Americans remain critical of Biden’s handling of inflation, support ban on Russian oil

Americans overwhelmingly support the White House’s proposed ban on Russian oil, though they remain very critical of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy, in general, and inflation, in particular, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Over the past several months, Americans’ wallets have been hit by skyrocketing inflation, […] Read more »

Americans continue to support ban on Russian oil

In interviews conducted March 11-12, new survey data from ABC News and Ipsos finds that a majority of Americans (77%) support banning Russian oil imports even if it means higher gas prices in the U.S. This is in line with other survey research showing more than three-fourths supporting a ban, […] Read more »

Anger at Russian Americans misdirected since most also scorn Putin over Ukraine war

… In a first-of-its-kind Suffolk University/USA TODAY national poll of Americans of Russian and Ukrainian heritage, we find that not only those of Ukrainian heritage but also Americans of Russian heritage overwhelmingly disapprove of the war. In fact, most Americans of Russian heritage went beyond disapproving of the war in […] Read more »

Not a distant war: US residents with ties to Russia and Ukraine unite against Putin

Their relatives are at war 5,000 miles away. In the USA, though, residents who identify with their Russian heritage and those who identify with their Ukrainian heritage express strikingly similar views about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a pair of exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University polls finds. The two groups are […] Read more »

Strong support for Russian sanctions even if gas prices increase

The overwhelming support for sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas, and the willingness to pay more as a result, is the kind of widespread sentiment we don’t always see in public opinion these days: bipartisan, cutting across race, region, and even income. And it is driven, Americans say, by a […] Read more »