
Carl Bialik is YouGov America's U.S. politics editor and vice president of data science, based in New York. He previously worked for Yelp, FiveThirtyEight, and the Wall Street Journal.
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Congress, Biden, Gaza, and China: key results from the Nov. 18-20, 2023 Economist/YouGov Poll
This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers Americans' views on Congress, Biden's job performance and handling of specific issues, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the China-U.S. deal on fentanyl.
22 Nov 2023Article
Polls from the Past: How opinion has changed on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
To explore how public opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has changed through the years, a recent YouGov poll re-asked poll questions from before 2010 found in the Roper Center Polling Archive.
17 Nov 2023Article
Laws legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage nationwide are more popular than nationwide bans
Majorities of Americans say they would support Congress passing laws making abortion and same-sex marriage nationwide.
03 Nov 2023Article
There's mixed approval of new House Speaker Mike Johnson, whom Americans see as conservative
Americans are divided over new House Speaker Mike Johnson, but a general consensus agrees he's more conservative than former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
02 Nov 2023Article
Americans are growing less sympathetic to Israel as war fears grow
Americans are more likely to sympathize with the Israelis than the Palestinians, but the wave of pro-Israel sentiment that followed Hamas's October 7 attack has faded
26 Oct 2023Article
What surveys say about Mike Johnson and the House's long speaker battle
Here is what surveys conducted by the Economist and YouGov show about how Americans feel about new Speaker Mike Johnson and the just-concluded Speaker battle
25 Oct 2023Article
Inflation is falling and the Middle East is at war but prices remain Americans' No. 1 issue
Americans continue to say inflation is their biggest concern. Since inflation/prices was added to the list of issues Americans have ranked in the weekly Economist/YouGov poll in July 2022, it has topped the list every week.
20 Oct 2023Article
Like Republicans in the House, party members haven't coalesced around a pick for speaker
Rep. Jim Jordan is the top pick for speaker of the House of Representatives among Americans who identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, but he is far from a consensus pick.
19 Oct 2023Article
In the Israel-Hamas war, Americans are more likely to support Israel and to have doubts about Biden
A YouGov poll found that Americans are more likely to sympathize with Israel. American opinion on Netanyahu and Biden is mixed.
14 Oct 2023Article
How Americans are reacting to escalating violence in Israel
Support for Israel on several fronts is greater among Republicans than among Democrats, and among older Americans than among young adults. Support for Israel also is higher than it was in several prior polls, including during previous waves of conflict in the region.
11 Oct 2023