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Political divisions:
Healthy or dangerous?
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Total 32% 14% 5% 16% 33%
Q. Which of the following Poland 56% 12% 5% 12% 15%
statements comes closest to United States 51% 13% 3% 10% 23%
South Africa 47% 9% 4% 15% 26%
your opinion about the range
Turkey 45% 8% 9% 10% 28%
of political view in Argentina 45% 7% 4% 11% 32%
[COUNTRY]? Hungary 45% 12% 2% 22% 20%
Germany 44% 20% 4% 15% 17%
Colombia 42% 4% 3% 19% 33%
France 36% 23% 3% 14% 24%
Malaysia 36% 10% 9% 15% 30%
A third think political Brazil 33% 18% 11% 12% 26%
divisions are healthy for Chile 33% 6% 4% 22% 35%
United Kingdom 31% 13% 3% 13% 41%
society but a similar Spain 30% 16% 3% 13% 38%
proportion thinks they are so Sweden 30% 17% 4% 13% 35%
South Korea 30% 8% 2% 14% 45%
divisive that they are Belgium 29% 17% 3% 19% 33%
dangerous for society. People Italy 22% 22% 5% 18% 33%
India 22% 8% 12% 21% 37%
in Poland and the United Peru 21% 6% 6% 21% 47%
States are much more likely Australia 20% 17% 4% 19% 40%
Canada 20% 21% 3% 17% 39%
to think these differences are Mexico 17% 8% 8% 18% 49%
dangerous for society, while Russia 16% 13% 4% 29% 38%
Japan 6% 32% 5% 12% 46%
close to half in Mexico and
% the differences in people’s % there are no differences % there are differences in % there are differences in
Peru believe they are political views are so divisive it people’s political views but people’s political views but
in people’s political views
healthy. is dangerous for our society this doesn’t have a significant
impact on society
this is healthy for society
Base: 19,782 online adults aged 16-64 across 27 countries, 26 Nov -7 Dec 2018

Q. Which of the following Country Net score for political divisions are healthy for society (healthy minus dangerous)
statements comes closest to Total 1%
Japan 40%
your opinion about the range
Mexico 32%
of political view in Peru 26%
[COUNTRY]? Russia 22%
Australia 19%
Canada 19%
People who think political South Korea 15%
India 15%
divisions are healthy for Italy 11%
society are more likely to UnitedKingdom
United Kingdom 10%
Spain 8%
outnumber those who think Sweden 5%
they are dangerous in Japan, Belgium 4%
Chile 2%
Mexico and Peru. On Poland, Malaysia -5%
the USA and Germany Brazil -7%
Colombia -10%
people who think political France -12%
division is dangerous for Argentina -13%
Turkey -17%
society are most likely to South Africa -22%
outnumber those who think Hungary -25%
Germany -27%
they are healthy. United States -27%
Poland -41%

Q. Do you think [COUNTRY]’s Country % more in danger % less in danger
society is more or less at Total 41% 14%
danger because of divisions Sweden 57% 6%
between people with United States 57% 3%
South Africa 53% 21%
different political views than
France 53% 3%
what it was 20 years ago or is United
United Kingdom
Kingdom 47% 6%
it about the same? Germany 47% 11%
Colombia 47% 18%
Hungary 46% 12%
Spain 46% 10%
Two in five think their Malaysia 45% 21%
country’s society is more at Poland 45% 14%
Brazil 44% 14%
danger because of divisions
Argentina 44% 12%
between people with Turkey 43% 22%
different political views than Belgium 42% 3%
South Korea 38% 18%
it was twenty years ago; this Australia 38% 6%
rises to over half in the India 34% 24%
Canada 33% 7%
United States, Sweden, South Peru 30% 23%
Africa and France. Italy 29% 12%
Russia 25% 22%
Chile 25% 27%
Mexico 24% 22%
Japan 23% 7%

Q. Do you think [COUNTRY]’s % more in danger
society is more or less at
danger because of divisions
between people with United Kingdom 47%
what it was 20 years ago or is
it about the same? Northern
Ireland
53%
Just under half of Britons Wales 53%

think that society is more in
danger now because of
divisions between people’s Scotland 49%
it was 20 years ago.
England 46%
Base: 1,490 online adults aged 16-64 across UK, England (874), Northern Ireland (208), Scotland (206), Wales (202), 26 Nov-7 Dec 2018

Politics:
A thorny subject?

