November 1, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, NASA, Download Report (PDF), 2012 Chicago Council Survey data shows an increase in Americans believing temperature swings are linked to global warming., Introduction, An increase of Americans believe the temperature...

October 19, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Gregory Holyk, Scout Tufankjian, Download Report (PDF), The Council examines public opinion on key foreign policy topics that will be covered in the third and final 2012 Presidential debate., Key Findings , Foreign policy will t...

November 9, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Cole Keister, Download Report (PDF), The Middle East remains the focus of what Americans perceive as the leading threats to US security, including international terrorism, the rise of violent Islamic extremist group...

June 16, 2014, RESEARCH Report by Rob Paral, Lucas Ludwig, Download Report (PDF), This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas., Immigration is a demographic lifeline for metropolitan areas throughout the 12-state Midwest regio...

April 19, 2019, RESEARCH Report by ​Rudolph G. Penner, David Hilowitz, Download Report (PDF), A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs by Rudolph G. Penner that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the global economy., Introduction, I have emphasized the Section 8 program because i...

September 22, 2021, RESEARCH Report by Gloria Dabek, Download Report (PDF), The climate crisis necessitates a new extension agenda that prioritizes farmer needs and preferences, and promotes climate resilience and adaptation. US policy should reflect this new extension agenda to ensure farmers ha...

November 1, 2008, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Marshall M. Bouton , Rachel Bronson , Michael J. Green , Gregory Holyk , Catherine Hug , Steven Kull , Benjamin I. Page , Silvia Veltcheva , Christopher B. Whitney , and Thomas Wright, Jon Sailer, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2...

October 1, 2002, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Marshall M. Bouton and Benjamin I. Page, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2002 Chicago Council survey made it clear that 9/11 had a profound impact on the American mood and U.S. relationships with allies and former enemies and natio...

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...

May 6, 2013, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), Americans support some variation of immigration reform, but half overstate unauthorized immigration levels to the US, which intensifies bias against Mexican immigrants., Key Findings, The ...