November 19, 2020 A biweekly digest of the Center's latest findings from its worldwide public opinion surveys and demographic research · Subscribe ↗
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The COVID-19 testA new survey from Pew Research Center shows most Europeans give the EU positive marks for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Roughly six-in-ten across eight EU member states polled this past summer said Brussels had done a good job dealing with the pandemic. A similar share of Britons agreed. A similar “COVID-19 test” faced the UN this year, which, like the EU, sought to leverage international cooperation to combat the pandemic.
Our polling in Europe and elsewhere revealed generally positive assessments of the UN and the WHO’s handling of the health crisis, at least through July. Now coronavirus cases are surging in Europe, the United States and other countries, even as the advent of a vaccine seems nigh. Whether governments and multilateral organizations, like the EU and UN, continue to pass the “COVID-19 test” in this rapidly changing environment remains to be seen. Rest assured, we will be following this story in the months ahead. James Bell Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center | |
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 Across the eight EU member nations surveyed between June and August 2020, a median of 61% said the EU had done a good job dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Approval was highest in Germany and the Netherlands, where 68% in each country applauded the bloc’s efforts.
 The U.S. is hardly the only country wrestling with deepening political fissures. Brexit has polarized British politics, the rise of populist parties has disrupted party systems across Europe, and cultural conflict and economic anxieties have intensified old cleavages and created new ones in many advanced democracies. But the 2020 pandemic has revealed how pervasive the divide in U.S. politics is relative to other nations.
 How does voter turnout in the United States compare with turnout in other countries? That depends very much on which country you’re looking at and which measuring stick you use.
 Border Patrol agents apprehended about half as many migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2020 as they did the year before, according to newly released federal data. The sharp drop in the number of apprehended migrants follows a virtual shutdown of the border and new restrictions in the way asylum cases are handled in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Support Pew Research CenterIn times of uncertainty, good decisions demand good data. Please support Pew Research Center with a contribution on the Center’s behalf to our parent organization, The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
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