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Only One in Three Israelis Think Israel Benefited from Gaza
Saturday, 1 December 2012, 2:37 pm | World Public Opinion
In the aftermath of November's round of fighting with Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip, only 36% of Israelis think that Israel is better off than it was before the escalation, while a majority feel Israel is either about the same (38%) or worse ... More >>
Global Poll: Obama Overwhelmingly Preferred to Romney
Friday, 26 October 2012, 4:22 pm | World Public Opinion
A new 21-nation poll for BBC World Service indicates that citizens around the world would strongly prefer to see Barack Obama re-elected as US President rather than his Republican challenger Mitt Romney. More >>
US and International Public Opinion on World Order
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:45 pm | World Public Opinion
Newly updated digests of American and international public opinion polls reveal substantial consensus on concepts of world order. Large majorities support a world order based on international law and a stronger United Nations. American as well as international ... More >>
Updated Digests of Polls on Climate Change
Friday, 2 December 2011, 9:53 am | World Public Opinion
As representatives of most countries of the world meet in Durban, South Africa to try to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, newly updated digests of American and international public opinion reveal that publics around the ... More >>
6/10 Americans Say U.S Weakened Economy by 9/11 Overspending
Monday, 12 September 2011, 5:12 pm | World Public Opinion
Six in ten Americans believe that that the U.S. weakened its economy by overspending in its responses to the 9/11 attacks. In particular, respondents felt this was especially true of the U.S. mission in Iraq. More >>
Indonesia and USA 'Most Entrepreneur-Friendly Nations'
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 1:48 pm | World Public Opinion
Indonesia, the USA, Canada, India, and Australia are among the countries with the best cultures in the world for people to start a new business, while Colombia, Egypt, Turkey, Italy and Russia are the least friendly to innovation and entrepreneurship, ... More >>
On Egypt: What Should America Do Now?
Thursday, 10 March 2011, 10:20 am | World Public Opinion
For decades, the United States stood by as the Egyptian government suppressed the freedom and democracy of its people, sowing anti-Americanism in the masses. As the Egyptian people rose up, demanding greater democracy, the Obama administration succeeded ... More >>
American Public Shows How it Would Cut the Budget Deficit
Friday, 4 March 2011, 10:24 am | World Public Opinion
An innovative study has found that when a representative sample of the American public was presented the federal budget, they proposed changes far different from those the Obama administration or the Republican-led House have proposed. More >>
American Public Shows How it Would Cut the Budget Deficit
Friday, 4 February 2011, 1:40 pm | World Public Opinion
A new study finds that when average Americans are presented the federal budget in some detail, most are able to dramatically reduce the budget deficit and resolve the Social Security shortfall. In December the Chairs of the President's Fiscal Commission ... More >>
U.S Public Vastly Overestimates Amount of U.S. Foreign Aid
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 12:40 pm | World Public Opinion
As debates about how to deal with the budget deficit have heated up in recent weeks, a new WorldPublicOpinion.org/Knowledge Networks poll finds that Americans continue to vastly overestimate the amount of the federal budget that is devoted to foreign ... More >>
Attitude Factors In The Search For Peace
Friday, 3 September 2010, 2:08 pm | World Public Opinion
Both the Israeli and Palestinian publics want to reach a peace agreement, but both sides deeply distrust the other and are pessimistic that negotiations will soon resolve their conflict. More >>
Chinese Public Opposes Great Firewall
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 12:32 pm | World Public Opinion
In the land of over 300 million Internet users, and a firewall that controls access to politically sensitive topics, most of the people feel that their government should not be able to limit what they read online. More >>
China and US Get Low Marks on Climate Change
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 1:12 pm | World Public Opinion
With President Barack Obama on his way to meet his Chinese counterpart in Beijing for talks on global climate change and a range of other issues, a poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org shows that publics in more than half of 20 nations disapprove of the way China and ... More >>
Pakistani Public Opinion on the Swat Conflict
Friday, 26 June 2009, 11:33 am | World Public Opinion
Dr. Stephen Cohen , Brookings Institution Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies and author (most recently) of Four Crises and a Peace Process: American Engagement in South Asia (2007) and The Idea of Pakistan (2004), will comment on the study’s ... More >>
Most Americans Approve Complete Ban on Torture
Friday, 26 June 2009, 11:31 am | World Public Opinion
Six in 10 Americans approve of having an international convention saying that "governments should never use physical torture" as a means of trying to get information, while 39 percent say such a ban is too restrictive, according to a new WorldPublicOpinion.org/Knowledge ... More >>
Erosion of Support for Free Market System: Poll
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 10:19 am | World Public Opinion
Latest polling: Majorities in most countries continue to support the free market system, but over the last two years support has eroded in 10 of 18 countries regularly polled by GlobeScan. In several countries this drop in support has been quite sharp. More >>
Declining Support for Tough Measures against Iran
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 10:19 am | World Public Opinion
Compared to results from a June 2006 BBC World Service Poll, support for economic sanctions or military strikes has declined significantly, including in countries that were previously among the highest supporters of tough action. More >>
Poll: All Countries Favor Equal Rights For Women
Friday, 7 March 2008, 11:37 am | World Public Opinion
According to a new poll of 16 nations there is a widespread consensus that it is important for "women to have full equality of rights" and most say it is very important. This is true in Muslim countries as well as Western countries. More >>
World Public Favors Globalization and Trade
Friday, 27 April 2007, 1:02 pm | World Public Opinion
Majorities around the world believe economic globalization and international trade benefit national economies, companies, and consumers. But many think trade harms the environment and threatens jobs and want to mitigate these effects with environmental ... More >>
