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During Merkel’s tenure, Germans have generally had more favorable views of their economy than other Europeans and Americans had of their own.

A new analysis of survey data finds that there has been no large-scale departure from evangelicalism among White Americans.

54% of U.S. adults say the decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan was the right one, while 42% say it was wrong.

Among White Americans, worship service attendance remains highly correlated with presidential vote choice.

Hindus were the religious group most likely to say they voted for the BJP in India’s most recent parliamentary election.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the White House this week as she wraps up her final year in office.

A new study of posts on popular public Facebook pages about the early days of the Biden administration finds that the focus of these posts, as well as the assessments of the new president, differed widely by the ideological orientation of the pages.

Negative views of Vladimir Putin are at or near historic highs, with a median of 22% saying they have confidence in him to do the right thing in world affairs.

U.S. adults are the least confident in Biden out of 17 publics surveyed and among the least confident in Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.

A new survey of 16 publics finds a significant uptick in ratings for the U.S., with strong support for Joe Biden and several of his major policy initiatives. But many raise concerns about the health of America’s political system.