Ipsos’ latest Perils of Perception survey highlights how wrong the public across 40 countries are about key global issues and features of the population in their country. The U.S. is one of the most “ignorant” of the facts of the nations surveyed. …
Fieldwork for the survey was conducted the month before the presidential election – so we asked who people thought would win. And like the vast majority of countries – along with nearly all pundits – Americans were wrong: 50% thought Clinton would win and only 26% saw the Trump victory coming. Russia was the only country where 50% thought Trump would win. …
Looking across the five questions on factual realities, there are clear patterns in which countries have a more accurate view of their countries. To capture this, we’ve calculated the Ipsos “Index of Ignorance”….
India receive the dubious honour of being the most inaccurate in their perceptions on these issues with China and the U.S. also high up the list. The Netherlands are the most accurate, followed by Great Britain, with South Korea in third. CONT.
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