… While Americans have a positive view of many members of the royal family, most Americans also have little interest in a monarchy closer to home. Just 12% say a U.S. monarchy would be a good thing, while 63% would see it as a bad thing. Younger Americans — who […] Read more »
What Americans think of the British royal family before King Charles III’s coronation
On Saturday, King Charles III will be officially crowned as Britain’s monarch — formally succeeding his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. A new YouGov poll conducted in the weeks prior to the king’s coronation finds that 62% of Americans say they do not care about the event “very much” (29%) or […] Read more »
Canada, Britain Favored Most in U.S.; Russia, N. Korea Least
Americans continue to hold Canada and Great Britain in higher regard than all other countries rated in Gallup’s annual World Affairs survey, with close to nine in 10 viewing these U.S. allies favorably. Russia now ties with North Korea as the least favorably reviewed country. Ten other countries among the […] Read more »
UK: Labour open up 33-point vote intention lead in wake of mini-Budget chaos
The latest YouGov/Times vote intention poll shows the Labour party on 54% of the vote, up nine points on their previous record high with YouGov on Monday. The Conservatives meanwhile have dropped to 21% of current vote intention, down seven points. As well as being their record highest share ever […] Read more »
The trust gap: how and why news on digital platforms is viewed more sceptically versus news in general
What role, if any, do social media, search engines, and messaging apps play in eroding the public’s confidence in the news media? … Drawing on an original dataset of survey responses collected in the summer of 2022 across four countries – Brazil, India, the UK, and the US – we […] Read more »
US politicians tweet far more misinformation than those in the UK and Germany
Good ideas/Shutterstock Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol and Jana Lasser, Graz University of Technology Politicians from mainstream parties in the UK and Germany post far fewer links to untrustworthy websites on Twitter and this has remained constant since 2016, according to our new research. By contrast, US politicians posted a […] Read more »