In this 2018 survey, eight percent of respondents stated they think the biggest problem for the United States today is Donald Trump. In fact, most of the important problems mentioned are somehow related to the current POTUS – the most mentioned one being immigration and racism.

A country divided

Since Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, political camps in the United States are deeply divided and global politics is in turmoil; Trump’s job approval ratings are notoriously low, and in fact, they are lower than Reagan’s or Nixon’s averages ever were. Trump’s leadership is controversial at best and his executive orders often cause protests, especially among Democrats and liberals – like the travel ban for Muslims.

On the other side

One of Trump’s main campaign promises was a wall on the border with Mexico in order to keep potential illegal immigrants out and enhance security for American citizens. When he did not get the majority for this plan, he declared a national emergency to force the budget to be allocated, even though the majority of Americans did not support this idea, and it is unclear if the situation at the Mexican border actually warrants it. In fact, the total number of unauthorized immigrants has decreased over the last few years and today, many Americans believe that their country benefits from immigrants and their work .

A 2024 survey found that over half of U.S. individuals indicated the cost of accessing treatment was the biggest problem facing the national healthcare system. This is much higher than the global average of 32 percent and is in line with the high cost of health care in the U.S. compared to other high-income countries. Bureaucracy along with a lack of staff were also considered to be pressing issues. This statistic reveals the share of individuals who said select problems were the biggest facing the health care system in the United States in 2024.

A survey conducted in February 2025 found that the most important issue for ** percent of Americans was inflation and prices. A further ** percent of respondents were most concerned about jobs and the economy.

This study was a joint project of ten major United States cities participating in the Urban Observatory Program: Atlanta, Albuquerque, Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Milwaukee, Nashville, and San Diego. The survey focused on citizens' perceptions of the problems of urban life. Citizens' attitudes toward local government services and their opinions about local problems in the areas of schooling, housing, public transportation, controlled drugs, law and order, and taxes were assessed in all ten cities. Information on the socioeconomic status of the respondents, and on household composition was also elicited. Demographic data include sex, age, marital status, race, ethnicity, birthplace, level of education, and family income. Each city may be analyzed separately or may be treated as an integral part of the comparative study.

This study is part of a quadrennial series designed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of the general public on matters related to foreign policy, and to define the parameters of public opinion within which decision-makers must operate. This public opinion study of the United States focused on respondents' opinions of the United States leadership role in the world and the challenges the country faces internationally and is comprised of two parts, the July 2008 and the September 2008 surveys. In particular, the July 2008 survey covers United States foreign policy, globalization, trade and immigration, the rise of China, and the United States-Japan relationship. Regarding United States foreign policy, respondents were asked to give their views on whether the United States should take an active part in world affairs, threats to vital interests in the next ten years, foreign policy goals, treaties and agreements, the United Nations and the United Nations Security Council, conflict between Christians and Muslims, and combating terrorism. Additional questions included whether respondents favored the United States having military bases in other countries, their opinions about justifications for the use of United States troops abroad, the Iraq War, nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel, and participants' views on several countries and world organizations. Regarding globalization, trade, and immigration, respondents gave their opinions on whether globalization is good or bad for the United States, lowering trade barriers, the trade practices of various countries, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), economic competitiveness of the United States economy, and the future of United States power and the next generation of Americans. In addition, on the topic of globalization and immigration, queries included the importance of Asia and Europe, the pace of globalization, fairness of income distribution, foreign investments in American companies, the level of legal immigration into the United States and whether or not immigration is good. Concerning the rise of China, respondents were asked to compare the size and potential of the United States and China economies and their implications, loans between the countries, how to deal with China's increase in power, and whether China or Japan is more important to the United States. On the subject of the United States-Japan relationship, participants gave their opinions regarding the amending of Japan's constitution to allow for a wider range of military activities, Japan's development of nuclear weapons, and what factors contribute to Japan's global influence. Part 2, the September 2008 survey, commissioned to gauge whether any substantial changes in attitudes occurred due to the financial crisis, repeated a subset of questions from the July 2008 survey and focused on respondents' attitudes toward trade and globalization. Demographic and other background information includes age, race, gender, marital status, religious affiliation, political party affiliation, employment status, education, household composition, type of housing, state of residence, and access to the Internet.

