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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Does Israeli law permit a government to impose a blanket ban on its citizens to prevent them from leaving the country?
According to the Middle East Monitor:
Nearly half a million Israelis have left the country since 7 October, according to data from the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority.
Israel’s Zman ...
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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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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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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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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 some people support Russia's war in Ukraine?
The Economist Intelligence Unit reported in March that some 33% of the world's population live in countries that support Russia in their war with Ukraine, and another 30% live in countries that are ...
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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 relatively many South Africans hold an unfavorable view of India?
In contrast, South Africans see India more critically than favorably.
About half say they have an unfavorable view of the country –
including 36% who hold a very unfavorable view, while 28% report a
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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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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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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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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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How popular is Vivek Ramaswamy's idea to compromise with Russia on Ukraine in exchange of Russia's dropping alliance with China?
Vivek Ramaswamy, one of Republican presidential candidates, suggests in his article that China is American main rival and that it is wise to get Russia's neutrality in exchange for compromising on ...
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How do people in Russia view Putin's statements on gay rights?
In the recent run-up to the Winter Olympics, Russia's Putin has indicated that he didn't have a problem with gays in Russia per se.
His only (stated) concern was with gay "propaganda", ...
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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
unrest ...
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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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How many people are in favor of legalizing marijuana, but have no intention of ever smoking it?
I know someone (an American) who supports legalization of marijuana, but he has no intention of ever smoking it. (He mildly disapproves of it, but doesn't think its consequences are severe enough to ...
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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.
Translated:
Over half of Romanians (56.4%) believe that if Romania had adopted the ...
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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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How do today's Germans perceive the Nazis
I am curious about the perceptions of Germans today with regard to their country's past? What do they generally have to say about Hitler and the events of the holocaust?
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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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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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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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Are there any reliable indications on popular sentiment in Afghanistan for/against the Taliban?
(Note: this question was asked in the context of the rapid military takeover of Afghanistan in July/August 2021 and the period leading up to it. How Afghans will come to view Taliban rule in the ...
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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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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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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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How many Americans support leveling Gaza? [closed]
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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How can we add by standard to opinion polls a "This is a stupid question" option? [closed]
Standard opinion polls include after the options related to the question also a "Don't know/No answer" option. But often responders who choose that option had a feeling that the poll was ...
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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 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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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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What caused the Republican Party members' dramatic shift on views on Russia?
The recent data published by The Economist/YouGov (PDF, ##26, 28) taken on December 10-13 2016, clearly indicate a dramatic change on Republican Party members' view on Russia and Putin:
The surveys ...
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Is there a data-based predictive model of what newspapers cover? [closed]
I am interested in a modern analogue to Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s propaganda model of media. (A modern revisitation of which can be found here.)
It would be interesting and valuable (to me) if ...
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What explains the big "D" shift in Utah in the last 4 years?
The following map kinda makes sense from the "why" perspective in most places, but one area that kind of threw me off as hard to explain was Utah experiencing major shift towards Democrats, in nearly ...
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Are there more recent (e.g post 2022) EU opinion polls on Turkey joining the EU?
I'm curious if public opinion in the EU countries on Turkey joining the EU has changed significantly in the past 6-7 years or so. I'm aware of one 2016 survey in which the public opinion about Turkey ...
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What factors account for the large drop in young voters identifying with the Democratic Party?
A recent Harvard poll, young Millennials (18-24 year olds) have been trending less Democratic. With a drop of 12 percentage points from November 2009 to November 2013.
This is in sharp contrast to ...
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Did Macron win any of the young left-wing voters in the 2nd round of the elections?
If one reads France24's vignettes of the young, left-wing voters before the 2nd round of the 2022 French presidential election, you could almost swear none were going to vote Macron:
"Macron or ...
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Have US President Biden's approval ratings increased or decreased after Hersh claimed that the US blew up Nordstream under Biden's order?
Around 2021, when the construction of NordStream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany was completed and it nearly became operational, US President Biden faced heavy criticism from his own party and ...
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Why is communism considered as evil (like fascism and nazism) in the United States?
In this question, a person asks why it's so easy to ban Nazi symbols and so hard to ban communist symbols: Why is banning communism symbols so hard to achieve as opposed to banning of Nazi symbols?
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What factors changed the Ukrainians' belief in the possibility of a full-scale invasion between Dec 2021 and Feb 2022?
There are two surveys that struck me recently:
December 2021, KIIS, about then-current public opinion:
February 2023, Gradus (note, the survey was taken in 2023, but it was talking about the public ...
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How can the Citizens provide a Better Environment for Politicians when Facing the News Media?
I recently watched a rather old video from Jay Foreman that seems even relevant today:
Why don't politicians answer questions?
As he explains the reasons behind it, I wonder are we placing too much of ...
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What percentage of the population of Ukraine support the war? [duplicate]
Ukrainian men between 18 and 60 cannot leave the country and have to defend themself against Russian aggression.
Are there any reliable numbers as to how much of the population actually supports the ...
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Given how popular Democratic positions on many issues are why don't Democrats win landslides?
We see polls on most issues where Democrats positions are more popular across the board. Yet the nation is more evenly divided in with Democrats only having a slight but surprisingly durable edge in ...
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Is there any state-by-state data on approval for LBJ or the Vietnam War?
I cannot find any data on approval ratings for LBJ on a state by state level.
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Do people in countries besides the US react negatively to "militarized police"?
A 2018 PNAS study concludes that
militarized “special weapons and tactics” (SWAT) teams are more often deployed in communities of color, and—contrary to claims by police administrators—provide no ...
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