State of the Union 2022: How Americans view major national issues
Here’s a look at public opinion on some of the key issues facing the country, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Here’s a look at public opinion on some of the key issues facing the country, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.
A large majority of Americans (78%) say tensions between China and Taiwan are at least a somewhat serious problem for the United States.
Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years.
Americans’ views on foreign policy priorities differ based on a number of factors, including their attitudes toward international engagement.
Americans are now more likely to expect foreign election interference than they were in October 2018, when 67% expected it.
Even as they age, younger generations in the U.S. tend to be more favorably disposed to groups, leaders and countries beyond their border.
In most of the 18 countries analyzed, religiously unaffiliated adults were more likely to say homosexuality should be accepted by society.
International relations experts’ assessment of the current crises facing the world are often at odds with those of the U.S. general public.
Americans are much more likely than Germans to see U.S. bases in Germany as important for their country’s national security.
72% of Americans say it is very or somewhat likely that Russia or other foreign governments will try to influence the November 2020 election.
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