According to the data from January 2024, 22 percent of respondents said that rising health care costs were the most important health issue facing the United States. Mental health ranked second on the list with 15 percent. Issues with healthcare costsCurrently, the most urgent problem facing American healthcare is the high costs of care. The high expense of healthcare may deter people from getting the appropriate treatment when they need medical care or cause them to completely forego preventative care visits. Many Americans reported that they may skip prescription doses or refrain from taking medication as prescribed due to financial concerns. Such health-related behavior can result in major health problems, which may raise the long-term cost of care. Inflation, medical debt, and unforeseen medical expenses have all added to the burden that health costs are placing on household income. Gun violence issueThe gun violence epidemic has plagued the United States over the past few years, yet very little has been done to address the issue. In recent years, gun violence has become the leading cause of death among American children and teens. Even though more than half of Americans are in favor of tougher gun control regulations, there is little political will to strongly reform the current gun law. Gun violence has a deep traumatic impact on survivors and society, it is developing into a major public health crisis in the United States.

In 2024, polluted drinking water was the most concerning environmental issue among adults in the United States. ** percent of respondents worried a great deal about pollution in drinking water quality, while ** percent had similar worries about pollution in waterways. Meanwhile, ** percent of American adults worried a great deal about both global warming or climate change and air pollution. The share of Americans who worried about air pollution has fallen since 1990.

UNIDO PUB ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL IN MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY - DEALS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF DIGITAL CONTROL BY COMPUTER PROGRAMMES INTO MACHINE TOOLS PLANTS AS PROMOTED IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (BELGIUM, FRANCE, UK AND USA), THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS THEREIN, QUESTIONS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RETRAINING, AND THE SCOPE OF APPLICATION.

This dataset is about books. It has 1 row and is filtered where the book is The founders on citizenship and immigration : principles and challenges in America. It features 7 columns including author, publication date, language, and book publisher.

Using a political event coding system, this data collection describes 8,768 events and press items sampled from 42,000 entries in THE NEW YORK TIMES between 1968 and 1972. These data were generated in order to apply events data to the study of the emergence and processing of political issues in the United States and to test a number of hypotheses regarding the types of events associated with various political issues. Approximately 4,600 cases are events in which an actor attempts to influence a target. The remaining cases are reports of press items such as editorials and columns. The data include: (1) whether it was a political event (i.e., one in which an actor directs some action toward a target in a political system in order to influence the behavior of the target) or a press item (i.e., information about the domestic issue from either a newspaper column or a newspaper editorial), (2) the domestic issue (one of 40 possible categories), (3) the domestic subissue, (4) the date and the page of the newspaper in which the article describing the event was found, (5) the press treatment or coverage of the event, (6) the actor initiating the event (coded in one of 100 categories including both governmental and nongovernmental actors), (7) the federal role favored by the actor regarding the issue, (8) whether the actor specialized in dealing with the issue, (9) type of action initiated by the actor, (10) the mode of action, (11) the target of the event, and (12) the weight of the event or press item.

This study of 797 adults in the Detroit metropolitan area provides information on their attitudes toward work and their motivations for working, as well as their orientation toward many social and political issues. The study was a combination of two separate studies: ORIENTATION ON MORAL ISSUES IN A METROPOLIS by Robert Angell, and THE MEANING OF WORK by Robert Kahn and Robert Weiss. Respondents were asked about the importance of work in their life, the things in their job that made them feel important, the things they wanted from their job that it did not provide, the other areas of their life that made them feel useful, and the people in their lives that influenced their choice of occupation. A number of questions that focused on women working outside the home probed respondents' feelings about how a husband was affected by a working wife, and if there were kinds of jobs that women should not have. Other questions probed respondents' views about what the United States should do in the event of an attack by the Soviet Union on a western European country, a parent not allowing a child to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school, the proposed racial integration of schools, appointment or election of government officials, effecting changes in the United States Constitution, trial by a jury or a judge, ways to effect world peace, the most important problem for the United States in the future, and a Communist revolution in a Latin American country. Additional items explored respondents' opinion of the Detroit newspapers and the Detroit newspaper strike, and their satisfaction with their neighborhood. Respondents were also asked about their political party preference, as well as their use and ownership of telephones. Demographic variables specify age, sex, race, education, place of birth, marital status, number of children, nationality, religious preferences, occupation, family income, length of residence in the Detroit area, home ownership, length of time at present residence, and class identification.

