"Polls give the public a voice in politics, business and other areas... If we stop polling people and just assume AI knows the answer, we risk misunderstanding what’s actually happening in the public." www.pewresearch.org?p=303740

Two new posts from us at @pewresearch.org today (links in replies). First, it is generally the case that higher income countries are less likely to say their political system needs big changes. But the U.S. is an exception. This post shows how the U.S. both does and does not stand out on this.

The full dataset from Pew's 2025 Global Attitudes Survey is available for download! A great resource for anyone interested in public opinion that contains rich data from 25 countries. www.pewresearch.org/dataset/spri...

Majorities in both parties agree that Iran is not doing enough to avoid civilian casualties. But Democrats are three times more likely than Republicans to say the U.S. is not doing enough to avoid civilian casualties.

Republicans (47%) are much more likely than Democrats (5%) to say the U.S. military action against Iran will make the Iranian people better off. But within the GOP, there are big age divides. Republicans 65 and older are about twice as likely as those under 30 to say Iranians will be better off.

New from @pewresearch.org: About a third of Americans have confidence in Trump to make good decisions when it comes to policy toward Iran. That number has declined since he was a candidate for president in 2024, including by 18 points among Republicans.

"Concomitant with the emergent partisan gap [in trust in science] is a massive perceptual gap among Democrats, who perceive a partisan divide more than double its actual size. Democrats vastly underestimate Republicans’ trust in scientists" academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...

The most religiously diverse countries 1 Singapore 2 Suriname 3 Taiwan 4 S Korea 9 Australia 10 France 11 Canada 12 UK 16 NZ 20 Germany 24 Japan 32 US 34 Nigeria 78 India 83 Brazil 126 China 160 Egypt 201 Yemen www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Really excited to see our article examining trends in public confidence in scientists over the last five decades in print. Check it out here and let me know your thoughts:

An extremely fun post from Pew today: Our graphics team's favorite data visualizations of 2025! Including my personal favorite, a 'beeswarm plot' showing the partisan divide over trust in different news sources, with each dot representing a different news source. pewrsr.ch/4s5jncn

While there continues to be much attention paid to the growth of the religiously unaffiliated population in Europe and North America, two-thirds of the world’s 1.9 billion religious “nones” (67%) live in China.

2025 striking findings from @pewresearch.org! Highlights include: - Views of the U.S. are down, views of China up in many countries - More Americans say higher education is going in the wrong direction - Young men have grown more critical of sports betting Check it all out here: pewrsr.ch/3KJ56Rz

In a new article out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com, we find that members of demographic groups with lower trust in scientists increase their trust when presented with scientists who look like them. Not just on gender and race, but also rurality and class. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New research from the #NetSI team + colleagues shows: groups with historically lower trust—women, Black people, rural and lower-income residents—trust scientists more when they share their identity. Greater representation across communities can boost trust in science. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Americans aren’t following the news as closely as they were a decade ago. And that’s true for older and younger Americans and Republicans and Democrats alike. New today from Pew: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Across 25 countries we surveyed earlier this year, trust in others varies widely. But it tends to be higher in high-income countries than in middle-income ones.

We've previously found that trusting others is associated with things like higher confidence in public school principals and greater life satisfaction. In a new post out today, we find that whether people trust others also relates to how they think about international affairs.

Generally speaking, would you say that most people can or can't be trusted? In our new post out today, we asked this question in 25 countries. 55% of Americans say that most people CAN be trusted. The U.S. is consistent with a wider trend of people in high-income countries being more trusting.

Canadians’ views of the U.S. are among their most negative in our two decades of polling. Majorities of Canadians say that the U.S. is the world’s leading economic power and that the U.S. poses the greatest threat to their country. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Following elections in the U.S. and the UK in 2024 where the party in power changed, views of the economy along partisan lines also shifted.

NEW: The share of Americans saying sports betting is bad for society and bad for sports has grown significantly since we asked three years ago, and it's grown especially among young men. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

For those profs teaching data literacy.... www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025...

