Questions tagged [public-opinion]
Questions asking how the public views certain issues, for example, based on opinion poll results. Questions about TECHNICAL ASPECTS of opinion polling should use [polling] instead.
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Can Desuetude apply to the US Constitution? [closed]
Desuetude in my understanding means null and void through obsolescence.
What I wonder is if an American constitutional provision could fall into total oblivion, only to be revived, or is there a ...
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What do Trump supporters think of his Cabinet nominations?
Since last week, Donald Trump has been announcing his planned Cabinet member nominations. Many people, including a number of Republican politicians and commentators in conservative media (including ...
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What polls are there within EU whether people agree with given support for Israel?
There have been many protests in the world and in America and Europe against Israel's alleged war crimes in Gaza.
What polls are there (within this year) within the EU zone considering whether people ...
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Why does Trump have a significantly higher support rate than Harris in the cryptocurrency sector polls?
Recently, I've been following the progress of the U.S. election and noticed some differences in support rates among the public through various channels. In a recent global poll in the cryptocurrency ...
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Are there past polls in the US on whether the current election was then deemed "the most important election of their lifetime"?
CNN:
More than two-thirds of likely voters believe that this is the most important election of their lifetime, including 72% of Trump supporters and 70% of Harris’ backers. The 5% of voters who are ...
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Are there opinion polls in the US on the handling of the (armed) conflict with Houthis?
The WSJ (editorial board) writes:
Instead of begging for restraint, the U.S. could capitalize on Israel’s gains by taking out Houthi sites and leaders after their next attack on U.S. ships.
Are ...
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Is or was there ever a US poll how many Americans support bombing Irans's nuclear facilities?
Recently:
Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump said he believed Israel should strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in response to the Islamic Republic’s recent missile barrage.
[...Biden's] “...
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Were US men and women ever so divided in national polls?
Reportedly
The numbers are stunning. An NBC poll this week found men favour Trump over Harris by 12 points, 52% to 40%. Among women, Harris leads Trump by 21 points: 58% to 37%. Put the two together ...
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During WWII, why was internment/incarceration rate of Japanese Americans so much higher than German Americans? [closed]
In terms of percentages, roughly 1% (11,000) of German Americans were incarcerated, while roughly 80% (110,000) of Japanese Americans were (an order of magnitude difference in absolute terms). Since ...
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First choice for President polls? (As opposed to who you plan to vote for polls.)
Have there been any polls during this presidential election season asking which candidate is the person's first choice? (If so, details?)
I ask because, as widely reported (e.g. copy here), it's ...
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Are there any polls on the opinion about Hamas in the broader Arab or Muslim world?
There numerous polls about Hamas conducted by Palestinian pollsters, but at least some of these were recently contested by the IDF.
I'm curious: are there [any] polls about about Hamas in the broader ...
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Are there any polls in Bangladesh on how the influence of China and India are perceived there?
Bangladesh has been at the intersection of Chinese and Indian efforts to expand their 'soft power' (at least) in that country.
How are all these efforts perceived in Bangladesh? I know there are ...
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How are the two Bush presidents scored or ranked by Republicans?
I was fairly shocked by this poll:
Until I gave it a closer reading and realized it's asking about the "best" president, which forced people to choose just one. (BTW, Reagan was preferred ...
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How much support does a ground offensive in Lebanon have among the Israeli public?
Israeli forces and Hezbollah have been trading blows across the border for months now. The Israeli government appears to be under some political pressure to gain the upper hand and ensure the return ...
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Does Biden or any other US president besides Trump have a common nickname in China?
Today I learned that in China Trump is (derisively) called "Comrade Nation Builder"--the nation referred to is not the US though, but China, in the sense/claim that Trump has built up ...
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Do Americans think the Durham investigation (into the Clinton camp) was politically motivated?
We had some Qs here about the public opinion of investigations into Trump's camp, and we learned from those that Republicans think these investigations (and trials) were/are overwhelmingly politically ...
