September 17, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , and Brendan Helm, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), Dina Smeltz, Ivo H. Daalder, Karl Friedhoff, Craig Kafura, and Brendan Helm analyze data finding Democrats and Republic...

February 25, 2009, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini , Dan Glickman , and Robert Paarlberg, Download Report (PDF), Recommendations for how the Obama administration and Congress can restore America’s leadership in the fight against global hunger and poverty., Executive Summary, The Chicago In...

November 4, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Stepan Goncharov , and Lily Wojtowicz, Download Report (PDF), Polling data shows that although Americans believe that Russia is acting to contain US power, the US public favors cooperation and engagement rather than containing Russ...

January 3, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Phillip Meng, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?, Key Findings, American views of Russia and China have hit r...

August 2, 2017, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Dina Smeltz and Lily Wojtowicz, Pedro Szekely, Download Report (PDF), New Chicago Council Survey results show a majority of Americans support maintaining or increasing sanctions against Russia and views the nation as a greater threat than in previous years...

November 21, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Kelhan Martin, Download Report (PDF), Recent survey findings show that policies focused on furthering US energy independence are most likely to gain bipartisan support., As the other signatories to the Paris Agr...

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 18, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, Ali Shaker, Download Report (PDF), Although Donald Trump is the clear frontrunner for Republicans, the Chicago Council Survey finds that some key issues are still a challenge for those who supported ...

July 25, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF), Survey data shows Sanders supporters are concerned about global overreach and that it comes at the expense of the economy and general quality of life., Already the theme for th...

December 17, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, US Army, Download Report (PDF), Overall, Americans prefer to maintain defense spending. But Democrats, younger people, and those with a college education prefer cuts, while Republicans prefer expansion., On December 8, the House v...