Q. How well does this Country % very much like me/like me
describe the REAL you? It is Total 25% 25%
important for me to listen to South Africa 49% 22%
people who are different from Turkey 43% 26%
Colombia 35% 26%
myself. Even if I disagree with United States 34% 26%
the other person, I still want Mexico 37% 20%
India 32% 24%
to understand them
China 21% 34%
Australia 29% 25%
United Kingdom
United Kingdom 27% 26%
Chile 32% 21%
Half of people say it is France 25% 28%
Argentina 30% 22%
important to listen to people Canada 29% 22%
who are different from Peru 26% 25%
Saudi Arabia 23% 27%
themselves. People in South Sweden 22% 27%
Africa and Turkey are most Russia 15% 34%
Spain 22% 26%
likely to say this is like them Poland 22% 26%
while those in Japan, Italy Hungary 19% 27%
Belgium 16% 29%
and South Korea are least Brazil 25% 20%
likely to say this is like them. Malaysia
Germany
19% 25%
18% 25%
South Korea 14% 25%
Italy 16% 23%
Japan 5% 8%

Q. How well does this Country % very much like me/like me
describe the REAL you? I feel
Total 16% 19%
comfortable sharing my Turkey 26% 25%
political opinions with other Mexico 28% 17%
people, even if they do not India 18% 24%
necessarily agree Russia 14% 29%
China 13% 29%
Colombia 21% 19%
Hungary 18% 22%
Argentina 20% 19%
When it comes to sharing Sweden 17% 20%
political opinions with those France 16% 21%
United States 17% 20%
with opposing views, people United Kingdom 15% 21%
in Turkey, Mexico and South Peru 19% 17%
Belgium 14% 22%
Africa are the most Brazil 18% 17%
comfortable while those in Canada 16% 17%
Chile 15% 16%
Japan, South Korea and Italy Australia 15% 15%
are least likely to feel Poland 12% 18%
Spain 11% 18%
comfortable doing so. Malaysia 8% 20%
Germany 11% 17%
Italy 12% 16%
South Korea 7% 20%
Japan 2% 5%

Q. How well does this describe Country % very much like me/like me
the REAL you? I feel more Total 19% 23%
comfortable in groups of China 39% 29%
Hungary 31% 27%
people who are similar to me
Turkey 28% 27%
Russia 20% 33%
India 27% 26%
Poland 21% 27%
South Korea 13% 32%
Colombia 20% 22%
Two in five say they feel Germany 17% 24%
more comfortable in groups Chile 21% 20%
Brazil 20% 20%
of people who are similar to United States 17% 23%
them. People in China are France 16% 23%
United Kingdom
Malaysia 15% 24%
much more likely to say this UK 16% 22%
while those in Japan, Italy Australia 15% 23%
Argentina 19% 19%
and Belgium are least likely Mexico 17% 20%
to say this. Spain 15% 20%
Canada 13% 20%
Peru 17% 16%
Sweden 10% 22%
Belgium 11% 19%
Italy 11% 19%
Japan 6% 8%

Q. Now thinking about the Country % strongly agree/tend to agree % tend to disagree/strongly disagree
people in your country with
Total 12% 17% 18% 13%
opposing political views to Turkey 29% 17% 15% 12%
you, to what extent do you India 18% 25% 15% 9%
South Africa 19% 19% 20% 11%
agree or disagree with the
Colombia 17% 20% 19% 19%
following? They genuinely Peru 16% 20% 19% 14%
don’t care about the future of Hungary 15% 20% 14% 9%
the country Argentina 14% 20% 15% 17%
Chile 14% 20% 15% 18%
Malaysia 12% 22% 21% 13%
Brazil 15% 16% 13% 12%
Russia 12% 18% 20% 8%
Mexico 13% 15% 18% 18%
People are split on whether South Korea 10% 17% 18% 10%
those with different political Germany 9% 17% 18% 9%
Sweden 10% 16% 18% 19%
views care about the future France 11% 14% 17% 10%
of the country or not. Those Spain 9% 15% 15% 13%
Italy 9% 14% 15% 12%
in Turkey and India are United States 7% 14% 25% 15%
much more likely to think United Kingdom 6% 15% 24% 13%
Poland 6% 14% 21% 15%
they don’t care about their Canada 5% 14% 22% 13%
country’s future. Australia 6% 12% 21% 13%
Belgium 7% 10% 16% 15%
Japan 6% 10% 17% 7%

