Those on ideological right favor fewer COVID-19 restrictions in most advanced economies
Those on the political right are more likely to say there should have been fewer public activity restrictions during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Those on the political right are more likely to say there should have been fewer public activity restrictions during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Dissatisfaction with the functioning of democracy is linked to concerns about the economy, the pandemic and social divisions.
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.
International relations experts’ assessment of the current crises facing the world are often at odds with those of the U.S. general public.
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, people around the world are still concerned by the threat of global climate change.
Assessments of national economies have seen swift downturns in many countries, and few see improvements anytime soon.
The pandemic has had a divisive effect on a sense of national unity in many of the countries surveyed: A median of 46% feel more national unity now than before the coronavirus outbreak, while 48% think divisions have grown.
Democrats are far more willing to say the U.S. can learn from other countries on major policy issues than Republicans are.
Unfavorable views of China reach new historic high, and a majority supports taking a tougher stand on human rights.
For some governments, the debt incurred on COVID-19 relief will add to the considerable red ink already on their ledgers before the pandemic.
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