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The U.S. government should not endorse candidates or parties in European elections, said 66% of Democrats, 57% of Republicans, and 60% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in mid-February 2026, President Trump had recently endorsed Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for re-election. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov Poll, February 20-23, 2026)

Federal immigration agents should be required to wear body cameras, said 89% of Democrats, 87% of Republicans, and 84% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in early February 2026, immigration agents had been carrying out Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis for weeks. During that period, two people, Renée Good and Alex Peretti, were killed in separate encounters with federal agents while protesting or monitoring immigration enforcement activity. In both cases, citizen-recorded videos circulated publicly and appeared to conflict with initial official accounts of the incidents. On February 2 (the final day the poll was in the field), the Department of Homeland Security announced that, going forward, all agents in Minneapolis would wear body cameras. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov Poll, January 30 - February 2, 2026)

People should be able to record video of immigration officers while they make arrests, said 89% of Democrats and 59% of Republicans. When this poll was conducted in January 2026, the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was in the news. Citizen-recorded video of the incident played a central role in public scrutiny of the encounter. (Poll data from Pew Research Center, January 20-26, 2026)

The U.S. should not give people priority in the immigration process if they pay a $1 million fee, said 91% of Democrats and 67% of Republicans. In September 2025, the Trump administration announced the Trump Gold Card program. It “facilitates expedited immigrant visas for aliens donating $1 million individually or $2 million if paid for by a corporation or similar entity on behalf of an individual.” (Poll data from Pew Research Center, January 20-26, 2026)

If a NATO member is attacked, the U.S. should defend that member, said 78% of Democrats, 63% of Republicans, and 63% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in late January 2026, President Trump had floated the possibility of the U.S. taking over Greenland by force. Greenland is a territory of Denmark, a NATO member. As a result, Trump’s threat called into question the U.S. commitment to NATO’s joint-defense pact, not just with regard to Greenland but in general. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov Poll, January 23 - 26, 2026)

It is important to have public discussions of America’s historical failures and flaws, said 75% of Democrats and 60% of Republicans. When this poll was conducted in November 2025, the Trump administration was in the midst of a campaign to alter how American history is portrayed at sites funded by the federal government. The effort started with a March 2025 executive order that said, “It is the policy of my Administration to restore Federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage, consistent progress toward becoming a more perfect Union, and unmatched record of advancing liberty, prosperity, and human flourishing.” Subsequent actions targeted content about slavery, racism, and other controversial aspects of U.S. history at the Smithsonian museum and national parks. (Poll data from Pew Research Center, November 17-30, 2025)

The government should ban social media for kids under 16 years old, said 58% of Democrats, 65% of Republicans, and 62% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in December 2025, Australia had just started enforcing a ban on social media for kids under 16. The closest initiative in the U.S. Congress was a Senate bill, the Kids Off Social Media Act, with bipartisan co-sponsors. It proposed to ban account access for anyone under 13 and restrict algorithmic recommendations for under-17s. The bill advanced out of committee in June 2025, but as of the end of 2025, it had not advanced further and there was no companion House bill. (Poll data from Quinnipiac University, Dec. 17, 2025)

The use of cocaine should not be legal in the United States, said 75% of Democrats, 88% of Republicans, and 77% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in December 2025, cocaine use was illegal in the United States, and there had been no prominent proposals to legalize it. The question may have been asked due to media coverage of U.S. attacks on Venezuelan boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs into the United States. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov, Dec. 5-8, 2025)

The government should provide low-interest mortgages to first-time homebuyers, said 83% of Democrats, 67% of Republicans, and 62% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in late November 2025, housing affordability was a big news item. Various concepts had recently been floated for helping first-time homebuyers, although no specific proposals were on the table at the time of the poll. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov, Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2025)

