July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Patrick Semansky / AP, The Council partnered with New America to explore how Americans across backgrounds view key issues facing the world toda...

August 2, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Andres Leighton / AP, Download Report (PDF), Republican views of immigrants and immigration policy largely diverge from overall American attitudes., The 2024 Chicago Council Survey, conducted June 21–July 1, 2024, finds that Republ...

May 12, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Vahid Salemi / AP, Download Report (PDF), But Republicans stand in stark contrast, favoring the Trump administration’s actions in Iran., The US-Israeli war against Iran remains at a stalemate after US President Donald ...

December 7, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Sharon McCutcheon, Download Report (PDF), While Americans support federal spending on education, healthcare, and Social Security, there partisan divides on other key issues., Results from the 2020 Chicago Council Survey, conducted ...

August 15, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Kelhan Martin, Marc Veraart, Download Report (PDF), Survey data shows that while Americans favor military action against violent extremist groups, they are less supportive of US involvement in Syria., Two million ...

December 1, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff and Craig Kafura, Pete Souza, Download Report (PDF), Changes in the public's opinion within the last year will offer some insight into the stability of the relationship between the United States and China., Introduction, There is ...

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 12, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Andy Wong / AP, Download Report (PDF), A plurality of Americans—and a majority of Republicans—also say that US leaders are not paying enough attention to US-China competition., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted Septem...

January 13, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik via AP, Download Report (PDF), The public shares the Kremlin's dim view of Western powers and wants to boost cooperation with BRICS members., In the last decade, Russian President Vladimi...

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...