As the world reacts to today’s nuclear agreement between the U.S. and its allies and Iran, a new 40-nation Pew Research Center survey finds that concern over Iran’s nuclear program is greater in the United States and Israel than among other global publics. CONT. Samantha Smith, Pew Read more »
Climate Change Seen as Top Global Threat
In advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this December, many publics around the world name global climate change as a top threat, according to a new Pew Research Center survey measuring perceptions of international challenges. This is particularly true in Latin America and Africa, where majorities […] Read more »
The Polls Were Bad in Greece. The Conventional Wisdom Was Worse.
Coming on the heels of the U.K. general election, the Israeli general election, the Scottish referendum and the U.S. midterms, Sunday’s Greek referendum looks like the latest in a series of bad outcomes for pre-election polls across the globe. While the last few polls before the vote showed “Oxi” (“no”) […] Read more »
In wake of stronger growth, more Americans and Europeans say U.S. is top economic power
For the first time in six years, more people in America say that the U.S. – not China – is the world’s leading economic power, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Furthermore, Europeans, who had favored China as the leading economy in the past few years, increasingly view […] Read more »
Is it the end for telephone polling?
Last week I went along to the first public meeting of the investigation into what went wrong with the polling before the general election. It is the British Polling Council’s attempt to find out why all the pollsters spotted that the Scottish National Party was going to do well and […] Read more »
Global Publics Back U.S. on Fighting ISIS, but Are Critical of Post-9/11 Torture
The rise of ISIS has generated strong concerns in nations around the world, and a new Pew Research Center survey finds broad global support for American military efforts against the terrorist group. And unlike the Iraq War a decade ago, the current U.S. air campaign in Iraq and Syria is […] Read more »