people in your country with Total 14% 21% 12% 7%
opposing political views to Hungary 27% 27% 8% 3%
South Africa 26% 28% 11% 3%
you, to what extent do you
Turkey 27% 23% 10% 7%
agree or disagree with the Colombia 22% 28% 11% 7%
following? They have been India 19% 29% 10% 5%
misled Argentina 21% 24% 12% 6%
United States 16% 28% 8% 6%
Peru 16% 26% 16% 7%
Malaysia 15% 26% 14% 6%
Over a third believe that Brazil 22% 17% 7% 8%
people with opposing Mexico 15% 22% 15% 10%
Chile 15% 21% 13% 11%
political views to them have Sweden 11% 24% 10% 9%
been misled, particularly in United Kingdom
United Kingdom 11% 23% 10% 5%
Russia 11% 22% 17% 4%
Hungary, South Africa, Italy 9% 20% 9% 6%
Turkey and Colombia. People Australia 7% 21% 11% 6%
in South Korea and Mexico Poland 12% 16% 10% 7%
France 12% 15% 9% 6%
are most likely to disagree Spain 11% 15% 10% 9%
with this statement. Canada 9% 16% 11% 7%
Germany 7% 17% 14% 8%
Belgium 6% 18% 10% 12%
South Korea 8% 13% 18% 13%
Japan 3% 8% 17% 7%

opposing political views to India 16% 19% 16% 10%
you, to what extent do you South Africa 14% 19% 18% 19%
Brazil 16% 16% 13% 12%
agree or disagree with the Chile 11% 19% 17% 23%
following? They’re not worth Turkey 16% 14% 19% 21%
trying to have a conversation Argentina 12% 19% 17% 20%
Malaysia 11% 18% 22% 11%
with
Colombia 12% 15% 24% 21%
Peru 8% 20% 21% 16%
Despite political differences Sweden 8% 19% 21% 14%
Hungary 11% 16% 19% 16%
a quarter globally think that Russia 10% 15% 22% 13%
people with opposing France 9% 16% 20% 13%
Mexico 10% 14% 23% 20%
political views to them Italy 7% 16% 20% 12%
aren’t worth trying to have a Spain 9% 14% 16% 15%
conversation with, although
United Kingdom
this is much higher in India Australia 4% 13% 21% 16%
and South Africa . Two in Canada 4% 12% 22% 16%
Belgium 4% 10% 22% 22%
five disagree and those in South Korea 4% 9% 30% 18%
Poland and South Korea the Germany 5% 7% 20% 21%
Poland 4% 8% 23% 27%
most likely to disagree with Japan 4% 7% 19% 8%
this statement. Base: 19,782 online adults aged 16-64 across 27 countries, 26 Nov -7 Dec 2018

opposing political views to Hungary 29% 33% 7% 2%
you, to what extent do you South Africa 27% 35% 10% 2%
United States 24% 38% 5%3%
agree or disagree with the Turkey 38% 22% 12% 5%
following? They’re unlikely to Argentina 27% 31% 10% 7%
change their opinion, Chile 25% 32% 12% 6%
Sweden 19% 38% 8% 3%
regardless of the evidence
Colombia 22% 30% 13% 6%
presented India 20% 31% 10% 6%
Russia 17% 33% 12% 3%
UnitedKingdom
France 15% 34% 7% 4%
Half of people globally agree
Mexico 19% 30% 13% 7%
that those with opposing Spain 17% 31% 6% 3%
political views to them are Peru 16% 32% 14% 6%
Malaysia 16% 31% 13% 5%
unlikely to change their Australia 13% 33% 9% 3%
opinions regardless of the Poland 13% 32% 8% 3%
Italy 14% 32% 7% 3%
evidence presented ( just 14% South Korea 16% 29% 13% 7%
disagree). Those in Hungary, Canada 13% 29% 8% 5%
Brazil 20% 19% 11% 6%
South Africa and the United Germany 12% 27% 11% 3%
States are most likely to Belgium 8% 28% 9% 4%
Japan 9% 20% 8% 3%
agree with this.


