In this week's Economist / YouGov Poll:

Plus more polling on the Iran war, Congress, corruption, government spending, and trust in institutions. Including:

  • 30% of Americans strongly or somewhat support the war with Iran, and 59% oppose it
  • 40% of Americans say more than half of the members of Congress are corrupt, while 36% say between one-fifth and half are, 21% say between one in 20 and one-fifth are, and only 3% say fewer than that are
  • Americans are more likely to say members of Congress should resign immediately than say they should get a chance to defend themselves if accused of sexual misconduct (57% vs. 35%) or financial misconduct (52% vs. 39%), but not if they're accused of breaking a campaign promise (22% vs. 66%)
  • 85% of Americans say there should be a required retirement age for members of Congress. The most common choice for that age is 65, preferred by 29% of Americans; 65 is the lowest age offered as an option on the question
  • Most Americans say the U.S. should increase spending slightly or a lot on veterans (72%), Social Security (70%), Medicare (67%) and education (64%); the only two spending areas out of 12 asked about where Americans are more likely to want less spending are ICE (30% would increase spending and 43% would decrease spending) and foreign aid (22% vs. 47%)
  • 45% of Americans say they have very little confidence in big business, about as many as say so about television news (44%) and more than do about newspapers (38%), organized religion (36%), or small business (9%)

See the toplines and crosstabs for the April 24 - 27, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll

Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,836 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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