February 4, 2021 A biweekly digest of the Center's latest findings from its worldwide public opinion surveys and demographic research · Subscribe ↗
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Publics differ on government’s role in responding to COVID-19 A new survey by Pew Research Center reveals important differences in the reactions and lessons that publics in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France are taking away from the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite an uptick in the share of people who say the coronavirus outbreak has affected their lives, Germans continue to feel more insulated than others from the pandemic.
This may help explain why 77% of Germans approve of how their government has handled the coronavirus outbreak, compared with roughly half or fewer who say the same in the other nations. One government action Germans are not keen on? Mandated vaccinations. A majority of Germans oppose such a measure, similar to prevailing sentiment in France and the U.S. Only in the UK do a majority back the government requiring citizens to be vaccinated against COVID-19. James Bell Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center | |
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 Significant shares of the public in the U.S., France, Germany and the UK say their lives have changed because of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. And the shares who feel this way have grown notably since summer, when the Center reported already-high levels of impact in people’s lives.
 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause deaths and disrupt billions of lives globally, a Pew Research Center survey conducted in the summer of 2020 reveals that more Americans than people in other economically developed countries say the outbreak has bolstered their religious faith and the faith of their compatriots.  The Electoral College has played an outsize role in several U.S. presidential elections in recent memory, and a majority of Americans say they would welcome a change to the way presidents are elected.
 Survey researchers are frequently interested in measuring changes in public attitudes and behaviors over time. To do so reliably, they try to use the same methodology for every survey. This increases confidence that any observed changes are true changes and not the result of methodological differences. From our research70% The share of people in the UK who say their lives have changed a great deal or fair amount as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
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