A Majority Of Americans Think The UN Is Ineffective

• 22.09.2025, 13:54

Survey.

According to a new Gallup poll, Americans overwhelmingly believe the United Nations plays a necessary role in the world, but they remain critical of the organization's effectiveness.

The poll, released ahead of this week's 80th session of the UN General Assembly, found that while 60% of Americans believe the UN is a necessary organization (a slight decline from previous polls conducted over the past decade), 63% believe the UN is ineffective in addressing global issues.

A minority - 79% - believe the United Nations should remain a member of the United Nations and that the United States should remain a member.

A majority - 79% - believe the United States should remain a member of the United Nations 37% favor reducing funding.

A majority - 79% - believe the U.S. should remain a member of the UN. At the same time, 17% believe the U.S. should drop membership, matching a 1996 record high in Gallup's decades-old survey.

By party preference, Republicans have traditionally been more likely to view the UN as unnecessary, while Democrats tend to view it more favorably.

59% of Republican respondents believe the UN does not play a necessary role, compared with only 19% of Democrats.

Although a majority of Democrats, independent voters and Republicans believe the U.S. should remain a member of the inter Only 4% of Democrats expressed that view, compared with 17% of independents and 36% of Republicans.

In his second administration, President Donald Trump has generally called on the U.S. - which funds 22% of the UN's regular budget and is its largest donor - to move away from international organizations and cut international foreign aid.

In February, Trump pulled the U.S. out of the UN Human Rights Council and in July withdrew from the "progressive" United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

The poll was conducted by telephone interv The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.