International Public Concern About North Korea
But Growing Anti-Americanism in South Korea
But Growing Anti-Americanism in South Korea
Modest Transatlantic Gap
Remember the “smoking gun” that Americans demanded before they lent their support to a possible war with Iraq? The smoking gun proof of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction is not nearly as important now that the war is over. A recent Gallup poll found that 58% of Americans believe the war can be […]
Public attitudes toward the war in Iraq have been remarkably consistent through the first two weeks of the conflict. There is broad support for the war, and Americans are upbeat – though not overwhelmingly so – about progress to date. Most expect it will take months, not weeks, to defeat the Iraqi military. What is […]
Remarks of Andrew Kohut to The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing
The American public reacted very favorably to Secretary of State Colin Powell’s presentation to the U.N. Security Council. The flurry of polling conducted over the past week indicates that he made convincing points to the American public about the dangers posed by Saddam’s Hussein’s regime. Powell and President Bush, in his State of the Union […]
With his decision to dramatically increase U.S. overseas spending on the AIDS epidemic, President Bush is addressing a crisis that dominates the concerns of people around the world. The spread of AIDS and other infectious diseases is not just a major crisis in Africa, where the toll from AIDS has been highest. Majorities in 31 […]
Polls Surprisingly Consistent
2002 Year-end Report
A Pew Research Center Note
A Pew Research Center Note
by Andrew Kohut in The New York Times
Throughout the election season, the Pew Research Center and other major polling organizations report a measure that political insiders sometimes call “the generic ballot.” This measure is the percentage of voters in national surveys who say they intend to vote for either the Republican or the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in […]
by Andrew Kohut in The Washington Post
In March, 2001, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life began a partnership to conduct a series of national public opinion surveys on religious attitudes. With the events of September 11, we accelerated our agenda to investigate how religious beliefs shaped public reactions […]
A Pew Research Center Note
A Pew Research Center Note
by Andrew Kohut for The New York Times
by Andrew Kohut for Columbia Journalism Review
by Andrew Kohut for America Online