Asia & the Pacific

Our new survey of 29,999 Indian adults takes a closer look at religious identity, nationalism and tolerance in Indian society.

Indians see religious tolerance as a central part of who they are as a nation. Across the major religious groups, most people say it is very important to respect all religions to be “truly Indian.”

Majorities across much of Western Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region have a favorable view of the European Union.

Publics disagree about whether restrictions on public activity, such as stay-at-home orders or mandates to wear masks in public, have gone far enough to combat COVID-19.

Negative views of Vladimir Putin are at or near historic highs, with a median of 22% saying they have confidence in him to do the right thing in world affairs.

U.S. adults are the least confident in Biden out of 17 publics surveyed and among the least confident in Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.

The U.S. receives relatively poor marks compared with other countries and organizations when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.

A small but significant share of car owners in the U.S. have traded filling up for plugging in, and many more are thinking of joining them.

Differences within each party on views of foreign policy emerge based on where Americans turn for political news.

Putting minimum wage policy in the hands of lawmakers is one of several ways in which the U.S. approach stands apart from other countries.