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Are there any US polls of whether Trump prosecution is considered politically motivated?
Were the American public (or a subset thereof) asked whether they consider prosecution of Donald Trump to be politically motivated? If so, what were the results?
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How effective are statues and other monuments in changing people's political beliefs?
According to Wiki, one of the intended functions of monuments is to act as a tool for spreading political information:
Monuments are also often designed to convey historical or political information, ...
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How common is it among Israelis or the supporters of Israel to deny the existence of local population in Palestine prior to Zionist immigration?
A much upvoted comment to a recent question (+19 at the moment of writing) claims that:
[...] it is very frequent that pro-Israel people downplay the existence of a local population. That's hardly ...
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How much do Americans know about Palestinians and Palestine?
According to Ynetnews:
But the huge noise of these protests obscures the truth: Most Americans aren’t antisemitic, certainly not Hamas supporters. Many of them, from the East Coast to California, don’...
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In simple words, how does UK's Conservative party manage to retain dominance?
UK's Conservative party is one of two main parties and arguably dominant in the UK.
But I don't understand how did they manage to pull that off in the century XX with its urbanization. As one would ...
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Is there (anti-)correlation between antisemitic and islamphobic attitudes?
I am looking for opinion polls that studied simultaneously antisemitism and Islamophobia (negative attitudes to Muslims/Islam) in North America and Europe. I am particularly interested in (anti-)...
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Why do protests happen in the light of their apparent futility?
Just today,
Riot police called in to disperse angry locals after [a bishop] was attacked at Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd church
There seem to be an ingrained belief that when something bad ...
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British attitudes towards their country's responsibility for Palestinian-Israeli conflict [closed]
Are there any opinion polls regarding Britain's legacy/responsibility for the colonial policies in Mandatory Palestine?
The question is prompted by the mistreatment of two October 7 survivors by ...
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Why do Polish people view Russia unfavorably?
Poles hold the most negative views of Russia among all countries
included in a new global survey by the Pew Research Center, which also
shows that attitudes towards the United States, NATO and the ...
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Why do so many Indians apparently despise the separation of powers?
A Pew poll:
The wording of the Q[s] was:
"A system in which a strong leader can make decisions without interference from [country-specific legislative body, e.g. parliament or Congress] or the ...
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Are there surveys asking Israelis what should happen to Palestinians?
I'm seeing some recent polls asking Israelis if they support Palestinian statehood.
Pew Research asks: "Do you think a way can be found for Israel and an independent Palestinian state to coexist ...
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Why do a majority of White Evangelicals not support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants?
In a survey released on Thursday, PRRI found that, while overall
support for a pathway to citizenship has remained virtually unchanged
between 2013 and 2021 (63% to 62%), some faith groups have ...
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Did Democratic party leaning voters in the US have an alternative candidate in mind for the US presidential election in 2024?
This week there were primary elections in a large number of states in the US for the upcoming presidential election in November 2024 and it turned out that likely the two major candidates will be Joe ...
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Which Middle Eastern country has the highest public approval for a diplomatic recognition of Israel?
Arab state leaders considering entering into or maintaining
normalization with Israel might gauge whether expected benefits from
normalization would outweigh concerns about popular criticism or
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Why do most Israeli Jews oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians?
This recent survey found that a large majority of Jewish Israelis would prefer that Israel prevent humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza inhabitants:
We asked our respondents for their opinion ...
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During Ronald Reagan's presidency, which industry sectors' workers tended to approve of him the most? And which ones disliked him the most?
Ronald Reagan had a lot of support nationwide during his presidency, but there were many people who opposed him as well. It seems like different industry types tend to favor a certain political ...
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How can poll results be verified?
Politicians often base their policy decisions on what they perceive as the public opinion, as revealed in opinion polls. This apparently puts a lot of power at the hands of the companies running the ...