opposing political views to Turkey 23% 23% 14% 10%
you, to what extent do you India 18% 26% 14% 8%
South Africa 21% 20% 14% 9%
Malaysia 14% 25% 16% 8%
following? They don’t care Russia 14% 23% 15% 7%
about people like me Peru 13% 22% 16% 9%
Hungary 14% 21% 14% 8%
Brazil 16% 18% 9% 10%
A third of people globally South Korea 10% 24% 17% 5%
agree that people with Chile 15% 19% 14% 13%
France 15% 18% 11% 7%
opposing political views do Mexico 11% 21% 18% 13%
not care about people like Colombia 9% 23% 18% 13%
Argentina
them, with a quarter 12% 20% 16% 10%
disagreeing. Those in Turkey Italy 9% 20% 11% 6%
and India are more likely to Sweden 7% 20% 11% 14%
8% 18% 19% 8%
agree, while levels of United Kingdom
Spain 10% 17% 10% 8%
disagreement are highest in Germany 8% 17% 15% 7%
Mexico, Colombia and Australia 5% 17% 18% 8%
Canada 6% 16% 17% 8%
Poland. Poland 5% 16% 18% 12%
Japan 6% 14% 12% 5%

Q. How often, if at all, do you Country % At least once a week % At least once a month % Less than monthly % Never
have conversations with Total 35% 23% 21% 10%

Colombia 49% 29% 15% 5%
people who have opposing
Peru 54% 24% 14% 3%
views to your own on issues Argentina 49% 29% 14% 4%
such as politics, climate South Africa 46% 22% 23% 5%
change, immigration and Mexico 45% 26% 18% 5%
Chile 42% 25% 23% 5%
feminism? India 56% 19% 12% 4%
Malaysia 44% 23% 19% 7%
Poland 33% 26% 24% 5%
Despite saying it is Germany 34% 26% 22% 7%
Turkey 46% 22% 13% 7%
important to listen to others, Sweden 34% 25% 22% 7%
just a third say they have Hungary 29% 27% 23% 7%
Spain 32% 29% 17% 8%
conversations with people Brazil 47% 17% 14% 7%
who have opposing views to GreatKingdom
United Britain 29% 23% 25% 11%
Belgium 23% 29% 26% 10%
their own on at least a United States 24% 22% 30% 14%
weekly basis. Nearly three in Russia 21% 24% 30% 14%
Italy 33% 24% 18% 8%
five say they do on at least a Australia 20% 23% 29% 13%
monthly basis and one in ten Canada 17% 22% 33% 14%
France
say they never speak to 28% 22% 21% 12%
South Korea 20% 22% 16% 34%
people holding opposing Japan 6% 9% 15% 40%
views to them. Base: 19,782 online adults aged 16-64 across 27 countries, 26 Nov -7 Dec 2018

% very much like me/like me
Q. How well does this describe
the REAL you? It is important for me to listen to people who are different from myself.
Even if I disagree with the other person, I still want to understand them.
Wales 29% 28%
Scotland 31% 26%
Northern Ireland 26% 29%
England 27% 26%
Half of Britons think it is
important for them to listen I feel comfortable sharing my political opinions with other people, even if they do not agree with me
to people who are different to United Kingdom 15% 21%
them, even if they disagree Scotland 16% 19%
with them they still want to England 15% 21%
understand them while a Northern Ireland 16% 19%
third say they’re comfortable Wales 11% 22%
sharing their political
opinions. Two in five Britons I feel more comfortable in groups of people who are similar to me
say they feel more United Kingdom 16% 22%

comfortable being in groups Wales 18% 26%
of people who are similar to Scotland 19% 20%
them.
England 16% 22%

