
Taylor Orth is a data journalist and public opinion researcher who covers national polling on news, politics, technology, and society. She has a PhD in sociology from Stanford and is now based in Austin, Texas. She can be reached at taylor.orth@yougov.com.
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Falling confidence in ICE, Independents turn on Trump, congressional Democrats slump, and foreign policy: January 23-26, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll
Confidence in ICE is falling, Trump's support from Independents hits a new low, opinion of congressional Democrats plunges, and Americans would like Trump to deprioritize foreign policy
27 Jan 2026Big survey
Americans would like Trump to deprioritize foreign policy — especially Greenland — and focus on the economy
Americans would generally prefer for Trump to spend less time on foreign policy and instead focus more on domestic issues and the economy. Trump's bid to acquire Greenland remains unpopular
27 Jan 2026Big survey
Opinion of congressional Democrats plunges thanks to flagging support within their own party
Democrats hold an increasingly negative view of Democratic members of Congress, making Democrats in Congress less well-liked than congressional Republicans or than Donald Trump
27 Jan 2026Big survey
Donald Trump's support from Independents hits a new low
Donald Trump remains broadly unpopular, with record low job approval among Independents and a record high 49% of Americans who say they strongly disapprove of Trump's job handling
27 Jan 2026Big survey
Confidence in ICE is falling and half of Americans support cutting its funding
A growing share of Americans say they lack confidence in ICE. More support cuts to spending on ICE than do for any of nine other types of federal government spending asked about
27 Jan 2026Article
How Americans feel about 10 recent Department of Homeland Security social media posts
To understand how Americans feel about content shared by the DHS on social media, we presented survey respondents with a selection of 10 posts made to X by @DHSgov between June 2025 and January 2026.
23 Jan 2026Big survey
How ICE divides Americans, Trump approval slump, Greenland, Iran, Venezuela, tariffs, and the Fed: January 16-19, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll
This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers the ICE shooting in Minnesota, approval of Donald Trump, Greenland, Venezuela, Iran, tariffs, and the Fed
20 Jan 2026Big survey
Half of Americans expect the Supreme Court will uphold Trump's tariffs; far fewer want it to
While more Americans would prefer for the Supreme Court to strike down Trump's tariffs than to allow them to stand, a large share expect the Supreme Court to keep the tariffs in place
20 Jan 2026Big survey
Few Democrats and most Republicans support military action in Iran
More Americans oppose than support U.S. military intervention in Iran. However, many think the U.S. military is likely to take action in Iran in the next month
20 Jan 2026Big survey
Half of Republicans want the U.S. to take Venezuela's oil
Few Americans want the U.S. to run Venezuela for the next few years, and only one-quarter of Americans think the U.S. should take Venezuela's oil
20 Jan 2026