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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Conflicting Egos: what groups of people tend to support the stabilizing of federal spending on personnel?
According to multiple sources and this site, union and strike have unquestionable merits:
Labors need union to protect their rights, especially for those labors in dangerous job or low-paying jobs.
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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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Is there a correlation between Gov't economic policies/performance & collective action
Based on my reading of polsci and econ literature, I believe there is an extensive literature studying how collective action (e.g., through labor strikes or occupation groups) can influence economic ...
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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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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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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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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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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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What do modern British people think about the decolonization of India in 1947? [closed]
Do British people think that PM Clement Attlee's decision to give independence to India was correct?
If so, why? If not, why not?
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What are the core universal differences between young and old people's political attitudes?
The global surveys support the intuition that young people are socially liberal, perhaps because of their higher openness to experience. However other trends seem harder to generalize.
Although the ...
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Why is confidence in U.S. banking at 27%?
"Gallup first measured confidence in institutions in 1973 and has done so annually since 1993. This year's survey was conducted June 1-20.": "Now I am going to read you a list of ...
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How does the indignation of the Russo-Ukrainian War compare to the Iraq War?
I was only born in 2001. I know London and DC had enormous protests, but none of the details. So eyewitness accounts are great but I need historical data too.
With the triumph of YouTube I can follow ...
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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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How many Britons consider that Brexit has negatively affected them, now that COVID has been mostly contained?
According to this Financial Times movie, the UK has been significantly economically impacted by Brexit. According to them, this became clearer after COVID had been largely contained, but its economic ...
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Are there any good modern analyses capturing the multidimensional nature of the political positions of parties and voters?
During the Heath/Wilson era of British politics (the 1960s and 1970s for those not old enough to remember it) there was a great deal of debate trying to understand the shifting mix of policies of 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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How can we identify if a certain political strategy led to the popularity of a party?
Suppose there is a political party X with a set of policies Y, how could we identify from the set of policies y, those policy which led to popularity of a party?
The motivation for the question was ...
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What made Queen Elizabeth so popular?
Queen Elizabeth was one of the most popular people in many countries, while also being significantly less controversial than any politicians or celebrities of the same scale.
What actions did Queen ...
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American's opinions on copyright
Have there been any recent surveys with published results on American's opinions on copyright?
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Does Russia have a troop-surge party?
Back in early 2008 (for instance) there was a Gallup poll on whether the US public approved of the (then) troop surge in Iraq. Somewhat unsurprisingly [to me], in that instance the results were fairly ...
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What does the average American citizen think about the raid on Mar-a-Lago? [closed]
What does the average American citizen think of the raid on Trump?
While CNN, MSNBC, etc report how good it is, and Fox reports how bad it is, what does the average person think? I am asking as I read ...
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Are there any multi-country EU polls on the Russian-language policies of former Soviet republics that are either full EU members or EU associates?
Are there any multi-country EU polls (like those conducted by Eurostat or Pew, although not necessarily just by those orgs) on the topic of Russian-language policies in former Soviet republics that ...
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Have the January 6 hearings had a significant impact on the attitudes of Trump supporters?
The public hearings of the January 6 Committee have exposed many details about Donald Trump's actions and behavior in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But I can easily imagine that ...
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Do Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss (presently) poll poorly against Keir Starmer?
I recall reading on CNN about a complaint by an MP (who was possibly a Mordaunt supporter) along the lines that the Conservatives have already lost the next general election given the leadership ...
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How many Russians say Alaska is rightfully theirs?
There is a theory proposed by at least one Russian political scientist that the treaty by which the Russian Empire sold Alaska to the US is actually void, on the argument that the US subsequently ...
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How do the positions of the US parties on abortion align with those of their voters?
What is the abortion debate in the US really about? It seems to me that there are two completely different issues which are being constantly mixed/misrepresented in the public debate:
Legality of ...
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Does the US public find credible excuses by some Senators that Justices who overturned Roe had misled them in Senate hearings?
Two or even three US Senators have said that [future] justices that ultimately overturned Roe had essentially lied to them, or at least seriously misled them in the Senate hearings on their ...
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How strong is public opinion that the West is too soft on Putin?
What are the poll results regarding how many people think that the international community and the West are too soft on Putin by more or less allowing Russia to destroy Ukraine and Ukrainians?
