In this week’s Economist/YouGov poll:

Plus polling on Donald Trump, military force, the World Cup, drones, foreign policy, the standing of the U.S. in the world, the 2026 congressional elections, Spain, and NATO.

  • 37% of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of how Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 59% disapprove
    • Trump's net job approval of -22 is up slightly from -25 last week
  • 61% of Americans oppose using military force to take control of Cuba. Only 18% support doing so
    • Even larger shares oppose using military force to take control of Greenland (71%) and Canada (80%)
  • 51% of Americans strongly or somewhat disapprove of President Trump calling the president of FIFA to ask that the one-game suspension of U.S. player Folarin Balogun in the World Cup be overturned. Only 21% approve
  • Americans' views are divided on whether drones make warfare safer (31%) or more dangerous (38%)
  • Americans' sympathies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are about evenly split: 27% sympathize more with the Israelis, 25% sympathize more with the Palestinians, and 24% sympathize with both sides about equally
  • 33% of Americans say the U.S. should send military aid to Israel while 44% say it should not
  • 51% of Americans say the U.S. should send military aid to Ukraine while 28% say it should not
  • 54% of Americans think the country's standing in the world has worsened since Donald Trump became president again in 2025 and 28% think it has improved
  • 36% of Independents prefer that the Democratic Party control the U.S. House of Representatives after the November election, and only 20% prefer Republican control
  • 61% of Republicans but only 11% of Democrats say the U.S. is the greatest country in the world
  • 34% of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of Trump's handling of foreign policy and 57% disapprove, for a net approval of -23, a low mark for either of Trump's terms
  • 56% of Americans want the U.S. to remain in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), up from 47% in April. Among Republicans, the share who support remaining in NATO increased to 43% from 30%
  • 20% of Americans, including 7% of Democrats and 39% of Republicans, say the U.S. should cut off all trade with Spain because Spain hasn't met NATO military spending commitments

See the toplines and crosstabs for the July 10 - 13, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll

Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,616 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 3.3%.

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