REVERSAL: I favor the death penalty for murder always or sometimes, said 59% of Democrats, 87% of Republicans, and 70% of Independents. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov Poll, November 7 - 10, 2025). A YouGov poll from a few weeks later had similar results, but the Democrat percentage was 54%, just below the threshold for inclusion on Americans Agree. As a result, this topic is no longer appearing in the home page’s main list. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov Poll, Nov. 24, 2025)

Parents should be held legally responsible for children using guns in crime, said 77% of Democrats, 71% of Republicans, and 73% of Independents. The issue of parents’ legal responsibility for under-18 children’s gun crimes came to prominence with a 2024 court case in which the jury found the parents responsible. (Poll result from Gallup, Oct. 30, 2025)

The changing of the clocks twice per year should be eliminated, said 64% of Democrats, 71% of Republicans, and 61% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in late October 2025, it was almost time for the “fall back” from daylight savings time to standard time in the United States. Earlier in the year, the Sunshine Protection Act was re-introduced in the Senate. It would make daylight savings time permanent throughout the entire year. In April, President Trump expressed support for the concept. However, the Act faces resistance in Congress, where it and similar bills have repeatedly died over the decades since the U.S. aborted an experiment with all-year daylight savings time in 1974. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov, October 24 - 27, 2025)

The federal government should increase veterans spending, said 74% of Democrats, 76% of Republicans, and 67% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in late October 2025, the House and Senate still need to reconcile their spending bills, but the Department of Veterans Affairs had asked for a 10% budget increase from 2025 to 2026. The reconciled amount is likely to prove that or more. The Department is currently in the process of reducing its workforce 30,000 employees, mostly through not filling roles vacated by people who resigned or retired. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov, October 24 - 27, 2025)

The federal government should increase Social Security spending, said 78% of Democrats, 67% of Republicans, and 64% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in late October 2025, there was no major legislation likely to pass on the topic, but Social Security recipients are due to get a 2.8% cost of living increase in 2026. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov, October 24 - 27, 2025)

There should be a law banning conversion therapy for minors, said 59% of Democrats, 60% of Republicans, and 57% of Independents. Conversion therapy seeks to encourage gays or lesbians to identify as heterosexual, and transgender people to identify as the gender identities assigned to them at birth. It has been widely criticized by medical organizations. When this poll was conducted, the Supreme Court had just heard arguments in a case challenging Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy for minors. 27 states have such laws. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov Poll, October 10 - 13, 2025)

Vaccinations should be required for all children attending school, except for medical reasons, said 85% of Democrats, 55% of Republicans, and 60% of Independents. This result came shortly after Florida announced plans to eliminate all vaccine mandates, including those for school enrollment. It is the first state to do so. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov Poll, September 26 - 29, 2025)

Government health agencies should make vaccines more available to people who want them, said 90% of Democrats, 61% of Republicans, and 74% of Independents. This result came after the Trump administration made several moves to discourage or restrict vaccine availability, as well as to cut funding for vaccine research. (Poll result from CBS News/YouGov Poll, August 29 – September 2, 2025)

The president should always follow the law, said 89% of Democrats, 63% of Republicans, and 70% of Independents. This result came after courts had declared several Trump administration actions unlawful, including use of the wartime Alien Enemies Act for deportations, federal deployment of the National Guard in California, freezing $2 billion in funds to Harvard, and revoking protected legal status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Venezuelans. (Poll result from Fox News Poll, Sep. 6, 2025 to Sep. 9, 2025)

The government should increase taxes on the wealthiest individuals to strengthen the country's social and safety net programs, said 89% of Democrats, 56% of Republicans, and 78% of Independents. When this poll was conducted in September 2025, the concept of taxing the wealthy was in the news as part of the the rise of Democratic Socialist candidate for New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mandani. (Poll result from Fox News Poll, Sep. 12, 2025)

Political violence is never justified said 75% of Democrats, 89% of Republicans, and 72% of Independents. This result came shortly after the prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov Poll, September 12 - 15, 2025)