International understanding is increasingly important as the global marketplace grows, economies and financial systems become interconnected, and the rapid movement of ideas and trends through social media brings the world closer together.

Pew works across the globe to conduct public opinion surveys on a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. This work includes numerous major reports on topics such as attitudes toward American foreign policy, globalization, terrorism, and democracy.

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August 27, 2020 Methodology

About Pew Research Center’s Summer 2020 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup and Abt Associates. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs are available here.

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August 27, 2020 Appendix A: Classifying European political parties

Classifying parties as populist Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elitism, definitions of populism vary. We use three measures to classify populist parties: anti-elite ratings from the 2019 Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES), Norris’ Global Party Survey and The PopuList. We define a party as populist when […]

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August 27, 2020 Acknowledgments

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Kat Devlin, Research Associate Aidan Connaughton, Research Assistant James Bell, Vice President, Global Strategy Alexandra Castillo, Research Methodologist Stefan S. Cornibert, Communications Manager Claudia Deane, Vice President, Research Moira Fagan, Research Analyst Janell Fetterolf, Research Associate Shannon Greenwood, Digital […]

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August 27, 2020 Most Approve of National Response to COVID-19 in 14 Advanced Economies

The pandemic has had a divisive effect on a sense of national unity in many of the countries surveyed: A median of 46% feel more national unity now than before the coronavirus outbreak, while 48% think divisions have grown.

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July 30, 2020 Methodology

About Pew Research Center’s Summer 2020 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Abt Associates. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs are available here. Country: United States Year: 2020 Survey: […]

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July 30, 2020 Acknowledgments

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Laura Silver, Senior Researcher Kat Devlin, Research Associate Christine Huang, Research Analyst James Bell, Vice President, Global Strategy Alexandra Castillo, Research Methodologist Jeremiah Cha, Research Assistant Aidan Connaughton, Research Assistant Stefan S. Cornibert, Communications Manager Claudia Deane, Vice President, […]

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July 30, 2020 Americans Fault China for Its Role in the Spread of COVID-19

Unfavorable views of China reach new historic high, and a majority supports taking a tougher stand on human rights.

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July 20, 2020 Appendix B: Economic categorization

For this report we grouped countries into two economic categories: “advanced” and “emerging and developing.” In the report, this category is referred to as “emerging.” These categories are fairly common in specialized and popular discussions and are helpful for analyzing how public attitudes vary with economic circumstances. However, no single, agreed-upon scheme exists for placing […]

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