trump projects % who approve of renaming [the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the Trump-Kennedy Center | Dulles as Trump International] U.S. adult citizens 16% | 15% Democrats 3% | 2% Independents 7% | 8% Republicans 40% | 37% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

remember what side of the public opinion these MOCs are choosing, too www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-ameri...

NEW Economist/YouGov Feb 6-9: Immigration and ICE % who support | oppose abolishing ICE U.S. adult citizens 47% | 42% Democrats 78% | 18% Independents 47% | 33% Republicans 18% | 77% 18-29: 58% | 30% 30-44: 48% | 36% 45-64: 40% | 49% 65+: 46% | 50% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

NEW Economist/YouGov Feb 6-9: Jeffrey Epstein % who think that Donald Trump was | wasn't involved in Epstein's alleged crimes U.S. adult citizens 50% | 29% Democrats 86% | 3% Independents 51% | 18% Among Republicans Overall 13% | 68% MAGA 5% | 87% Non-MAGA 29% | 40% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Hey this is really fun! It's almost as though multiliguistic multiculturalism is one of the best parts about living in the world today

will take any excuse to point out that the bear on the California flag looks like you asked it for a favor just when it was leaving the office

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

"I fully deny that I ever associated with Jeffrey Epstein; his actions are disgusting," say hundreds of men who associate with Donald Trump.

A commonplace observation from Iraq and Afghanistan is that locals who had mundane disputes with neighbors would tell the American forces that their nemesis was part of a terrorist group, and get them taken out.

it's unbelievable to me that someone could actually be a trillionaire. i think most of us have trouble internalizing how much money that truly is. let me put it in simple terms for you: a trillion dollars is three million dollars

Exquisite writing, start to finish theonion.com/trump-appoin...

New piece: From body cams to masks to independent investigations of recent shootings, the public supports a wide range of major reforms for ICE/federal agents www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-ameri...