Political Issues

74% of Americans view the war between Russia and Ukraine as important to U.S. national interests – with 43% describing it as very important.

Just 18% of U.S. adults say the government is doing a good job dealing with the large number of migrants at the border. Eight-in-ten say it is doing a bad job, including 45% who say it's doing a very bad job.

Americans overwhelmingly see small businesses as having a positive effect on the way things are going in the country. By contrast, their views of large corporations are broadly negative. And most people – including identical shares in both parties – are critical of the impact of banks and financial institutions.

More Black Americans say health outcomes for Black people in the United States have improved over the past 20 years than say outcomes have worsened.

Roughly one-in-five Americans ages 65 and older were employed in 2023 – nearly double the share of those who were working 35 years ago.

Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.

The share of Americans who say the U.S. is giving too much support to Ukraine has grown steadily over the course of the war, especially among Republicans.

65% of Americans say Hamas bears a lot of responsibility for the current conflict, compared with 35% who say this about the Israeli government.

In most places surveyed, more people name China’s influence as a major threat than any of the other geopolitical issues asked about.

Most Asian adults in the U.S. have been treated as a foreigner or experienced incidents where people assume they are a "model minority."