% strongly agree/tend to agree % tend to disagree/strongly disagree
Q. Now thinking about the
people in your country with They genuinely don’t care about the future of the country
opposing political views to you, United Kingdom 6% 15% 24% 13%
to what extent do you agree or Northern Ireland 7% 15% 23% 12%

disagree with the following? England 6% 16% 22% 13%
Wales 3% 12% 28% 14%
Scotland 2% 13% 32% 12%

A fifth of Britons agree those
They have been misled
with opposing views don’t
care about the future of the
country, lower than the Northern Ireland 15% 21% 10% 3%
global average (29%). England 11% 23% 10% 5%
A third believe people with Wales 9% 24% 13% 6%
opposing political views Scotland 12% 18% 12% 7%
have been misled but despite They’re not worth trying to have a conversation with
political differences, only United Kingdom 5% 14% 25% 17%
one in five think people with Northern Ireland 5% 17% 23% 19%
opposing political views England 6% 15% 24% 16%

aren’t worth trying to have a Wales 4% 12% 28% 20%
conversation with. Scotland 3% 10% 31% 19%

Q. Now thinking about the
people in your country with They’re unlikely to change their opinion, regardless of the evidence presented
opposing political views to United Kingdom 14% 35% 9% 2%

you, to what extent do you
agree or disagree with the Northern Ireland 14% 40% 8% 4%
following?
Wales 11% 41% 6% 4%
Half of Brits agree that Scotland 15% 33% 11% 1%
people with opposing England 14% 34% 9% 2%

political views to their own
are unlikely to change their They don’t care about people like me
opinions regardless of the United Kingdom 8% 18% 19% 8%

evidence presented, which is
Northern Ireland 9% 20% 16% 6%
in line with the global
average (49%) and around a England 9% 18% 19% 8%
quarter of Brits say that
people with opposing views Wales 6% 20% 14% 11%
do not care about people like

Scotland 6% 18% 22% 8%
them, which is lower than
the global average (31%). Base: 1,490 online adults aged 16-64 across UK, England (874), Northern Ireland (208), Scotland (206), Wales (202), 26 Nov-7 Dec 2018

Social media:
A boom or curse?

Q. To what extent do you Country % agree % disagree
agree or disagree with the Total 61% 30% 9%

following? Social media South Africa 78% 15% 7%
platforms such as Facebook Mexico 76% 19% 5%
Colombia 75% 17% 8%
and Twitter are giving a voice
Peru 73% 20% 7%
to people who would not Chile 71% 19% 10%
normally take part in debates India 68% 25% 8%
Malaysia 67% 22% 11%
and social issues
Sweden 65% 28% 7%
Turkey 65% 27% 9%
Argentina 65% 27% 8%
Poland 65% 31% 5%
Three in five agree that Australia 62% 31% 8%
social media platforms such United States
United Kingdom
61% 30% 9%
61% 31% 8%
as Facebook and Twitter are Hungary 60% 30% 10%
giving a voice to people who Brazil 59% 34% 7%
Russia 58% 34% 8%
would not normally take Italy 58% 34% 8%
part in debates about social Canada 58% 33% 9%
France 57% 32% 12%
issues, with those in South Spain 57% 35% 9%
Africa, Mexico and Colombia Belgium 50% 40% 10%
South Korea 47% 37% 16%
most likely to agree. Germany 45% 42% 13%
Japan 26% 60% 14%


following? Social media Mexico 70% 23% 6%
Colombia 67% 19% 14%
platforms such as Facebook
Peru 67% 25% 8%
and Twitter are breaking India 63% 26% 11%
down barriers between the South Africa 63% 23% 14%
Chile 61% 26% 12%
public and people in power
Argentina 53% 32% 15%
Brazil 49% 42% 9%
Two in five agree that Turkey 46% 32% 22%
Italy 42% 43% 15%
social media platforms Australia 42% 39% 19%
Poland 41% 39% 20%
are breaking down Canada 40% 42% 18%
barriers between the UnitedKingdom

United Kingdom
United States
39%
38% 38%
39%
25%
22%
public and people in France 38% 35% 27%

