August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Pamela Smith / AP, The public's top priorities: protecting American jobs and preventing the spread of nuclear weapons., With the US presidential election just months away, the 2024 Chicago Council Survey, conducted June 21–July 1,...

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February 18, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm, REUTERS, New survey data shows a partisan divide on what Americans believe is the greatest threat to the United States: Democrats rank violent white nationalist groups the highest, while Republicans list China as t...

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...

August 2, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Karl Friedhoff , and Lama El Baz, Craig Ruttle / AP, Download Data (ZIP), Results and analysis of the Council's annual survey of American views on foreign policy., The 2024 Chicago Council Survey, conducted June 21–...

Public support for the 2021 infrastructure bill breaks across party lines and may miss the connection to US competitiveness.

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October 29, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities across party lines believe trade with Canada and Mexico strengthens US national security., Trade tensions between the United States and Canada have be...