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 ...

March 5, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Joshua Busby , Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Jordan Tama , Jonathan Monten , Joshua D. Kertzer , and Brendan Helm, Reuters, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), We examine the attitudes of foreign policy opinion leaders and the public in the T...

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...

April 30, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Vahid Salemi / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities of Democrats and Independents support a potential deal similar to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, but only a minority of Republicans agree., For the fir...

October 7, 2020, RESEARCH Report by Anna Kosovac , Kris Hartley , Michele Acuto , and Darcy Gunning, Haseeb Hussain, Download Report (PDF), The impact of global challenges such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic manifests most acutely in urban settings, rendering cities essential players...

September 9, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Reuters, Download Topline (PDF), A majority support using US troops to defend Seoul should North Korea invade, Council polling shows., The American public has come a long way in its attitudes toward South Korea. Positive feeling...

October 6, 2025, RESEARCH Report by Karl Friedhoff, Rick Bowmer / AP, Download Report (PDF), Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward., Executive Summary, The race to secure critical minerals (CM) and rare ea...

January 28, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz, Charlie Riedel / AP, Download Report (PDF), Most Americans—including a majority of Republicans—favor a range of measures to reverse or adapt to climate change., On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed ...

February 21, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Toby Dalton , Karl Friedhoff , and Lami Kim, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Public opinion data finds robust support for a domestic nuclear weapons program in South Korea., Once a topic for the political fringe, acquisition of nuclear weapons ...

October 1, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The US public views North Korea’s nuclear program as one of the top threats facing the country., Introduction, The 2018 Chicago Council Survey finds that the US public views North Korea’s nuclea...