A new poll released Monday (March 1) by the U.S. polling and consulting firm Gallup shows that Americans’ favorable opinion of China and Russia has fallen to an all-Time low.
The survey shows that only 20 percent of Americans surveyed have a favorable view of China, a figure that is down 13 percent from a year ago and a record low. Those who have a negative view of China are 79 percent.
In terms of party affiliation, 10 percent of Republicans surveyed have a favorable view of China, compared with 27 percent of Democrats. Non-partisan respondents have a favorable view of China, compared with about 22 percent.
Gallup believes Americans’ favorable view of China has declined significantly in the past year due to the Perception that the new crown Epidemic originated in China. Newsweek, for its part, reports that in addition to the cause of the epidemic, China’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet, as well as its role in territorial disputes such as the Sino-Indian border and the South China Sea, have sparked growing anger.
As for Russia, only 22 percent of Americans surveyed had a favorable view of the country, a figure that also hit a new low. 77 percent of those surveyed now have a negative view of Russia.
Newsweek said U.S.-Russian relations have been slipping for years because of concerns about Moscow’s aggression against its neighbors, interference in democratic elections and cyberattacks on the United States, among other actions. Biden is widely expected to be tougher on Russia than Trump.
Of all 18 countries listed, Americans have the highest favorable views of Canada, the United Kingdom and France, with 92 percent, 91 percent and 87 percent of Americans having a favorable view of those three countries, respectively.
Americans have the lowest favorable feelings toward North Korea, Iraq and China. Eleven percent, 13 percent and 20 percent of respondents have a favorable view of these three countries, respectively.
The poll is based on telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,021 U.S. adults age 18 and older conducted from February 3 to 18, 2021. The sampling error is 4 percentage points.
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