September 11, 2017, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Karl Friedhoff, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Although survey data shows that majorities of Americans continue to think that international terrorism is the most critical threat to the US, the overall public is not convinced t...

January 28, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz, Charlie Riedel / AP, Download Report (PDF), Most Americans—including a majority of Republicans—favor a range of measures to reverse or adapt to climate change., On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed ...

October 16, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Ahn Young-joon / AP, Download Report (PDF), Seven in 10 say the security relationship with Seoul does more to strengthen US national security than weaken it., As the 2024 presidential election nears, the American public is being ...

July 5, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Ivo H. Daalder, Patrick Semansky / AP, Download Report (PDF), But everyday Republicans are divided over the best way to encourage NATO allies to increase their defense spending., Leaders from countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Or...

November 2, 2017, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff and Max Goldsmith, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), President Trump’s skepticism on climate change and decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement is out of step with the American public overall., On June 1, 2017, Presi...

July 18, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Reuters, With the fighting in Syria, the American public said they would support US participation to enforce sanctions and a no-fly zone in Syria., Summary, With the fighting in Syria escalating into Damascus, there is still no consens...

December 24, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Dina Smeltz, Simon Foot, Download Report (PDF), A survey shows more Americans now oppose expanding the US-Mexico border wall since last asked in 2016., Introduction, The federal government remains in a partial shutdown, the lon...

July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Hussein Malla / AP, Survey data reveal fresh insights into how American communities think the United States should engage in conflicts overseas., For the seco...

January 30, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Jinwan Park, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), More Americans consider issues like weakening democracy and political polarization to be critical threats to the United States than foreign adversaries., Although the world is brimmi...

November 15, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, AP Photos, But a majority oppose sending US troops if China were to invade the island., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted September 7–18, 2023, finds Americans support most forms of aid to Taiwan if China were to invade...