Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Aside from voting, relatively few people take part in other forms of political and civic participation. But a 14-country survey finds that some could be motivated to participate on issues like health care, poverty and education.
Although most Americans back a higher minimum wage, wide disparities in local living costs make finding an appropriate rate difficult.
Most in the region feel positively about the role the internet plays in their countries, but long-standing digital divides between internet haves and have-nots persist.
On balance, people around the world continue to give the United States favorable ratings and say it respects the individual liberties of its people. More countries also prefer the U.S. as the world’s leading power over China. At the same time, many express frustration about America’s role in the world and say they have little confidence in President Donald Trump to do the right thing in world affairs
Americans’ views of Russia have declined in the past year, as have Russians’ views of the United States. See six charts on public opinion about the relationship between the two nations.
Turnout in this year’s primaries for Congress and most state governorships surged compared with the last midterms in 2014, particularly among Democrats. Nearly a fifth (19.6%) of registered voters – about 37 million – cast ballots in primary elections for the U.S. House of Representatives – a 56% increase over the 23.7 million who voted in 2014’s House primaries. Turnout that year was 13.7% of registered voters.
Women account for 28% of the 67 judges Trump has appointed to the federal courts since taking office, well below the share appointed by Barack Obama but higher than the share appointed by any other Republican president. Seven of the 67 judges (10%) are racial or ethnic minorities.
Questo testo è stato tradotto dall’inglese all’italiano. Con l’avvicinarsi del secondo anniversario dell’elezione del presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump, un nuovo sondaggio condotto dal Pew Research Center in 25 paesi rileva che l’immagine internazionale del presidente in carica rimane deludente, mentre negli Stati Uniti le opinioni sono molto più negative di quelle ottenute durante […]
Ce texte a été traduit de l’anglais vers le français. À l’approche du deuxième anniversaire de l’élection du président américain Donald Trump, une nouvelle étude du Pew Research Center menée dans 25 pays montre que l’image de Trump dans le monde demeure négative et révèle, en parallèle, une opinion sur les Etats-Unis beaucoup moins favorable […]
A medida que se acerca el segundo aniversario de la elección del presidente de EE. UU., Donald Trump, una nueva encuesta del Pew Research Center en 25 países concluye que la imagen internacional de Trump sigue siendo mala y que la valoración de EE. UU. es mucho más baja que durante la presidencia de Obama.
