Poll: Most Americans see China’s US land ownership as a major threat

New polling numbers reflect that a growing majority of Americans view China as a significant threat to national security, and a rising number of Americans support aggressive policy responses, from banning TikTok to blocking Chinese land ownership.

Seventy-five percent of respondents ranked China as a high or extremely high threat to the United States, representing a slight increase from June, when 72% held that view, according to polling from the Vandenberg Coalition.  Among Trump voters, more than two-thirds (67%) and nearly half of surveyed TikTok users favor either a forced sale of TikTok to American owners or an outright ban on the platform. In contrast, only 9% are satisfied with the current arrangement. Notably, the 67% support figure marks a four-point increase from the February 2025 TikTok survey.

CHina land ownership

A large majority(88%) of respondents support efforts to prevent China from acquiring U.S. land, with 70% expressing strong support. Additionally, concern over China’s control of pharmaceutical ingredients is widespread, particularly among Trump voters, 96% of whom worry that China could weaponize this control by cutting off medication supplies. Sixty-eight percent of those concerned describe their level of worry as very or extremely high. This concern is especially prominent among demographics more reliant on pharmaceuticals: of those highly concerned, 38% are aged 45 to 64, and 39% are over 65.

Voters especially showed support for initiatives blocking China’s ownership of US land. 

According to poll results, 70% of those polled would strongly support these initiatives, and 18% would somewhat support. Breaking down the data even further, 73% of traditional conservatives would strongly support it, 14% would somewhat support it, and 8% would totally oppose it. Of “MAGA Conservatives,” 80% would strongly support it 12% would somewhat support it, and 6% would totally oppose it. Finally, 57% of moderates would strongly support it, 27% would somewhat support it, and 14% would totally oppose it. 

If the data is broken down by urban vs. rural voters, 59% of urban voters strongly support it, 27% somewhat support it, and 11% totally oppose it. Of rural voters, 72% strongly support it, 15% somewhat support it, and 10% totally oppose it. 

As of January 2024, 3.5% of farmland in North Carolina, or upwards of 700,000 acres, was foreign-owned. 

foreign land holding is growing

A 2024 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released to Congress found that foreign holdings of US agricultural land have been growing. The report also found that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not share updated and timely data on foreign investments in US agricultural land as collected under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978, as amended (AFIDA).

The North Carolina General Assembly has repeatedly attempted to pass legislation restricting foreign ownership of US land, especially near sensitive military sites. This session, several pieces of legislation addressing this were introduced.

One of those bills is the NC Farmland and Military Protection Act (HB 133) sponsored by Reps. Jennifer Balkcom, R-Henderson; John Bell, R-Wayne; Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth; and Neal Jackson, R-Moore. 

“I think folks are starting to understand that even though we have a global economy, we can also create vulnerabilities if we’re not wise right, and that’s where you know people get a little bit rightfully concerned,” Rep. Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth, told the Carolina Journal in a previous interview. 

A similar bill, Prohibit Foreign Ownership of NC Land (SB 394), was also proposed in the state Senate this session.  

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