Fewer Americans think that “America is the moral leader of the world”

Share of respondents who said they agree or strongly agree with the sentiment

Source: NPR/Ipsos polls in 2017 and 2025. The most recent data comes from a survey of 1,021 U.S. adults conducted Dec. 5-7, 2025. The margin of error for the overall sample is 3.3 percentage points; for Democrats, 5.6 percentage points; for Republicans, 6.2 percentage points; and for independents, 5.8 percentage points.Credit: Sanidhya Sharma/NPR