BREAKING NEW RESEARCH: There is now only a single major religious group (guess which!) with a majority still holding a favorable view of President Donald Trump.
@melissadeckman.bsky.social , @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social and I unpack the new @prri.org data.
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To kick off PRRI’s Day of Giving, Senior Democracy Fellow @jemartisby.bsky.social shares how PRRI makes public opinion data accessible to scholars and thought leaders. Help us keep the data behind the headlines free, rigorous, and independent.
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New PRRI data collected from May 1-18, 2026, finds:
• 79% of Republicans hold favorable views of Trump, down from 84% in Sept. 2024
• 25% of independents view Trump favorably, down from 37% in Sept. 2024
• 5% of Democrats view Trump favorably
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"Over a year into the second Trump administration, our latest data show that 34% of Americans hold favorable views of Donald Trump, down from 41% during the final days of the Biden administration in September 2024, while six in ten Americans view Trump unfavorably (62%)."
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PRRI Affiliated Scholar and former Public Fellow @drleahpayne.bsky.social reflects on how PRRI's research has supported her research into American charismatic and Pentecostal Christians.
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This Spotlight Analysis uses new PRRI data collected from May 1 to May 18, 2026, to examine recent changes in President Donald Trump’s favorability ratings through the lenses of party…
