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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)

Funding for research on infectious disease should not be reduced said 82% of Democrats, 60% of Republicans, and 76% of Independents. This result came after the Trump administration cut funding for research on COVID and other infectious diseases that could cause a pandemic. (Poll result from The Economist/YouGov, September 2, 2025)

There should be increased restrictions on the use of pesticides in agriculture said 64% of Democrats, 69% of Republicans, and 76% of Independents. This result came amid mixed signals from the Trump administration about whether it will pursue increased pesticide restrictions. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov, September 2, 2025)

The federal government should not control hiring and firing of faculty at universities said 89% of Democrats, 65% of Republicans, and 77% of Independents. This result came after the Trump administration pushed to influence university hiring policies, including by threatening to withhold federal funding and to strip universities’ tax-exempt status. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov, August 19, 2025)

The federal government should not control research topics at universities said 87% of Democrats, 62% of Republicans, and 76% of Independents. This result came after the Trump administration issued an executive order for political appointees to review federally funded university research grants. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov, August 19, 2025)

Federal funding for scientific research done by American universities should increase or stay the same said 89% of Democrats, 56% of Republicans, and 67% of Independents. This poll result came amid the Trump administration cuts and freezes to elite universities’ scientific research funding in protest of the universities’ other activities. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov, August 19, 2025)

People should be able to petition courts to temporarily remove guns from individuals believed to pose a danger to themselves or others said 78% of Democrats, 65% of Republicans, and 69% of Independents. Such “red flag laws” exist in 21 states and Washington, DC, but not at the federal level. (Poll data from The Economist/YouGov, August 5, 2025)