This dashboard explores five decades of American attitudes toward foreign policy using data from the Chicago Council Survey (1974-2025).

November 1, 2008, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Marshall M. Bouton , Rachel Bronson , Michael J. Green , Gregory Holyk , Catherine Hug , Steven Kull , Benjamin I. Page , Silvia Veltcheva , Christopher B. Whitney , and Thomas Wright, Jon Sailer, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2...

February 15, 1982, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by John E. Rielly, US Library of Congress, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 1982 Chicago Council Survey shows important disparities between public opinion and Reagan administration policies in defense spending, arms control, foreign ...

October 11, 2006, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Marshall M. Bouton , Catherine Hug , Steven Kull , Mike Kulma , Benjamin I. Page , Teresita C. Schaffer , Silvia Veltcheva , Christopher B. Whitney , and Dali L. Yang, Samuel Branch, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2006 Chicago Co...

September 10, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Marshall M. Bouton , and Rachel Bronson, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2012 Chicago Council Survey tracks public opinion on US foreign policy since the September 11 attacks, and includes an assessm...

In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

February 15, 1987, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by John E. Rielly, The White House, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 1986 Chicago Council survey showed the desire to protect American jobs or to secure access to energy still takes priority over altruistic objectives., Introduction,...

February 15, 1994, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by John E. Rielly , Arthur Cyr , Catherine Hug , Benjamin I. Page , Bernard Roshco , and Trevor Tompson, The White House, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 1994 Chicago Council survey indicates that American attitudes at both public a...

February 12, 1999, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by John E. Rielly , Arthur Cyr , Catherine Hug , Benjamin I. Page , Bernard Roshco , and Trevor Tompson, Robert McNeely, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 1998 Chicago Council Survey results reflect a "guarded engagement" by a largely...

October 1, 2002, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Marshall M. Bouton and Benjamin I. Page, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2002 Chicago Council survey made it clear that 9/11 had a profound impact on the American mood and U.S. relationships with allies and former enemies and natio...