In this week’s Economist/YouGov poll:

Plus polling on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the UFC fight on the White House lawn, the war with Iran, constitutional amendments, and legalized marijuana.

  • 58% of Americans believe the U.S. has moved further from its founding ideals over the past 250 years; 19% believe the country has moved closer to its founding ideals
  • Looking ahead to the 300th anniversary of the U.S., 36% of Americans think the country will be stronger than it is today; 30% think it will be weaker and 34% expect it will be about the same
  • Only 24% of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of a UFC fight hosted at the White House on Sunday; far more (54%) disapprove. Women are more likely than men to disapprove (58% vs. 49%)
  • 65% of Americans — including 82% of Democrats, 61% of Independents, and 54% of Republicans — think the U.S. should make a deal to end the war in Iran as quickly as possible (the U.S. and Iran reached a preliminary deal Sunday, while the poll was being fielded)
  • 72% of Americans would support a constitutional amendment to require the federal budget to be balanced each year
  • 59% of Americans think that the use of marijuana should be legal in the U.S.; 28% think it should not be

See the toplines and crosstabs for the June 13 - 15, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll

Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,549 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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