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...

October 4, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), But partisan divisions over using US troops to defend allies in Europe and Asia are growing., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted September 7–18, 2023, finds Americans overall favor long-te...

December 10, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Debi Jin , Christina Chen , and Kuan-chen Lee, Chiang Ying-ying / AP, Download Report (PDF), Americans and Taiwanese see US power as superior to Beijing’s, and China’s rise as a major threat to both countries. Yet Americans r...

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...

February 1, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Emily Sullivan, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Chicago Council data show that some key foreign policy issues have the potential to disrupt Democratic Party unity., Progressive and moderate Democrats have struggled to find agreem...

September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Yawei Liu , Nick Zeller , and Sam Dong, Mark Schiefelbein / AP, Download Report (PDF), New polling from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Carter Center offers a rare window into how Chinese citizens view...

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...

December 5, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Emily Sullivan, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Nearly half of Americans (47%) now say Washington should urge Kyiv to settle for peace as soon as possible., At the end of November, the United States authorized it...

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 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...