In 2023, the large majority of surveyed Americans believed that the cost of political campaigns made it more challenging for good people to run for office. Additionally, 72 percent agreed there should be limits on the amount of money spent on campaigns in the United States.

In 2024, 28 percent of survey respondents were satisfied with the level of immigration into the United States, while 64 percent of the respondents were dissatisfied. The year before, 28 percent of respondents were satisfied with the level of immigration into the country, and 63 percent were dissatisfied.

Public opinion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has remained relatively consistent throughout the last few years. According to a 2023 survey, just under half of Americans had a somewhat favorable view of NATO, while 13 percent held a very favorable opinion of the international organization.

In 2024, 64 percent of survey respondents stated they think immigration is a good thing for the United States, which is a decrease from the previous year when 68 percent considered immigration a good thing. A further 32 percent of respondents said that they felt immigration was a bad thing for the country.

As of July 2024, a majority of surveyed Americans-42 percent-said that the Supreme Court should not be expanded to include more than nine Supreme Court Justices. A further 21 percent of respondents were unsure whether or not the Court should be expanded.

Since 1990, the share of American adults who felt that gun laws concerning the sale of firearms should be made more strict has fluctuated. The survey was conducted on a regular basis from 1990 to 2024. In 2024, about 56 percent of the Americans felt that the laws covering firearms sale should be more strict. However, only ten percent thought that gun laws should be made less strict.

In 2024, when asked how undocumented immigrants to the United States should be handled, 39 percent of American survey respondents said that there should be a way for them to become legal U.S. residents and apply for citizenship. In 2022, it was estimated that there were about eleven million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

In 2024, Americans were divided on the levels of immigration in the United States. In that year, about 16 percent of survey respondents stated that they thought the level of immigration to the United States should be increased in the future. A further 55 percent of respondents thought that immigration levels should be decreased.

The United States' war in Southeast Asia against the communist controlled North Vietnam was one of the key conflicts of the Cold War. At the onset of direct involvement by the U.S. military in the conflict in 1964, public opinion was strongly behind President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision to send troops to defend the U.S.-backed regime in South Vietnam.

As the war progressed and more U.S. military casualties were recorded, however, opinion began to swing against the war, with net opinion becoming negative for the first time in July 1967. The growing anti-war movement at home and media reporting on the activities of some U.S. service personnel and regiments, such as the My Lai Massacre, led to an increasingly negative outlook on the war overall. By the time of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in January 1973, 31 percent more of Americans surveyed said they thought the war was a mistake, compared to those who thought it was the right course of action.

This survey shows the public opinion of Americans on the most important factors behind America's success. The survey was conducted in 2011. 77 percent of the respondents say the military strength is a very important factor in America's success.

This statistic shows public opinion in the United States in February 2017, on preference for either Barack Obama or Donald Trump as the President of the United States. As of February 2017, 94 percent of U.S. respondents identifying as very liberal favored Barack Obama as their President.

This statistic shows the revenue of the industry “marketing research and public opinion polling“ in the U.S. from 2012 to 2017, with a forecast to 2024. It is projected that the revenue of marketing research and public opinion polling in the U.S. will amount to approximately 20,9 billion U.S. Dollars by 2024.

The share of Americans in favor of the death penalty for someone convicted of murder has declined since 1991. In 2023, around 53 percent of surveyed respondents supported the death penalty for someone convicted of murder. In 1991, more than three-quarters of Americans, 76 percent, favored the death penalty.

In 2022, Democrats were by far the most likely group in the U.S. to consider the news media to be favorable, with 45 percent of respondents to a survey held that year having a positive opinion of the news, compared to only eight percent of Republicans.

This statistic shows public opinion in the United States in February 2017, on whether respondents prefer Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump as the President of the United States. As of February 2017, 92 percent of U.S. respondents identifying as very liberal favored Hillary Clinton as their President.

The most recent polling data from February 2025 puts the approval rating of the United States Congress at 29 percent, reflecting a significant increase from January. The approval rating remained low throughout the 118th Congress cycle, which began in January 2025. Congressional approval Congressional approval, particularly over the past few years, has not been high. Americans tend to see Congress as a group of ineffectual politicians who are out of touch with their constituents. The 118th Congress began in 2023 with a rocky start. The Democratic Party maintains control of the Senate, but Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives after the 2022 midterm elections. The House caught media attention from its first days with a contentious fight for the position of Speaker of the House. Representative Kevin McCarthy was eventually sworn in as Speaker after a historic fifteen rounds of voting. Despite the current Congress having a historic share of women and being the most diverse Congress in American history, very little has been done to improve the opinion of Americans regarding its central lawmaking body. Ye of little faith However, Americans tend not to have much confidence in many of the institutions in the United States. Additionally, public confidence in the ability of the Republican and Democratic parties to work together has decreased drastically between 2008 and 2022, with nearly 60 percent of Americans having no confidence the parties can govern in a bipartisan way.

In December 2024, 11 percent of survey respondents said that the most important problem facing the United States was the high cost of living and inflation. Another 20percent said that the government and poor leadership was the most serious concern for the nation.

In 2024, 61 percent of survey respondents in the United States said they had either a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the military. This is a slight increase from the previous year, when 640percent of respondents had confidence in the U.S. military. Additionally, this is an increase of six points from 1975 levels, when only 58 percent of Americans had confidence in the military.

As of February 2024, the majority of Republicans in the United States believed immigration made the country worse off, compared to 16 percent of Democrats in the U.S. Comparatively, 46 percent of Democrat respondents thought immigration made the country better off.

In 2023, around 60 percent of Americans perceived their income taxes as being too high. This is an increase from the previous year, when 54 percent of Americans felt that income taxes were too high.