In this week's Economist / YouGov Poll:

Plus polling on Cuba, democracy, terrorism, and more. Including:

  • 5% of Americans want the U.S. to use military force more often, 54% want it to use force less often, and 28% want it to use force about as much as it does now
  • 42% of Americans say AI companies have too much influence over the U.S. government, more than say that about gun organizations (37%), supporters of Israel (36%), religious groups (29%), unions (21%), environmental groups (20%), supporters of Palestine (19%), teachers (12%), and doctors (8%)
  • The U.S.'s oil blockade of Cuba is strongly or somewhat supported by 24% of Americans, while 39% oppose it and 38% aren't sure
  • 55% of Americans would strongly or somewhat oppose the U.S. using military force to overthrow the Cuban government, while only 22% would support this
  • 45% of Americans say the U.S. should be the dominant power in the western hemisphere, and 30% say it shouldn't be
  • 30% of Americans say terrorism poses an immediate and serious threat to the U.S., including 48% of those who say the war with Iran is justified. 37% of Americans say terrorism poses a somewhat serious threat, 20% say it poses a minor threat, and 5% say it poses no threat to the U.S.
  • 35% of Americans — including 22% of Democrats and 56% of Republicans — are completely or somewhat satisfied with the way democracy is working in the U.S.; 54% are dissatisfied

See the toplines and crosstabs for the March 20 - 23, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll

Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,665 U.S. adult citizens. Respondents were selected from YouGov’s opt-in panel to be representative of U.S. adult citizens. A random sample (stratified by gender, age, race, education, geographic region, and voter registration) was selected from the 2019 American Community Survey. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, geographic region, 2024 presidential vote, 2020 election turnout and presidential vote, baseline party identification, and current voter registration status. 2024 presidential vote, at time of weighting, was estimated to be 48% Harris and 50% Trump. Demographic weighting targets come from the 2019 American Community Survey. Baseline party identification is the respondent’s most recent answer given around November 8, 2024, and is weighted to the estimated distribution at that time (31% Democratic, 33% Republican). The margin of error for the overall sample is approximately 3%.

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