Ideological divisions over cultural issues are far wider in the U.S. than in the UK, France and Germany
Across 11 questions on cultural subjects, the gap between the left and right in the U.S. is wider than in the European countries surveyed.
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Across 11 questions on cultural subjects, the gap between the left and right in the U.S. is wider than in the European countries surveyed.
Public opinion on Brexit aligns with attitudes toward the EU, immigration and culture.
Views of the U.S. are favorable across many of the 33 countries we surveyed in 2019, although confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump is low.
A look at how supporters of European populist parties stand out on key issues, from the European Union to Putin.
In some EU nations, sizable minorities speak something other than their country’s national language in their household.
Learn how Europeans in 10 EU member states feel about key institutions and issues ahead of European Parliament elections.
On issues including national identity and religious minorities, views among UK adults align very closely to general opinion across the EU.
A median of 23% in eight key countries in Western Europe name immigration as one of the top two problems facing their country.
People with populist views in Western Europe are more likely than those with mainstream views to distrust traditional institutions. While populist attitudes span the ideological spectrum in Western Europe, populist political parties are relatively unpopular in the region.
Americans and Western Europeans have broadly similar views on certain social and political issues. For example, majorities of Americans and Western Europeans see immigrants as beneficial to their economies and support certain rights for gays and lesbians.
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