July 13, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , and Lama El Baz, Download English Report (PDF) Download Spanish Report (PDF), Results and analysis of the Council's survey of Chicagoland residents on immigration policies., Executive Summary, It’s no exaggeration to ...

March 25, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Sam Dong, David Zalubowski / AP, Download Report (PDF), Younger Americans see globalization and free trade not as threats to their jobs, but assets to improve their standard of living and reduce the cost of goods., Shortly after ta...

February 12, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Dina Smeltz , and Craig Kafura, Iryna Rybakova / Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP, Download Report (PDF), They are also divided on the United States’ participation in Europe’s “Coalition of the Willing” to defend a...

November 1, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , and Libby Berry, Carlos Osorio / AP, Download Report (PDF), The 2024 Chicago Council Survey finds there is often less division than imagined when it comes to long-standing pillars of US...

January 15, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF), Majorities also oppose using US troops to overthrow governments in Cuba or Colombia, occupy Venezuela, and gain access to the natural resources of other countries., Following t...

August 1, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Joshua Busby , Jonathan Monten , and Jordan Tama, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), But most oppose sending US troops to the island should China invade., Two surveys—the 2022 Chicago Council survey of the American pu...

February 11, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), But the public is more ready than ever to enter peace negotiations., Despite suffering heavy military casualties, recruitment and equipment challenges in...

May 19, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff and Suh Young Park, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Chicago Council survey data find majorities in South Korea view China as more of a security threat than a security partner and as more of an economic threat than an economic partne...

August 5, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Jose Luis Magana / AP, Download Report (PDF), New polling finds 68 percent of Americans believe the costs of the war with Iran have outweighed the benefits, though Republicans stand apart., The 2026 Chicago Council Sur...

June 4, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Gregory Bull / AP, Download Report (PDF), While most Republicans echo Trump's view that immigration negatively impacts the United States, a majority of Americans feel differently., Immigration has ignited debate in the U...