Opinion Today
March 11, 2026
Americans think the war with Iran will last months or more Alexander Rossell Hayes, YouGov Despite statements from Trump that fighting in Iran could end quickly, most Americans (80%) say the war in Iran will last for more than a month: 47% think it will last for between one month and one year, while 32% think it will last for more than a year. About half (52%) of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Iran, while 39% approve.
Americans are split on wanting the National Guard to monitor voting, a new poll finds Miles Parks, NPR News Nearly half of Americans support the National Guard monitoring November's elections, potentially signaling an openness to the sort of nationalizing of elections that President Trump says he wants.
Americans are increasingly worried about voting, new poll shows Matt Loffman, PBS News Americans' confidence that their elections will be run fairly has dropped to its lowest point in years, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
Many Americans Confident in Fair Elections This November, But Doubts on the Rise Marist Institute for Public Opinion Many Americans express confidence in their local and state governments to conduct fair and accurate elections in November’s midterm elections. However, the proportion has dropped since 2024. More than six in ten Americans think ballots will be counted accurately, and when it comes to the biggest threat to safe and secure elections, about one in three mention voter fraud. Confidence in the Supreme Court drops to a record low Lawrence Hurley, NBC News The latest NBC News poll shows that the percentage of voters with a "great deal" or "quite a bit" of confidence in the court is at the lowest ebb since the question was first asked in 2000.
Donald Trump's job approval bounces back somewhat but remains low David Montgomery, YouGov This week's Economist / YouGov Poll finds that 40% of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of Trump's job handling and 55% disapprove, for a net job approval of -14 after rounding. That's 7 points higher than last week.
Many Americans think AI companies should be able to limit how the U.S. military uses their tools David Montgomery, YouGov Americans are more likely to expect negative than positive effects from artificial intelligence (AI), and are more likely to support than oppose limits on the use of AI tools by the U.S. military, the latest Economist / YouGov poll finds.
Fox News Poll: Voters expect AI to transform our lives — but today is not that day Victoria Balara, Fox News The latest Fox News poll finds nearly 9 in 10 voters think AI will change the way we live either a lot (53%) or some (34%) in the next few years. Roughly 1 in 10 think it won’t change much (8%) or at all (4%).... Eight in 10 voters are extremely (44%) or very (36%) concerned AI is eroding trust in what we see and hear on the news and social media.
Democrats have edge in Congressional generic ballot McCourtney Institute for Democracy, Pennsylvania State University The McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s latest Mood of the Nation Poll, conducted with 824 registered U.S. voters by YouGov from February 18 to 23, 2026, included questions aimed at better understanding voter preferences in the upcoming midterm elections. Beyond the traditional “generic ballot” question concerning whether voters prefer to vote for a Democrat or Republican for Congress, this survey asked respondents to explain – in their own words – why they prefer the Congressional candidate of one party rather than the other.
A majority of Americans approve of Kristi Noem's firing, but how many approve depends on how they're asked Alexander Rossell Hayes, YouGov Recent polling from YouGov has consistently shown that a majority of Americans approve of the recent decision to fire Kristi Noem from her position as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
