February 15, 1979, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by John E. Rielly, The White House, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 1979 Chicago Council Survey found that the American people and leaders were interested in maintaining international involvement but were also concerned about hedgin...

February 4, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Brendan Helm and Dina Smeltz, Download Report (PDF), 2019 Chicago Council Survey data provide insight into how Millennials view key foreign policy issues compared with previous generations., Introduction, Millennials, the oft-referenced generati...

March 11, 2019, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Caroline Kaeb and David Scheffer, Download Summary (PDF) Download Report (PDF), This paper provides recommendations for corporate engagement with public policy issues for societal objectives., Introduction, Business is “expected to lead” and be a “tr...

July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Patrick Semansky / AP, The Council partnered with New America to explore how Americans across backgrounds view key issues facing the world toda...

August 2, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Andres Leighton / AP, Download Report (PDF), Republican views of immigrants and immigration policy largely diverge from overall American attitudes., The 2024 Chicago Council Survey, conducted June 21–July 1, 2024, finds that Republ...

March 2, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Joshua Busby , Joshua D. Kertzer , and Jonathan Monten, David Strickler, Download Report (PDF), The 2020 Chicago Council on Global Affairs-University of Texas at Austin survey explores to what extent Democratic, Republi...

October 6, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, Wikimedia Commons, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), Over the past year, Donald Trump has been able to channel the anxieties of a significant segment of the American publi...

September 22, 2020, RESEARCH Report by Samuel Kling and Lucas Stephens, PhD, Eric Allix Rogers, Download Report (PDF), The growing role of federal and state money in combatting erosion and flooding at Chicago’s Lake Michigan shore offers an opportunity to mandate local governments make their be...

September 23, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Phillip Meng, Reuters, President Biden declared that "the pandemic is over." Council polling shows that when it comes to security and foreign policy, most Americans agree., More than two years into the COVID-19 outbreak, Americans’ focus on ...

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...