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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 www.pewresearch.org 2 May 5, 2016

Slightly more see U.S. role in global economy negatively than positively % saying each … In term s of solving U.S. involvem ent U.S. should … w orld problem s, the in global U.S. does … econom y is a … Deal with Help other Too much Bad thing Good thing DK Too little own countries 41% 27% problems/ deal with let others their deal with 49% 44% 7% problems theirs as 4% 37% best they Right can amount 5% 57% 28% Don't Don't know know PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 3 May 6, 2016

Within both parties, divisions over U.S. global engagement % saying U.S. involvem ent in the global econom y is … PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 4 May 6, 2016

Divided over major global threats – and how to address them www.pewresearch.org 5 May 5, 2016

ISIS, cyberattacks seen as greatest threats to U.S. % saying each is a … PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 6 May 6, 2016

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 State s PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 7 May 6, 2016

Highest support for increased defense spending in more than a decade % saying U.S. should __ spending on national defense PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 8 May 6, 2016

Share of conservative Republicans who favor increased defense spending has tripled since 2011 % saying U.S. should increase spending on defense Conserv R Mod/Lib R Ind Cons/Mod D Lib D 0 PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 9 May 6, 2016

Use ‘overwhelming force’ against global terrorism? % w ho say … PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 10 May 6, 2016

Government anti-terrorism policies and concern over security and civil liberties Bigger concern about govt anti-terrorism % w ho say govt anti-terrorism policies have not policies? (%) gone far enough to protect country … PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 11 May 6, 2016

About half of Sanders supporters say anti-terror policies ‘have gone too far’ Bigger concern about govt anti-terrorism policies? (%) PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 12 May 6, 2016

Views of Israel and NATO www.pewresearch.org 13 May 5, 2016

Middle East sympathies, 1978-2016 In the dispute betw een Israel and the Palestinians, w ho do you sym pathize Sym pathize m ore w ith Israel, by party (%) w ith m ore? (%) PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 14 May 6, 2016

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 Moderat ate/Libe beral al R Republican ans s Conservative/Mod oderat ate D Democ ocrat ats Liberal D l Democr crats PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 15 May 6, 2016

NATO widely seen as good for the U.S. … % w ho say being a m em ber of NATO is … But many see NATO as more important to other allies % w ho say NATO alliance is … PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 16 May 6, 2016

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 ______ PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 17 May 6, 2016

But U.S. is viewed as world’s leading military and economic power % saying ____ is w orld’s leading... Economic power Military power PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org 18 May 6, 2016

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