Commentary and Analysis

It's been a busy 2021. Recap the year with the survey team's analyses of public opinion on the most critical issues at home and around the world.

Despite majority approval among Democratic public, congressional Democrats struggle to pass immigration reform.

Chicago Council Surveys have found that Americans are largely supportive of humanitarian intervention, but this varies in specific cases.

Polling finds that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have different preferences regarding a solution to the conflict with Israel.

Public opinion data show relatively warm feelings between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

As President Biden heads to the UN climate summit, one Senator has gutted his plans for clean energy reform.

As competition between the United States and China intensifies, more Americans now say the Asian country is more powerful economically, a reversal from two years ago when a plurality said the United States had an economic advantage, according to a survey released Thursday by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, new polling finds that Americans still see international terrorism as a critical threat.

While two-thirds of Americans overall continue to support the withdrawal, a majority of Republicans now oppose it, a new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Ipsos reveals.

Polling conducted in July for the 2021 Chicago Council Survey found seven out of ten Americans supported the withdrawal of US combat forces from Afghanistan by September 11.