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Are these survey results about the approval ratings of the October 7 attacks by Hamas reliable?
In a news article published by AP news the following statements are made.
Despite the devastation, 57% of respondents in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believe Hamas was correct in launching the ...
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How do Turks and Arabs view each other?
There is usually quite a lot of bad blood between the former colonial powers and the former colonies - like between Russia and the former Soviet Republics or Soviet Block countries, between France and ...
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Do Western governments or organizations control the media and newspapers to censor some news?
Many believe that mainstream Western newspapers such as WSJ, NYT, The Guardian, AP, etc. publish all the world's news without censorship (e.g. in the US perhaps due to freedom of the press).
What made ...
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What's the Russian feminist position on (female) conscription?
In a fairly upvoted answer here, it's asserted that Russian feminists oppose female conscription, at least in the conception of one self-declared (Russian) anti-feminist.
Is it the case though that ...
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Why is support for the monarchy so high in Romania?
A Romanian news outlet published a recent poll on the Romanian public's sentiment towards restoring the monarchy.
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Over half of Romanians (56.4%) believe that if Romania had adopted the ...
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Why are Americans' perceptions about their economy so incorrect?
According to a recent Financial Times article (paywalled), surveys indicate a large disconnect between current economic facts and the public perception, to where the majority polled are mistaken:
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Is there a poll in Germany on perceptions whether the antisemitism label is correctly used in the German political discourse?
I stumbled upon this US poll (conducted by U. of Maryland & Ipsos in June 2023) containing some questions on the public perceptions of the correct use of the antisemitism label, but also having ...
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How high is the support for non-two-state-solution outcomes in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
The Two-state solution is the mainstream in the governmental policies towards the Arab-Israeli conflict, see here, e.g.:
A “peaceful and just solution” to the Israel-Palestine conflict can “only be ...
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Do a majority of Israeli Jews still think that the IDF is holding back too much in Gaza?
Time reported on Nov 10:
Poll results were also hawkish when it came to the use of force in Gaza: 57.5% of Israeli Jews said that they believed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were using too little ...
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Have Netanyahu's policies fueled a rise in anti-Israeli sentiment?
It has become fashionable to explain (and justify) anti-Israeli sentiment by the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been the prime minister of Israel for most of the last decade. This seems to ...
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Are there longitudinal studies on Americans views on the Israel-Palestinian conflict?
Consistently - if memory serves me right - studies show significant generational gap (e.g., one study, another study) that the younger a US is, the higher chance they are going to be supporting ...
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How many Americans support leveling Gaza?
This is from Oct 11, but oddly of [perhaps more] relevance [these days]:
“Level the place!” the senator said of Gaza in a Fox News interview in mid-October. He appeared to say it was okay to attack ...
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Has support for providing more help to Ukraine (so they might win the war) tanked in Europe too, after the fizzled counter-offensive of this summer?
Time wrote on Nov 1
Public support for aid to Ukraine has been in decline for months in the U.S., and Zelensky’s visit did nothing to revive it. Some 41% of Americans want Congress to provide more ...
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Are there "global South" polls about the perception of US hypocrisy in conflicts?
The BBC quotes "Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard University" saying that:
"In much of the Global South we're seen as deeply hypocritical, actively opposing ...
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Are there any post-counteroffensive polls in Ukraine on war fatigue?
I don’t think it’s controversial to say that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed this summer, with Russia gaining territory in the eastern part of the frontlines. Have there been any reliable ...
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How prevalent is profound criticism of Israel among Israelis?
A June 2023 piece in Jewish Currents discusses a number of polls which measure the extent of criticism of Israel's existence and/or its relation to Palestine within the Jewish population of the United ...
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Are there any polls on what the citizens of Israel would like to be done to Gaza in response to the recent attack?
Specifically I'm curious how many people support:
Minimal efforts to secure the border / build a taller fence
Bombing Hamas headquarters but not much else
Land-based invasion to eliminate Hamas
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