World Opinion on China More Positive than on U.S., But Slipping April 17, 2006 Most Countries, Including in Asia, Comfortable With China’s Growing Economic Power As President Hu Jintao makes the first visit of his presidency to Washington this month, global public opinion polls reveal that China’s ratings in worldContinue Reading

French Public Stands Behind Protests Against New Labor Law March 28, 2006 By Angela Stephens With French young people in the streets protesting a new law that will allow employers to fire workers under age 26 without review, French public opinion polls indicate that the French public is largely standingContinue Reading

Americans, Mexicans Reject Border Fence March 28, 2006 By Angela Stephens President Bush meets this week with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Cancun, Mexico, at a time when emotions surrounding immigration reform in the United States have reached fever pitch. A new Zogby pollContinue Reading

Comparing Americans and Iraqis March 24, 2006 Surprising Agreement on US Military Presence, But Americans Have Numerous Misperceptions of Iraqis A WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of Iraqis conducted in January of this year provides the opportunity to compare Iraqi views to American views found in a March 2006 WPO poll.[Click here for moreContinue Reading

Americans Favor More U.S. Action in Darfur March 23, 2006 Support U.S. Enforcement of No-Fly Zone and Sending NATO Troops By Angela Stephens The crisis in Sudan’s western Darfur region, which began in 2003, has largely been pushed off the international news pages by escalating violence in Iraq and tensionContinue Reading