In this week’s Economist/YouGov poll:

Plus polling on the Iran war, the economy, Ebola, Americans' top issues, and a proposed $250 bill featuring Donald Trump's picture.

  • 68% of Americans say the U.S. should make a deal to end the war in Iran as quickly as possible, while 11% say it shouldn't
    • But this overwhelming support for peace can weaken once specific details of a deal come into play. The Economist and YouGov asked Americans who said the U.S. should end the war as quickly as possible about a peace deal that doesn't require Iran to give up its enriched uranium
      • Only 34% of Americans favor the U.S. making such a deal now, while 37% say the U.S. shouldn't — the 11% who previously said the U.S. shouldn't make a deal, plus 26% of Americans who had said the U.S. should make a deal as soon as possible but don't like this one
  • Only 9% of Americans think it's very likely or almost certain that the U.S. and Iran will reach a deal in the next two weeks, while 34% say the odds of such a deal are about 50-50, and 57% say it's either unlikely (33%) or very unlikely (25%)
  • 44% of Americans think it's very or somewhat likely that the Ebola outbreak in East Africa could spread to the U.S., while 40% think it's unlikely
    • A majority of Americans are not too worried (38%) or not worried at all (32%) about personally experiencing Ebola
    • 82% of Americans support compulsory scanning of people arriving in the U.S. from countries affected by Ebola
    • 68% want World Cup soccer players from African countries affected by Ebola to be tested before arriving, while 22% think there should be contact tracing for everyone they interact with, and 16% think they should wear masks at all times except while playing
  • 20% of Americans say the economy is either excellent (3%) or good (17%), while 76% say it's either fair (34%) or poor (42%)

32% of Americans say inflation/prices is their most important issue, close to the highest level ever recorded in Economist / YouGov Polls and more than say jobs and the economy (15%), health care (10%), civil rights (6%), taxes and government spending (6%), or immigration (6%)

See the toplines and crosstabs for the May 29 - June 1, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll

Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,604 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 3.5%.

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