The record · Fall 2026 · Traced to 29 August 2026 · Method v1

Fifteen things Americans agree on, and what the government did about each one

A topic qualifies only if at least 65% of Americans support it, with a majority of Republican voters and a majority of Democratic voters, measured by a national pollster that publishes its methods and its tables. Nobody ranks the list. The numbers put them in order of popularity with the American people.

Of these fifteen

One became law. Two moved the other way. Twelve produced nothing.

Letting the government cap drug prices at what other countries pay

86%Republicans 90% · Democrats 86%

What the government did about itNothing became law

Requiring photo ID to vote

84%Republicans 98% · Democrats 67%

What the government did about itGot a vote, but bundled

Checking that workers are here legally, and raising work visas when jobs need filling

83%Republicans 82% · Democrats 84%

What the government did about itOnly part of it has a bill

Capping childcare costs at 7% of income for low and middle earners

83%Republicans 77% · Democrats 89%

What the government did about itTook effect, then was undone

Tax breaks for builders who make homes ordinary people can afford

83%Republicans 80% · Democrats 88%

What the government did about itBecame law

Letting Congress limit what corporations and political groups spend on elections

82%Republicans 82% · Democrats 85%

What the government did about itNothing became law

Limiting how long someone can serve in Congress

82%Republicans 85% · Democrats 83%

What the government did about itNothing became law

Raising food assistance benefits

79%Republicans 70% · Democrats 88%

What the government did about itA law moved the other way

Applying the Social Security tax to wages over $400,000

79%Republicans 77% · Democrats 83%

What the government did about itNothing became law

Testing AI systems before they decide things like loans, hiring, or insurance claims

78%Republicans 78% · Democrats 82%

What the government did about itNothing became law

Tax credits for energy that doesn't put carbon in the air

77%Republicans 71% · Democrats 86%

What the government did about itA law moved the other way

A long-term visa for immigrants here for years with no criminal record, if they pay a penalty and back taxes

77%Republicans 69% · Democrats 87%

What the government did about itNothing became law

Taxing investment income like regular income for households over $1 million

76%Republicans 70% · Democrats 83%

What the government did about itNothing became law

Stopping members of Congress from trading individual stocks

76%Republicans 78% · Democrats 75%

What the government did about itGot a vote, but bundled

Continuing military aid to Ukraine

65%Republicans 58% · Democrats 75%

What the government did about itLaw passed, never acted on

What the statuses mean

Became law

— Something took effect that moves toward what people asked for.

A law moved the other way

— Something took effect that moves away from what people asked for.

Took effect, then was undone

— It existed, and then it was taken away.

Law passed, never acted on

— A law allowed something to happen. Nothing happened.

Got a vote, but bundled

— It reached a vote only as part of a bigger bill carrying other subjects, so no member's position on it can be separated out.

Only part of it has a bill

— People were asked about a two-part idea. Only one part has been written into a bill.

Nothing became law

— No law was passed on this.

How to read this

Only laws count here. A bill introduced is not a law. A bill voted on and defeated is not a law. Something has to have taken effect and done something. Why we set it there.

Two rows carry the same status because they came from the same event — photo ID and congressional stock trading were separate bills until one was folded into the other, and the House voted once on both.

Figures for photo ID come from Gallup, confirmed by the Pew Research Center. The rest come from the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland, surveyed February and March 2026 — the full questionnaire, with every question, the toplines, the crosstabs and the methodology. Every topic page links to its own question in it.

Updated every six months, away from election season, when the numbers are steadier and an update can't be mistaken for an intervention.

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