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The American public’s foreign policy attitudes demonstrate support for the pivot to Asia and for free trade agreements and sustained forward military presence.
Americans clearly lean toward cleaner methods of powering the country and expect renewable sources will overtake fossil fuels as the primary US energy sources in the next 10 years.
New Chicago Council Survey results show that most Americans aren’t extremely concerned about climate change, but many believe the government isn’t doing enough to combat the issue.
Americans support some variation of immigration reform, but half overstate unauthorized immigration levels to the US, which intensifies bias against Mexican immigrants.
In May 2013, Americans' overall views of Mexico were at their lowest point ever in Chicago Council Survey history, and relatively few Americans are aware that Mexico is a top US trading partner.
Americans show clear concern about North Korea’s nuclear capability and consider preventing the spread of nuclear weapons as a highly important US foreign policy goal.
This paper analyzes whether the strong relationship between the US and South Korea would be sustained under new presidents and how the Korean and American public’s view the alliance.
