November 20, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Debi Jin, Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP, Download Report (PDF), While Democrats have grown more concerned than ever about weakening democracy at home, Republican worries have sharply declined., In recent years, the combination of...

September 29, 2005, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), The 2005 Chicago Council Survey explored public opinion on democracy promotion post-September 11 world as one of the core principles of US foreign policy., Americans on Promoting Democracy , Introduction , Democ...

October 13, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF), Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura analyze survey data showing that for the first time in nearly two decades, a majority of Americans describe the development of China as a world power as a critical...

November 25, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Jordan Tama , Joshua Busby , and Jonathan Monten, Alex Brandon / AP, Download Data (ZIP), We investigate where the attitudes of foreign policy professionals and the American public align—and diverge�...

February 6, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Jordan Tama , and Joshua Busby, Chiang Ying-ying / AP, Download Report (PDF), Across party lines, however, opinion leaders oppose sending US troops to Taiwan to aid Taipei's defense should China invade., As Donald Tr...

April 20, 2017, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , Joshua Busby , and Jonathan Monten, The White House, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2016 Opinion Leader Survey showed that, for the most part, there was a bipartisan consensus among US ...

August 21, 2023, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Elizabeth Shackelford, AP Photos, A military strengthened by American training, weapons, and intelligence helped create the very problem US assistance was meant to prevent., Burkina Faso is a poor, landlocked country in West Africa that gained independenc...

August 29, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Stephen Slick , Joshua Busby , and Kim Nguyen, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Biden-era surveys affirm continued support for the intelligence community but also signal growing partisanship., Results of The University of Texas at Austin’s 202...

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 ...

October 28, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), While Republicans remain focused on limiting China's rise, a majority of Americans now favor a policy of cooperation and engagement with Beijing., US President Donald Trump and Chinese P...