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struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 08:17 PM Feb 2020

Russia and Putin ratings

FEBRUARY 7, 2020
BY CHRISTINE HUANG AND JEREMIAH CHA

... Globally, people tend to express little confidence in Putin’s ability to do the right thing regarding world affairs. And views of Russia itself mirror these negative evaluations of Putin. In most of the 33 countries surveyed by Pew Research Center in 2019, less than half of adults see Russia favorably ...

North Americans and Western Europeans are especially critical. Only 18% of Americans and three-in-ten Canadians have a positive opinion of Russia. In Western Europe, a median of only 31% see Russia favorably, including 12% of Swedes, 23% of Dutch respondents and 26% of Britons ...

... The 18% of Americans who today have a positive view of Russia is far lower than the 44% who expressed a favorable opinion when the question was first asked in 2007 ...

... Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are now 21 points more likely than Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents to express confidence in Putin (31% vs. 10%) ...

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/02/07/russia-and-putin-receive-low-ratings-globally/

GoP = Gang of Putinists


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Russia and Putin ratings (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2020 OP
Putin strong! Obama weak! underpants Feb 2020 #1
Good news is that 'cons and 'con leaners less likely to view russia favorable now [31%] v. empedocles Feb 2020 #2

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
2. Good news is that 'cons and 'con leaners less likely to view russia favorable now [31%] v.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:25 PM
Feb 2020

'06 36%.

[That is not good for trump].

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