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As peace talks for the wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip continue, a new Gallup polls finds 66% of Americans want the United States to help solve international problems.
Released Thursday, the poll finds 19% of Americans would like the U.S. to take a leading role and 47% would like the U.S. to play a major role.
The poll found Republicans and Democrats are mostly in agreement, with independents thinking the U.S. should play a smaller part. Republicans are slightly more likely than Democrats to say the U.S. should play a minor role.
Based on Gallup’s annual World Affairs poll, conducted Feb. 3-16, the 2025 findings are seven points lower than the average from 2001 through 2009 and are tied with 2011, which marked a low for the survey question.
Before last Friday’s contentious meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the poll found that 44% of U.S. adults believed other countries’ leaders respected Trump — an increase from 29% during his first term.
More than half of the survey respondents (54%) said the U.S. is viewed unfavorably.
A majority of Americans (56%) say the U.S. has the No. 1 military in the world, but only 26% say the country has the No. 1 economy. In Gallup polls dating back to 1993, Americans felt most strongly about the U.S. military in 2010, when Barack Obama was president. They felt most strongly about the U.S. having the top economy in 1999, when Bill Clinton was president.
The most recent poll found Republicans (34%) are more likely than independents (25%) and Democrats (21%) to say the U.S. has the No. 1 economy, especially when a Republican president is in office.