Spain 37% 47% 16%
power with those in South Korea 37% 39% 24%
Sweden 30% 45% 25%
Mexico, Colombia and Russia 29% 45% 26%
Peru most likely to Belgium
Germany
28% 46% 26%
28% 47% 25%
agree. Hungary 24% 42% 34%
Japan 17% 64% 19%


following? Social media Colombia 67% 23% 10%
platforms such as Facebook South Africa 65% 23% 11%
Mexico 64% 27% 9%
and Twitter are making India 64% 28% 8%
debates about social issues Turkey 64% 26% 10%
much more divisive than they United States 63% 29% 8%
used to be
Peru 61% 28% 12%
Chile 61% 27% 12%
United Kingdom
United Kingdom 60% 33% 7%
Canada 59% 35% 6%
However, over half believe Australia 58% 35% 8%
France 56% 33% 11%
that social media platforms Argentina 55% 33% 12%
are making these debates Spain 54% 37% 9%
Brazil
much more divisive than 54% 38% 8%
Hungary 54% 33% 14%
they used to be – only one in Sweden 53% 38% 9%
ten disagrees. Those that are South Korea 48% 38% 13%
Italy 48% 43% 9%
most likely to agree are in Germany 45% 43% 12%
Colombia and South Africa. Belgium 45% 44% 11%
Poland 41% 45% 14%
Russia 32% 45% 23%
Japan 19% 66% 15%

Q. To what extent do you
Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are giving a voice to people who would not
normally take part in debates and social issues
following?
Wales 18% 50% 3%3%
In the UK, three in five think Northern Ireland 21% 45% 4% 4%
social media is giving a England 16% 45% 5% 3%

Scotland 11% 43% 7% 6%
voice to people who would
……..are breaking down barriers between the public
not normally take part in and people in power
debates about social issues United Kingdom 10% 29% 14% 7%
but are slightly less Northern Ireland 13% 35% 9% 7%
convinced than the global Wales 9% 35% 14% 7%
average that it is breaking England 10% 29% 14% 7%
down barriers between the Scotland 6% 26% 19% 11%
public and people in power. ……..are making debates about social issues much more
divisive than they used to be
Three in five think it is
making debates about social
Wales 17% 45% 5% 2%
issues more divisive than
England 22% 39% 5% 2%
they used to be, which is
Northern Ireland
higher than the global 24% 37% 6% 1%
Scotland
average (54%). 17% 37% 6% 4%

Immigration:
Good or bad?

Country % positive % negative
Q. Would you say that
immigration has generally Total 24% 39%
had a positive or negative Saudi Arabia 48% 23%
impact on [COUNTRY]? Australia 46% 26%
India 43% 20%
Canada 42% 27%
A quarter of people around the
Sweden 41% 38%
world think that immigration China 38% 17%
has had a positive impact on Argentina 35% 23%
Chile 28% 34%
their country compared with Malaysia 28% 35%
two in five who believe that it Brazil 26% 24%
Peru 22% 29%
has been negative. People in the
UK , Saudi Arabia and Australia Spain 20% 37%
are the most positive, but seven Belgium 16% 52%
Germany 16% 51%
in ten say that it has been
Poland 16% 47%
negative in Colombia and France 16% 53%
Turkey. Italy 14% 55%
Mexico 13% 48%
South Korea 11% 33%
Colombia 8% 71%
Turkey 7% 71%
Russia 6% 44%
Hungary 5% 54%
Japan 3% 34%

