September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Yawei Liu , and Nick Zeller, Andy Wong / AP, Download Report (PDF), Few see the United States as a friend to China, but a majority want Beijing to use a mix of cooperation and containment in its approach to Washingt...

March 3, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), Most believe Russia should continue to pursue an independent foreign policy despite the sanctions, which are attributed to the West’s hostility and misunde...

August 15, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP, Download Report (PDF), In a 21-point shift, 51 percent of Republicans now favor providing US military aid to Kyiv., As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with Russian President Vlad...

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...

December 8, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz, Ian Maule / AP, Download Report (PDF), As technology reshapes media ecosystems, Council polling finds the US public is struggling to weed out fact from fiction., Over the last decade, the decline of traditional news outlets and rise...

March 20, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP, Download Report (PDF), While down slightly from last year, more than half support continuing military and economic assistance to Kyiv. But the results are highly partisan., While the world...

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...

May 2, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Christian Chavez / AP, Download Report (PDF), Of the eight policies included in a Council-Ipsos survey, not one is supported by a majority of both parties., Some recent surveys have found that immigration has climbed over the past year ...

January 30, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Jinwan Park, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), More Americans consider issues like weakening democracy and political polarization to be critical threats to the United States than foreign adversaries., Although the world is brimmi...

September 22, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Ted Shaffrey / AP, Download Report (PDF), But partisan divisions on strengthening the institution have reached a new 50-year high., As the United Nations reaches its 80th anniversary this year, the spirit of cooperation and multi...