Of those who self-identify as Democrats in our 2019 Chicago Council Survey, about half are liberals while the other half are moderate/conservative. There are six key issues for which the two groups have differing opinions.

February 9, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm, REUTERS, Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm analyze public opinion data showing while most Americans think US democracy is still functioning, they believe it has been either temporarily or permanently weakened., The secon...

As world leaders gather for COP28, we’re taking a closer look at American views on climate change.

Most Americans trust the information they receive from medical experts, distrust what they see on social media, and there is a partisan divide on trusting information from the US government and media.

A new experiment by researchers from the University of Illinois at Springfield, the University of Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs finds that policy experts care about formal alliances. But even alliance relationships have limits.

August 31, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Topline (PDF), In new Council polling, Americans say China’s treatment of minority groups isn’t just a question of internal politics., Key Findings, A majority of Americans (56%) say that how China handles the ...

August 15, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Kelhan Martin, Marc Veraart, Download Report (PDF), Survey data shows that while Americans favor military action against violent extremist groups, they are less supportive of US involvement in Syria., Two million ...

February 16, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Republicans with a very favorable view of the former president seem to prefer a US role that is more independent and less cooperative., For the first time in the nearly 50-year his...

September 1, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Emily Sullivan, unsplash, Download Topline (PDF), But public opinion is sharply divided along partisan lines, 2022 Chicago Council Survey data finds., Climate change, and what approach if any the United States should take to combat it, remains ...

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...