The Ipsos Care-o-Meter asks Americans what they know about vs. what they care about, twice every month. From sports to political fights, the answers say as much about Americans as they do about the world at large. Here's the latest.
When was America greatest? A (shrinking) majority say it was greatest before the 1980s, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker. Just 9% think it’s at its greatest in the present day. More (12%) think it was never great.
Only 34% of parents have started back-to-school shopping heading into August, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker
Ipsos survey for the Halifax International Security Forum finds natural disasters are increasingly believed by global citizens to be a leading threat
Ipsos survey for Halifax International Security Forum finds 70% of people, on average, across 30 countries expect in the next 25 years we could see another world conflict involving superpowers similar to World Wars I & II
Yet, only 43% of respondents are confident in their government’s ability to respond to such a threat.
Below are five charts on opinion about Ukraine and Israel, the generational differences that divide Americans, and the role the economy plays in shaping views toward U.S. involvement
Ipsos survey for Halifax International Security Forum finds Iran, Pakistan and Russia are considered the least likely to have a positive impact on world affairs over the next decade
New Reuters/Ipsos polling on the Israel-Hamas war and the 2024 election
Three in five Americans (61%) think there will be a spike in COVID cases this winter, which is about flat from the same time last year, according to new data from the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
Americans are more confident than they were a year ago in investing in the stock market (43% say they are confident now vs. 34% a year ago); taking out a loan (43%/35%); buying a new home (36%/31%), according to new polling from the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
