A public record
We measured them. Then we looked at what Congress did about each one.
Americans overwhelmingly agree on many political topics. We identify them through independent polling. Then we look at what Congress did to make each one law.
How it works
Independent polling identifies the topics where at least 65% of Americans agree, with a majority of Republicans and a majority of Democrats. Nobody ranks the list. The numbers put them in order of popularity with the American people.
We trace each topic through the public record. Was a bill written. Did it get a vote. Did the vote answer one question or two. Did it become law.
The agreement number, who polled it, and what happened next — on one page, in rank order, with the documents behind every line.
What this is not
We take no policy positions. The list comes from what people told pollsters, not from what we think.
Nobody picks the order. The topic with the highest agreement goes first, and the rest follow the numbers down.
Every topic names the national pollster behind it — one that publishes its methods and its tables — so you can open them and check the number yourself.
When we get something wrong, we fix it on the page, dated, with what changed left where you can see it.