Black Americans are supportive of aid to Ukraine, but less likely than other Americans to back an open-ended support of Kyiv “for as long as it takes.”

While Americans may support a retaliatory strike if the United States is attacked, Council polls reveal they oppose using nuclear forces to defend allies.

While the public believes nuclear weapons are an effective tool in deterring aggression, less than half say they make the country more secure.

Younger Americans are more confident in US power vis-a-vis China and are more likely to oppose restrictions on scientific and educational exchanges between the two.

May 23, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Candace Rondeaux , Heela Rasool-Ayub , and Deborah Avant, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Political affiliation is far more closely associated with immigration policy preferences than race or ethnicity, polling finds.,...

December 10, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Debi Jin , Christina Chen , and Kuan-chen Lee, Chiang Ying-ying / AP, Download Report (PDF), Americans and Taiwanese see US power as superior to Beijing’s, and China’s rise as a major threat to both countries. Yet Americans r...

October 13, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff and Dina Smeltz, Download Report (PDF), Should reunification of North and South Korea eventually take place, Americans favor maintaining the alliance but are split on keeping US forces on the Korean Peninsula., As President Park G...

October 14, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP, Download Report (PDF), Solid majorities of Democrats and Independents think the United States should consult with allies before making major foreign policy decisions, but only four in 10 ...

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