January National Survey
January 2025
Findings from a public opinion survey commissioned in January 2025
Survey Methodology
Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in January 2025.
This online survey was conducted by Zogby Analytics on behalf of Research!America in late December, early January among 1,005 adults plus 1,200 additional adults for minority oversampling. The survey has a theoretical sampling error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.* Subsets of the data have a larger margin of error than the full data set. The sample is weighted to best represent the demographics of the population being surveyed. Weighted variables may include age, race, gender, religious affiliation, party, education, and religion.
This survey has a theoretical sampling error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.* For minority oversampling groups, group sizes are as follows:
African Americans: sample size = 402, margin of error = +/-4.9 percentage points.
Hispanic: sample size = 401, margin of error = +/-4.9 percentage points.
Asian: sample size = 402, margin of error = +/- 4.9 percentage points.
*Due to rounding, the total may not add up to 100 on some slides
Americans say it is important for President Trump and Congress to assign a higher priority to medical progress
How important is it for President Trump and the new Congress to assign a higher priority to ensuring faster medical progress?
Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in January 2025.
96%
Say “Very or Somewhat Important”
93%
Say “Very or Somewhat Important”
87%
Say “Very or Somewhat Important”
9 in 10 say it is important for the U.S. to be a global leader in health research
How important do you think it is that the U.S. is a global leader in research to improve health?
Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in January 2025.
94%
Say “Very or Somewhat Important”
94%
Say “Very or Somewhat Important”
87%
Say “Very or Somewhat Important”
6 in 10 say Congress should invest more taxpayer dollars to advance S&T
Do you believe Congress should invest more taxpayer dollars to advance science and technology in the U.S.?
Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in January 2025.
75%
Say “Yes”
59%
Say “Yes”
52%
Say “Yes”
65% willing to pay more taxes in support of medical and health research
Would you be willing to pay $1 per week more in taxes if you were certain that all of the money would be spent on additional medical and health research?
Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in January 2025.
71%
Say “Yes”
62%
Say “Yes”
60%
Say “Yes”
Americans across the political spectrum say it is important that the U.S be a leader in S&T
How important do you think it is that the U.S. is a global leader in science and technology?
Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in January 2025.
94%
Say “Very important” or “Somewhat important”
93%
Say “Very important” or “Somewhat important”
85%
Say “Very important” or “Somewhat important”
78% are concerned that China will surpass the U.S. as the world’s leading S&T power
How concerned are you with the possibility of China surpassing the U.S. as the world’s leading science and technology power?
Source: A Research!America survey of U.S. adults conducted in partnership with Zogby Analytics in January 2025.
77%
Say “Very or somewhat concerned.”
83%
Say “Very or somewhat concerned.”
71%
Say “Very or somewhat concerned.”