Non-Western countries tend to think China has a positive effect on world affairs, according to the #YouGovCambridge globalism project, while Western counties aren’t so sure. Countries most positive on China's effect:
🇳🇬 92%
🇲🇽 73%
🇹🇭 71%
🇿🇦 70%
🇧🇷 65% yougov.co.uk/topics/interna…
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is less well known globally than other global leaders, the study also shows. Among those who do know of him, the trend continues of people in Western countries expressing a more sceptical view yougov.co.uk/topics/interna…
A majority most of the 22 countries asked would prefer the US to be the most powerful force in world politics over China. Preference for US as most powerful is strongest in Japan (72% to 7%), India (65% to 9%) and the US (77% to 9%) yougov.co.uk/topics/interna…
The study also finds that one in three Chinese (34%) and one in five Americans (23%) think it is likely that direct military conflict could break out between the US & China within five years yougov.co.uk/topics/interna…
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Top 5 reasons that 26% of 2024 Conservatives have defected to Reform UK in the year since the 2024 election
1. Trust them more on immigration: 56% 2. All other parties are worse: 41% 3. Better at standing up for people like me: 36% 4. Closer to my values: 25% 5. Better placed to win next election: 24%
Compared to those sticking with the party, Conservative defectors to Reform UK are more likely to be men (58% vs 44%), more likely to have voted Leave (80% vs 61%) and are older (83% are over 50 vs 75%)
While Conservative losses to Reform UK are more likely than loyalists to see immigration as a top issue facing the country (88% vs 64%), the two groups do not otherwise differ hugely on what are currently the most pressing problems in the UK
🧵/ Where does the British public stand on transgender rights in 2024/5?
The 4th study in our series shows that scepticism has grown across the board over the last two years, including among groups typically more sympathetic to trans people
On transgender social/legal status, % of Britons think...
Social
Should be able to identify as a different gender: 49% (-6 from 2022)
Should not be able to identify as a different gender: 35% (+10)
Legal
Law should allow people to change legal gender: 34% (-6)
Law should not allow people to change legal gender: 48% (+11)
As many Britons now say you should be able to change *neither* your social nor legal gender as say you should be able to change *both*
Should be able to change neither: 33% (+10 from 2022)
Should be able to change both: 32% (-6)
Change social, but not legal: 10% (-1)
Change social, unsure on legal: 7% (+1)
Unsure on both: 11% (-5)
Other combos: 8% (+1)
While Western Europeans are much more likely to want Ukraine to win than Russia, the number who do so AND care a great/fair amount about it has fallen noticeably in some countries since early 2023
With Donald Trump due to become president again in January, Western Europeans typically expect that he will end support to Ukraine – although they are less sure whether he will follow through on threats to withdraw from NATO