Comparative public opinion
The Economist commissioned transatlantic polls of political attitudes in the UK and the USA. There are interesting results.This could be a review exercise or, for some AP teachers, the beginning of a post-exam activity.
There is a link in the online article to a .pdf version of the complete poll results and a large graphic display of many of the most interesting results.
Anglo-Saxon attitudes
"To turn over the supposed Anglo-American common ground more carefully, The Economist commissioned pollsters... to find out what people in both places thought about a number of social, political and economic matters...
"Like most west Europeans, Britons tend to have more left-wing views than Americans, but the first chart shows that this is often by a surprising margin...
"The gap between Britain and America is widest on religion... even British Conservatives are a great deal more secular than American Democrats are...
"But do the differences we found matter?
"They might, for the world order is changing and its components are up for review..."
See also:
- German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Trends
- Pew Global Attitudes Project
- EuroBarometer
- AfroBarometer
- Asian Barometer
Labels: comparative methodology, public opinion, UK
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:37 AM
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