August 12, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Libby Berry, J. Scott Applewhite / AP, The public wants to increase the budget for domestic issues like infrastructure and education but is divided over defense spending and foreign assistance., The federal budget is a perennial election issue in...

October 9, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Poll finds a majority of Americans value the US security partnership with Israel but say the status quo between Israel and Palestinians is unacceptable., Before Hamas launched its att...

November 17, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Stephen Slick , Kim Nguyen , and Joshua Busby, Kevin Wolf / AP, Download Report (PDF), Public support for the intelligence community remained strong through the end of the Biden presidency, though polls show mounting evidence of entrenched part...

March 4, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz, Lynne Sladky/AP, Download Report (PDF), Unlike their elders, young Americans don’t buy into US exceptionalism and are divided on whether the United States should play an active role or stay out of world affairs., With a diverse range...

November 17, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Louise Delmotte / AP, Download Report (PDF), Still, the US public prefers to maintain the status quo across the Taiwan Strait rather than risk military confrontation with Beijing., Since the United States formally recognized the P...

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Carolyn Kaster / AP, While most Democrats favor taking an active part in world affairs, Republicans remain divided., As Democrats meet in Chicago to officially nominate Kamala Harris and lay out their platform for the 2024 election, ...

April 15, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Karl Friedhoff, The White House, Craig Kafura and Karl Friedhoff analyze findings of a recent poll examining American public opinion on US relations with Japan., Prime Minister Suga will be the first foreign leader to meet with Pr...

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�...

July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Ed Wray / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities across racial groups want the United States to be a world leader in economic and military strength, democrati...

November 8, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), There is broad agreement that international trade delivers benefits to consumers and to companies and is even good for creating jobs in the United States., As part of its Foreign Policy for the Mid...