Opinion Weekend
February 1-2, 2025
Binational poll: Most Canadians and many Americans oppose Canada joining the U.S. David Montgomery, YouGov Nearly all Canadians (77%) strongly or somewhat oppose Canada becoming part of the U.S., while 15% of Canadians support it, new YouGov polls in Canada and the U.S. find. Support for Canada joining the U.S. is stronger in the U.S., but more Americans oppose the idea (42%) than support it (36%).
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication Drawing on a representative sample of the U.S. adult population (n = 1,013; including the 890 registered voters whose data are used in this report), these findings describe how registered voters view a variety of domestic climate and energy policies.
Where Americans stand on AI Clifford Young, Sarah Feldman and Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Five charts on where Americans stand on AI and where public opinion on AI stands to change
Many see the benefit of using weight loss drugs for adults with obesity AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research About half the public support the use of weight loss drugs to treat obesity or weight-related conditions for adults and for these medications to be covered by Medicaid and Medicare.
About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, AP-NORC poll finds Kenya Hunter and Linley Sanders, Associated Press More U.S. adults believe it is a good thing than a bad thing for adults to use weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and other brands if they are struggling with obesity or have a health condition tied to weight, but they are not broadly supportive of teens who have obesity using the medications, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.