Americans’ current views of foreign nations range from highly positive evaluations of Canada (92% favorable) and Great Britain (90%) to highly negative ratings of Iran (11%) and North Korea (9%). CONT. Jay Loschky & Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »
Americans’ Ratings of North Korea Remain Highly Negative
Americans’ ratings of North Korea remain highly negative, with 9% rating the country favorably and 87% rating it unfavorably. North Korea has consistently ranked among the lowest-rated nations in Gallup’s annual rankings for the past decade. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Americans Increasingly See Russia as Threat, Top U.S. Enemy
Russia now edges out North Korea as the country Americans consider the United States’ greatest enemy. Two years ago, only 2% of Americans named Russia, but that increased to 9% in 2014 as tensions between Russia and the U.S. increased, and now sits at 18%. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
ISIS, Terrorism Seen as Graver Threats Than Russia, Ukraine
Despite the intensifying fighting between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists before the cease-fire agreement Thursday, Americans place the conflict low on the list of critical threats to U.S. interests in the next decade. Islamic extremists, commonly known as the Islamic State or ISIS, along with international terrorism in general, loom much […] Read more »
CNN/ORC poll: Americans believe Sony overreacted to hack
More than 6-in-10 Americans believe that Sony Pictures’ decision to cancel the release of “The Interview” was an overreaction, according to a CNN/ORC poll released on Tuesday. But the U.S. public does think that the incidents which led to that decision were acts of terrorism on the part of North […] Read more »
70 years since D-Day and the Good War
It has been 70 years since D-Day and the Allied landing in Normandy, the attack that began the invasion of Europe and led to the end of World War II. World War II remains one of only two wars of the 20th and 21st century that most Americans are sure […] Read more »