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America’s Place in the World 2016
Carroll Doherty
Director of Political Research @CarrollDoherty
Public wary of U.S. global involvement
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Americas Place in the World 2016 Carroll Doherty Director of Political Research @CarrollDoherty Public wary of U.S. global involvement www.pewresearch.org 2 May 5, 2016 Slightly more see U.S. role in global economy negatively than
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Slightly more see U.S. role in global economy negatively than positively
% saying each …
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5% Don't know Deal with
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problems/ let others deal with theirs as best they can 57% Help other countries deal with their problems 37%
U.S. should …
4% Don't know Right amount 28% Too much 41% Too little 27%
In term s of solving w orld problem s, the U.S. does …
44% 49% Bad thing Good thing DK 7%
U.S. involvem ent in global econom y is a …
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Within both parties, divisions over U.S. global engagement
% saying U.S. involvem ent in the global econom y is …
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Divided over major global threats – and how to address them
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ISIS, cyberattacks seen as greatest threats to U.S.
% saying each is a …
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Ideologically polarized views of threats from refugee crisis, climate change
% saying each is a ‘m ajor threat’ to the w ell-being of the United States
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Highest support for increased defense spending in more than a decade
% saying U.S. should __ spending on national defense
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Share of conservative Republicans who favor increased defense spending has tripled since 2011
% saying U.S. should increase spending on defense
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Conserv R Mod/Lib R Ind Cons/Mod D Lib D
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Use ‘overwhelming force’ against global terrorism?
% w ho say …
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Government anti-terrorism policies and concern over security and civil liberties
Bigger concern about govt anti-terrorism policies? (%) % w ho say govt anti-terrorism policies have not gone far enough to protect country …
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About half of Sanders supporters say anti-terror policies ‘have gone too far’
Bigger concern about govt anti-terrorism policies? (%)
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Views of Israel and NATO
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Middle East sympathies, 1978-2016
In the dispute betw een Israel and the Palestinians, w ho do you sym pathize w ith m ore? (%) Sym pathize m ore w ith Israel, by party (%)
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Growing share of liberal Democrats sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel
% saying they sym pathize m ore w ith …
Conservative R Repu publica cans
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NATO widely seen as good for the U.S. …
% w ho say being a m em ber of NATO is …
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But many see NATO as more important to other allies
% w ho say NATO alliance is …
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Nearly half say U.S. plays a less powerful global leadership role than it did 10 years ago
% saying U.S. role as a w orld leader is ______
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But U.S. is viewed as world’s leading military and economic power
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% saying ____ is w orld’s leading... Economic power Military power
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