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Pew Poll: Isolationism and China Rising
December 03, 2009 10:15 AM
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Two unsettling findings in the latest Pew survey caught my eye this morning.
For the first time in forty years of polling, a plurality of Americans -- 49 percent -- think the US should "mind its own business internationally.". Not surprising that the country is turning inward during tough economic times, but this is still a dramatic number.
Matched only by this: for the first time a plurality of Americans -- 44 percent -- see China as the world's leading economic power. Only 27 percent name the U.S.
Just last year, the US was at 40 percent -- ten points ahead of China.
That jolt of confidence President Obama brought to the country last year has faded fast.
Read the rest of the Pew findings HERE.
http://people-press.org/report/569/americas-place-in-the-world
December 03, 2009 10:15 AM
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Two unsettling findings in the latest Pew survey caught my eye this morning.
For the first time in forty years of polling, a plurality of Americans -- 49 percent -- think the US should "mind its own business internationally.". Not surprising that the country is turning inward during tough economic times, but this is still a dramatic number.
Matched only by this: for the first time a plurality of Americans -- 44 percent -- see China as the world's leading economic power. Only 27 percent name the U.S.
Just last year, the US was at 40 percent -- ten points ahead of China.
That jolt of confidence President Obama brought to the country last year has faded fast.
Read the rest of the Pew findings HERE.
http://people-press.org/report/569/americas-place-in-the-world