Americans continue to be much more likely to believe the U.S. has the best military in the world than to think it has the best economy. Currently, 57% say the U.S. is No. 1 in the world militarily, while 20% say it ranks first economically. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Most Americans Support NATO Alliance
While President Donald Trump has previously questioned the relevance of NATO, 80% of Americans say the alliance should be maintained. This is up from 64% when Gallup last asked Americans about their views on NATO in 1995, and the highest reading since Gallup first asked the question in 1989. CONT. […] Read more »
Top US Foreign Policy Goals: Stem Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons
Preventing future acts of international terrorism (85%) and the spread of nuclear weapons (84%) remain Americans’ top foreign policy goals in 2017, with more than four in five rating each of these as “very important.” Nearly as many say securing adequate supplies of energy for the U.S. (80%) is a […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Sharp division along political lines on Trump’s travel ban
A majority of voters thinks President Trump’s executive order on immigration is better described as a restriction on terrorist hot spots than as a “Muslim ban.” And more think the action makes the U.S. safer than say it makes the country less safe. Even so, more disapprove (52 percent) than […] Read more »
Public Opinion and the US-Japan Alliance
Japan holds a central role in the US alliance structure in the Asia-Pacific. But that does not mean the relationship has always been smooth. At times in the past, political winds have blown against the partnership. Today, the US-Japan relationship is again sailing into a stormy sea. It faces significant […] Read more »
Four in Ten Americans Agree They’d Rather Have Justin Trudeau as their President
Four in ten (40%) Americans ‘agree’ (26% strongly/14% somewhat) that they’d prefer to have Justin Trudeau as their President over Donald Trump, according to a new Ipsos poll of Americans, conducted for Global News in Canada. … Some Americans feel so strongly about the issue, that in an effort to […] Read more »