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This three-part data collection is designed to gauge the views of American business leaders by interviewing post-World War II graduates of leading business schools concerning the state of business in the United States and the world. Topics covered in Part 1 include world economic powers, strengths and weaknesses of American business, Japanese investment in the United States, foreign competition, the respondent's opinion of Ronald Reagan, taxes, and important problems facing American business (e.g., decline in productivity and the work ethic, the budget deficit, and mergers). In Part 2 respondents were asked whether they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of business executives of several leading corporations, which American corporation was managed the best, how much attention corporate managers were paying to mergers and takeovers, if the respondent would work for a company with a board of directors, and whether layoffs in middle management would strengthen or weaken American companies. Topics covered in Part 3 include foreign investment, federal regulation of business, the Reagan administration's enforcement of anti-trust laws, the respondent's choice for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, and important economic problems in the United States such as high labor costs, bank instability, and Third World debt. Background information on individuals for all three surveys includes party affiliation, occupation, age, sex, and income.

In 2023, ** percent of Black Democrats and ** percent of Black Republicans in the U.S. believed that racism in health care was a major problem in the United States. Democrats in comparison to Republicans, across all racial groups, are more likely to believe that racism is a major problem in health care in the U.S. as of August 2023.

When asked about the main complications with regard to cybersecurity initiatives, around 43 percent of organizations in North America in 2024 pointed out cybersecurity skill gaps. Lack of budget and prioritization of other technology was considered another key challenge for 36 percent of tech and business professionals.

Questions on foreign policy and security policy. Judgement on nuclear weapon tests and disarmament questions. Comparison of USA and USSR.

Topics: Most important problems of the country; satisfaction with the standard of living; best friend and greatest enemy of the country; attitude to France, USA, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China; preferred East-West-orientation of the country; agreement of national interests with the interests of the Soviet Union or the interests of the USA; judgement on American and Soviet foreign policy as well as on their peace efforts; comparison of the scientific, economic and military strength of the two world powers; preference for the Soviet Union or for North America as major military power; expected winner in the contest of the economic systems; willingness to make an increased European defense contribution to the NATO; estimate of the danger of a Soviet attack; comparison between Soviet citizens and Americans concerning the liberties available and the fair share in the prosperity of the country; perceived rapproachment of the two world powers; attitude to an agreement between the USA and the Soviet Union on abolition of nuclear weapons tests and expected effect on the standard of living; USA or USSR as forerunner of disarmament agreements; knowledge about the prohibition of underground nuclear tests within the scope of such an agreement; attitude to a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Europe; attitude to a unification of Western Europe; desired attitude of a European Community to the United States; perceived influence of organizations and associations in the country; attitude to increased American private investments in the country and to a European foreign aid; perceived rapproachment of the Soviet Union and Red China as well as assessment of the development of the Soviet-Chinese conflict; most probable cause and possible circumstances of a nuclear war; knowledge about the UN membership of one´s country; attitude to the UN and to a UN military force; assessment of the treatment of non-whites in France, America, in the Soviet Union and in South Africa (in Great Britain also asked about the treatment in one´s own country); knowledge about race problems in the USA and influence of this knowledge on the image of America; interest in international politics; especially admired politician in Western Europe; listening to foreign radio stations; trade union membership; party preference.

Interviewer rating: social class of respondent.

Also encoded were: duration of interview; number of contact attempts; willingness of respondent to cooperate; size of city; date of interview (FRG only).

In Italy the following questions were also asked: daily papers read; change in election behavior compared to the year before; radio ownership and frequency ranges; place of interview.

According to a small survey of healthcare executives in the United States in 2025, increased billing complexities was cited as the leading challenge in revenue cycle management. Furthermore, staffing issues was found to be the second most difficult challenge in RCM in the United States.

Femicide is an homicide of women murdered for reasons of gender. This is the most extreme form of violence against women.

Femicides are serious problems in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to data from CEPTAL in 2021, 11 Latin American countries registered a rate equal to or greater than one victim of femicide or femicide for every 100,000 women. The highest femicide rates are in Honduras (4.6 cases per 100,000 women), the Dominican Republic (2.7 cases per 100,000 women) and El Salvador (2.4 cases per 100,000 women).

