The latest Gallup poll shows that 45 percent of U.S. adults now consider China to be America’s greatest enemy, more than double the percentage from a year ago, and that China has replaced Russia on the issue. The poll also showed that a record 63 percent of U.S. adults believe China’s economic power is a key threat to the United States. Gallup’s annual survey roughly coincides in Time with the earliest outbreak of the new coronavirus in China in the past year, which has had a major impact on the global and U.S. economy and livelihood.
The poll released by Gallup shows that at the same time last year, 22 percent of Americans considered China to be the greatest enemy of the United States, and slightly more, 23 percent, considered Russia to be the greatest enemy; 19 percent also considered Iran to be the greatest enemy, and 12 percent considered North Korea to be the greatest enemy. And this year, 45% of respondents think China is the biggest enemy of the United States, think Russia is the biggest enemy of little change, at 26%, while think North Korea is the biggest enemy slipped to 9%, only 4% of respondents think Iran is the biggest enemy.
The number of U.S. adults who have a favorable view of China fell for the second year in a row, dropping to a record low of 20 percent this year.
On the question of who is the world’s top economic power, 50 percent of Gallup poll respondents chose China this year, with only 37 percent choosing the United States. That’s almost a reversal of position from the same time last year. In the Gallup poll from the same period last year, 50 percent of Americans chose the United States and 39 percent chose China on the question of who is the world’s top economic power.
The Gallup poll also showed that a record 63 percent of Americans said China’s economic power poses a key threat to vital U.S. interests in the next decade, up from 46 percent last year. Another 30 percent of respondents said China is an important but not critical threat. The poll found that those who believe China’s economic rise poses a key threat to the United States has risen across party groups, with 81 percent of Republicans, 59 percent of independents and 56 percent of Democrats holding that view today.
The latest Gallup poll released was conducted between Feb. 3 and 18, 2021. The 2020 survey was conducted between Feb. 3 and 16.
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