Americans’ views of key foreign policy goals depend on their attitudes toward international cooperation
Americans’ views on foreign policy priorities differ based on a number of factors, including their attitudes toward international engagement.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Americans’ views on foreign policy priorities differ based on a number of factors, including their attitudes toward international engagement.
32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.
A survey of U.S.-based journalists finds 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom.
Differences within each party on views of foreign policy emerge based on where Americans turn for political news.
Democrats are far more willing to say the U.S. can learn from other countries on major policy issues than Republicans are.
The U.S. is seen positively in advanced economies for its technology, entertainment, military and universities, but negatively for its health care system, discrimination and the state of its democracy.
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, people around the world are still concerned by the threat of global climate change.
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
A majority of U.S. registered voters say climate change will be a very or somewhat important issue when casting their vote for president.
International relations experts’ assessment of the current crises facing the world are often at odds with those of the U.S. general public.
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