In this week’s Economist/YouGov poll:

Plus polling on foreign affairs, tariffs, Israel, Ukraine, and Jeffrey Epstein.

  • 54% of Americans think their country's standing in the world has worsened since Donald Trump became president again in 2025; 26% say it has improved and 12% say it has stayed about the same
  • Far more Americans say the U.S. should take an active role in world affairs than say we should stay out of world affairs (47% vs. 26%). Older Democrats (age 45 and above) are more likely than younger Democrats to support taking an active role (56% vs. 38%); there is no age difference among Republicans
  • 44% of Americans think the U.S. should give military aid to Ukraine and 31% think it should not. Democrats support Ukraine military aid by 65% to 18%. Republicans are much less supportive of Ukraine aid: 32% want to give Ukraine aid and 43% do not
  • More Americans think tariffs on foreign goods should be decreased (46%) than say they should be increased (11%) or kept the same (24%). 51% think the government should refund companies for the tariffs deemed invalid by the Supreme Court, twice as many as the 26% who think the tariffs should not be refunded
  • 59% of Americans strongly or somewhat disapprove and 22% approve of Trump's handling of investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. More than twice as many Americans believe Epstein was murdered as think he committed suicide (46% vs. 20%)

See the toplines and crosstabs for the June 19 - 22, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll

Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,679 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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