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How does the Ukrainian public perceive the EU accession process (especially the timelines, as of June 2022)?
On June 16th, the leaders of France, Germany and Italy gave some support to the Ukrainian request for EU Candidate status. While Candidate status may lead to membership, to me it looks like a promise ...
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Do wars on foreign soil often affect military celebrations?
Many countries hold annual military celebrations of various kinds. How have these been affected when they were in another war? On foreign soil of course.
I'm looking for examples of countries ...
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Is there any modeling on who would be the Condorcet winner in the French Presidential election?
The French Presidential elections use FPTP with a run off round, so directly determining the Condorcet winner is obviously impossible. But I wonder if pollsters have done any modeling to determine the ...
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Why is the public opinion about GCC countries so low in the USA/UK?
What is the public perception in the USA and the UK about oil-rich gulf countries and their people?
According to the above post, the public approval rate of GCC countries and their people is low in ...
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What is the public perception in the USA and the UK about oil-rich gulf countries and their people?
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are very loyal US and UK allies, I guess.
However, how do the general population of the USA and the UK see them as allies? Do they see them as valued allies ...
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Are there any polls on what those supporting a "no fly zone" think it entails?
Thanks to Ukraine's successful PR campaign, instituting a "no fly zone" is currently a popular talking point in the US. But as explained in What would setting up a no-fly zone by NATO over ...
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Are Gen-Zers really a "pro-life" generation? [closed]
Are Gen-Zers really a "pro-life" generation, or is it just a Republican trick to make their ideas look less ancient? Aren't zoomers generally supposed to be progressive (environmentalism, ...
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Can the popular opinion in North Korea be determined?
What are the approaches for outsiders to measure/poll public opinion in a closed society like North Korea? In particular, are any figures for the political support of the current government accepted ...
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Why do parts of the community object to mandatory vaccination, when practically all of them were vaccinated as children? [closed]
For what reasons do such a noticeable percentage of the community object to mandatory vaccination for COVID-19, when practically all of them were vaccinated for things like measles, chicken pox, when ...
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What accounts for the high support for the official position in Cuban referenda?
In Cuba, there have been several national referenda or petitions on major constitutional or governmental matters which have been reported to have extremely high support for the "official" ...
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Do American views on national racial issues fall among party lines when controlling for race?
Polls show that Democrats support "racial justice" ideas like equal prison sentences and slavery reparations at substantially higher rates than Republicans. For example, while reparations is ...
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Are there cases in US history when the approval rating of the vice-president exceeded that of the POTUS for a substantial time?
Give that VP rating in the public eye seems to track pretty closely that of president, e.g.
Are there cases when the VP was consistently rated higher than the president for a substantial amounts of ...
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Why are Spaniards disproportionately very dissatisfied with Spain's political system?
The trends discussed in Pew Research's recent study Citizens in Advanced Economies Want Significant Changes to Their Political Systems was of no surprise to me, except Spain stands out in an ...
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Why have Biden's approval polls consistently been dropping between August and October 2021?
Since around the start of August, President Biden's approval began to tank. According to 538, Biden's approval is currently at 43.8%. They recently wrote an article about how his approval is dropping ...
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Recent polling on U.S. Balanced Budget (Amendment or other)?
A balanced budget for the federal government has long had strong popular support among the American people:
Has such public support continued past 2014? Can anyone cite more recent credible polling ...
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Are late-night network talk show hosts and comedy shows mostly if not uniformly strongly anti-Trump and generally anti-Republican Party these days? [closed]
Note: I'm looking for fact-based answers based on sources, not opinions here.
In the recent Stephen Colbert YouTube clip Prominent Republicans Speak Up About Vaccines As Delta Infections Soar the talk-...
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Are there any surveys on how citizens of Afghanistan outside of Kabul perceive the concept of government?
As an example, in the Middle Ages the concept of "government" in Europe was fuzzy at best. Most people worked the fields and primarily cared about who's the local landowner, rather than ...
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Why hasn't Biden gotten a "rally round the flag" effect after Afghanistan?
One thing that surprised me about Biden's approval is the lack of a rally round the flag effect so far. It hovered around 50% on poll averaging sites which is where it was before. (In case you don't ...
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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 ...
