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July 21, 2020
** Global Attitudes & Trends
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A biweekly digest of the Center's latest findings from its worldwide public opinion surveys and demographic research · Subscribe ↗ ([link removed])
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** Faith and morality in global perspective
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A new 34-nation poll ([link removed]) by Pew Research Center finds that many people in the world consider belief in God necessary in order to lead a moral life and have good values. In general, people who are more religious feel this way more strongly. But other factors also correlate with the perceived link between God and morality, including material well-being, education and age. A separate report on public attitudes in Poland ([link removed]) highlights how social issues, such as the acceptance of homosexuality, can become divisive moral and political questions. As much as some in the West may have left religion “behind,” questions of faith and morality continue to matter in a globalized world.
James Bell
Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center
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** The global God divide ([link removed])
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In a new Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) that spans 34 countries on six continents, a median of 45% say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values. But there are large regional variations in how people answer this question and others about the overall importance of God, religion and prayer in their lives.
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** How people in Poland see key aspects of their democracy ([link removed])
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Roughly six-in-ten Poles (63%) consider regular elections with two or more parties to be very important, based on a Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2019 ([link removed]) . Here is a look at how Polish people see their democracy, international relations and social issues in the country.
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** Most Americans say despite ongoing research, ways to limit spread of COVID-19 are well understood ([link removed])
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Seven-in-ten Americans say the core strategies for containing the coronavirus are well understood, even as research studies have yielded conflicting advice, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 29-May 5, 2020 ([link removed]) . A far smaller share (28%) says it’s difficult to know how best to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
* About a fifth of U.S. adults moved due to COVID-19 or know someone who did ([link removed])
* As the U.S. copes with multiple crises, partisans disagree sharply on severity of problems facing the nation ([link removed])
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