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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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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