We once again asked people in 25 countries which concerns posed a major threat, minor threat, or no threat at all to their country. Check out the full report here for more on what people see as threats and how that has changed over time. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Our latest report finds that most Canadians view the U.S. and Trump negatively. But a growing share view the U.S. as the world’s leading economic power. Canada is the only country of 23 surveyed where more people view the U.S. as the world’s leading economic power today than two years ago.

In many of the 24 non-U.S. countries we surveyed this year, views of the U.S. have turned significantly more negative, while views of China have turned slightly more positive. Check out the full report here: pewrsr.ch/3TGCU2H

New paper from our team, with @davidlazer.bsky.social @jonathanschulman.bsky.social @royperlis.bsky.social and other smart people who keep off social media.

We asked people in 25 countries to tell us which country is their most important ally and which is their greatest threat. In Canada and Mexico, people most commonly list the U.S. as both their top ally and biggest threat. In most European countries surveyed, Russia is the top threat named.

62% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way democracy is working in the U.S. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Excited to share my first byline at Pew. Check out our report on satisfaction with democracy in 23 countries here!

As NATO leaders meet at The Hague over the coming days, how do people in member states feel about NATO, Russia and Ukraine, Putin and Zelenskyy, and more? New from Pew: pewrsr.ch/4ne8lPx

NEW from @pewresearch.org: -Ratings of the United States are down from 2024 in 15 of the 24 countries we surveyed, up in 3 -Most view Trump negatively, but he receives higher marks than at the start of his first term in most countries -In 17 countries, men have more confidence in Trump than women

The religion team is a fantastic bunch of people who do some of the Center’s most interesting and innovative work. This is an amazing opportunity for someone looking to start a career in this field!

The Global Attitudes team at Pew is hiring a research assistant! For anyone interested in conducting global surveys with a background in political science, econ, international relations, stats, or any other related field, apply to come join us! pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

New from Pew: -Support for foreign aid depends on the type of aid -Democrats increasingly see Russia, not China, as the greatest threat to the U.S. -Most say it is important for U.S. to be respected, but are divided over whether it is -And much more! www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Democrats see it as important for Demcoratic politicians to push back hard against Trump’s policies, but say that they aren’t doing that enough. Check out this new report from @pewresearch.org on how Americans feel about pushback, compromise, and more. pewrsr.ch/4cYGcqW

Massive congratulations to everyone who has led or worked on the COVID States/CHIP50 project over the last five years. Couldn’t ask for a better group of folks to work with and learn from!

New report from the Global Attitudes team at Pew on free expression in 35 countries. Highlights include a median of 61% saying that freedom of the press is very important, but just 28% saying the media are completely free to report news in their country. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

So excited to share that later this month, I'll be joining the Global Attitudes team at @pewresearch.org as a Research Associate. I owe so much to everyone at @polisciatnu.bsky.social and UPenn who helped me get here. I plan to start posting more on the work we'll be doing at Pew, so stay tuned!

See our recently posted piece, www.techpolicy.press/mark-zuckerb... discusses Meta's dramatic change in content moderation (e.g. the elimination of fact checking).

Status Threat, Campaign Rhetoric, and US Foreign Policy Forthcoming article by Northwestern Ph.D. / @upenn.edu Post Doc Jonathan Schulman (@jonathanschulman.bsky.social) via Politics & Governance (@cogitatiopag.bsky.social) doi.org/10.17645/pag...

And here's no. 2 by @jonathanschulman.bsky.social on how status threats influence both US domestic and foreign policies. @alibilgic.bsky.social @mjph.bsky.social www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Excited to share my new article, “Status Threat, Campaign Rhetoric, and US Foreign Policy,” where I propose an argument about the causes and consequences of candidates frequently warning about national decline on the campaign trail. And it’s open access! www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Here a starter pack for people working on foreign policy. Contact me to add you. go.bsky.app/GysdG6U

Half of Americans have heard of the conspiracy theory that the Trump assassination attempt was staged, with conspiratorial thinking and interpersonal discussion correlated w/ believing it was staged, finds @ognyanova.bsky.social @jonathanschulman.bsky.social @davidlazer.bsky.social t.co/Nnz4zwP7Zi