Judgement on questions of security policy and the disarmament efforts of the USA and the USSR. Topics: Trust in the United States and the Soviet Union to solve problems in world politics; importance of the summit meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev; country responsible for a possible failure of a summit meeting; assessment of Reagan and Gorbachev regarding their trustworthiness, their negotiation flexibility, their understanding for European problems and the use of military strength to attain political objectives; judgement on the effects of the Marshall Plan; extent to which informed about the trade dispute between the United States and the EC; goals of arms controls between the USA and the Soviet Union; trust in the USA in the preservation of West German interests in the arms control negotiations; assessment of the seriousness of the disarmament efforts of the USA and the Soviet Union; importance of verification of disarmament measures; significance of nuclear weapons for deterrence of a Soviet attack; attitude to increase in defense expenditures and taxes in case of relinquishing nuclear weapons to increase defense with conventional weapons; attitude to a withdrawal of American and Soviet missiles from Europe and related greater dependence on conventional weapons; most important defense systems for the security of the Federal Republic; Americans or Sowjets as initiator of a comprehensive nuclear test ban; most important beneficiary of a nuclear test ban; Americans or Sowjets as the ones stock-piling the most nuclear weapons; knowledge about conducting underground or surface nuclear tests by the USA and the USSR; assessment of the credibility of the Soviet recommendation of a nuclear weapon ban; attitude to an agreement of the Americans to eliminate all nuclear tests; most important arguments for or against the immediate elimination of all nuclear weapons tests; attitude to a restriction of nuclear tests, even without the verification demanded by the Americans; attitude to the anti-missile defense system SDI; most important arguments for or against further research on this defense system; attitude to Soviet linking limitation on SDI and progress in arms control; knowledge of Soviet anti-missiles; comparison of the American or Soviet status of research on anti-missile defense systems; attitude to participation of the Federal Republic in the research on SDI; expected effect of an SDI on the security of the Federal Republic; necessity of the NATO for the security of the Federal Republic; attitude to withdrawal of the Federal Republic from NATO; assessment of the strength of conventional weapons and the nuclear weapon strength of the USA in comparison to the USSR; attitude to use of nuclear weapons by NATO in Europe; trust in the defense preparedness of the USA regarding the Federal Republic; most important trouble spots threatening western interests; knowledge about the geographic location of Nicaragua; positive or negative influence of the USA as well as the Soviet Union on political development in Central America and in the Caribbean; attitude to military support of the Contras in Nicaragua as well as of the opposition troops in Afghanistan by the American government; most important reasons for or against support of the opposition troops in Afghanistan; assessment of realization of human rights in the USA as well as in the Soviet Union; attitude to criticism of government leaders on violation of human rights in other countries.

Attitude to current questions of security policy Topics: most important problem of the FRG; source of information about events in the FRG; television stations as source of information about problems in the FRG; most important objective of the FRG; support of the FRG in democratization in other countries; foreign influence on culture of the FRG; American culture as danger to German culture; attitude to the Soviet Union and Michail Gorbachev; attitude to the USA and George Bush; trust in the USA; defense expenditures of the FRG; military threat from various countries (USSR, Eastern European countries, USA, Western European countries, Irak, Iran, Libya and Arab nations); possible dangers for national security of the FRG; degree of familiarity of various organizations (UN, WEU, NATO, EC, CSCE); opinion on various organizations (UN, WEU, NATO, EC, CSCE); common foreign policy and security policy of the EC; attitude to national defense; agreement among Western European countries regarding defense policy; military forces for the EC itself; military help of the FRG for Eastern European countries; degree of agreement of interests between FRG and USA regarding defense and security of the West; opinion on the European Union; guaranteeing the security of the FRG; opinion on NATO; significance of NATO for the security of the FRG; trust in decisions of NATO regarding the FRG; future of NATO in view of changed political situation in Europe; distribution of defense burdens on NATO member countries; reasons for approval or rejection of NATO; NATO extension to the East; possession of nuclear weapons by NATO; participation of the USA in European defense questions; stationing of troops of the USA in Europe; role of reunited Germany in world politics; significance of NATO membership of united Germany; military contribution of the FRG in the Gulf War; justification of the war against Iran; support of Iraq Kurds by NATO; intervention of NATO outside its borders; compliance with UN Resolutions in military actions; use of military by the USA in the Gulf War; political interest; contacts in the USA; contacts with Americans; self-classification on a left-right continuum; Sunday question. Demography: party preference; marital status; employment; occupation of head of household; sex; occupation of respondent; age; persons in household; monthly income; school degree; religious denomination.