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Drei Jahre nach Beginn einer turbulenten Phase in den deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen, mit Donald Trump am Steuer der amerikanischen Außenpolitik und Deutschland unter der Leitung von Angela Merkel, gibt es weiterhin große Unterschiede in den öffentlichen Ansichten beider Länder zu ihren bilateralen Beziehungen und zur Sicherheitspolitik.

Political divides on both sides of the Atlantic continue to shape attitudes about relations with other nations, perceptions about defense spending and Americans’ and Germans’ views of each other.

There are differences among Democrats in perceptions of the front-runners’ political views by race and ethnicity, age, education and ideology.

In 2018, 59% of U.S. adults said there were too few women in high political offices, including 69% of women and 48% of men who said this.

Six-in-ten women under 35 who have online dated say someone continued to contact them after they said they were not interested.

Just 15% of Americans say they like the way that Donald Trump conducts himself as president, and 80% of the public describes Trump as “self-centered.”

A big majority (81%) of Americans say they rely a lot on their own research – more than say they rely a lot on friends and family or experts.

About nine-in-ten Americans say conflicts between Democrats and Republicans are strong or very strong; 71% say these conflicts are very strong.

In total, 20% of all Democrats get political news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences, while 18% of all Republicans do so only from outlets with right-leaning audiences.

California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.