% positive Jul Jul Oct Jul
Country 2014 2013 2011
Q. Would you say that ‘17 ‘16 ‘15 ‘15
immigration has generally Total 24% 21% 20% 21% 21% 21% 20% 21%
United Kingdom* 48% 40% 35% 31% 28% 26% 25% 19%
had a positive or negative Saudi Arabia 45% 38%
48% 48% 50% 52% 30% 33%
impact on [COUNTRY]? Australia 46% 38% 33% 42% 36% 32% 30% 31%
India 43% 44% 45% 42% 49% 41% 41% 43%
United States 42% 35% 35% 28% 25% 25% 22% 18%
Canada 42% 38% 36% 38% 37% 33% 31% 39%
Sweden 41% 25% 24% 29% 31% 39% 38% 37%
China - - - - - - -
38%
Positive attitudes towards Argentina 35% 10% 12% 17% 15% 17% 12% 15%
Chile - - - - - - -
the impact of immigration 28%
- - - - - - -
Malaysia 28%
have increased in the UK, Brazil 26% 17% 17% 21% 23% 35% 29% 30%
Peru 17% - - - - - -
22%
Australia, US and Sweden South Africa 18% 18% 15% 20% 16% 12% 10%
21%
Spain 20% 20% 19% 21% 21% 21% 19%
20%
Belgium 11% 11% 10% 12% 10% 8% 9%
16%
Germany 18% 18% 21% 20% 15% 17% 16%
16%
Poland 15% 14% 14% 15% 20% 22% 22%
16%
France 14% 11% 13% 11% 12% 11% 14%
16%
Italy 10% 10% 9% 5% 9% 12% 14%
14%
Mexico 10% 10% 13% 16% 14% 14% 17%
13%
South Korea 18% 14% 17% 19% 25% 23% 27%
11%
Colombia - - - - - - -
8%
Turkey 9% 6% 6% 2% 7% 7% 6%
7%
Russia - - - - - - -
6%
Hungary 5% 6% 9% 6% 8% 6% 8%
5%
Japan 11% 9% 15% 13% 13% 13% 17%
3%
*Please note that 2011-2017 trend data is based on GB not UK Base: 19,782 online adults aged 16-64 across 27 countries, 26 Nov -7 Dec 2018
immigration has generally TREND: June 2011 – December 2018
had a positive or negative

2016 EU Ref
impact on the United 70%
64%
Kingdom?
60%
52% 51%
50% 48%
Positive
44%
Just after the referendum 43%
39%
40%
attitudes towards the 40%
impact of immigration 35% 34%

30%
became more positive than 31%
31%
Negative
negative 25% 26% 26%
20%
19%
10%
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% positive about immigration
immigration has generally
had a positive or negative
impact on [COUNTRY]?
United Kingdom 48%
The UK leads the world in England 48%

being most positive about
the impact of immigration.
Globally, around a quarter Scotland 47%
(24%) think that
immigration has had a
positive impact on their Wales 47%
country. This rises to almost
half in the UK and is similar
across the nations. Northern Ireland 42%

Who are we
friends with?

Q. What proportion of your Country % All most all/over half
friends are of the same ethnic Total 32% 24%

group as you? Hungary 56% 16%
Russia 46% 26%
Italy 50% 21%
Poland 56% 14%
South Korea 49% 18%
Globally a majority of Spain 43% 21%
people say more than half Sweden 36% 25%
Turkey 24% 31%
their friends are the same Argentina 31% 24%
ethnicity as they are. This is Chile 35% 20%
Malaysia 25% 29%
highest in Hungary, Russia Colombia 27% 26%
and Italy while those in Belgium 24% 28%
Canada 25% 27%
Japan, India and Brazil are
Mexico 28% 24%
less likely to say most of United States 18% 32%
their friends are from the Germany 26% 24%
Peru 27% 23%
same ethnicity. France 23% 26%
Australia 17% 30%
Japan 37% 9%
India 19% 24%
Brazil 15% 19%

friends share the same Total 18% 20%

religious faith or beliefs as Turkey 41% 26%
Poland 37% 19%
you?
Russia 29% 24%
Peru 27% 22%
Italy 29% 19%
Spain 22% 22%
Mexico 18% 24%
When it comes to religion, Sweden 19% 22%
two in five say most of their India 18% 21%
Hungary
friends share the same 20% 19%
Colombia 13% 25%
religious faith as they do. Chile 16% 22%
Those in Turkey and Poland Malaysia 15% 23%
Argentina 16% 21%
are most likely to have a United Kingdom 14% 20%
majority of friends from the Germany 13% 20%
Brazil 15% 16%
same religion as them. France 11% 19%
Canada 13% 15%
Belgium 9% 19%
Australia 9% 16%
South Korea 5% 12%
Japan 4% 6%

friends have a similar level of Total 19% 26%

education to you? Saudi Arabia 34% 27%
Peru 30% 28%
Chile 28% 25%
Argentina 25% 27%
Turkey 19% 33%
India 25% 27%
Mexico 22% 30%
Globally 45% say most of Russia 25% 26%
their fiends have a similar Hungary 20% 31%
China 15% 35%
education level to them. Malaysia 20% 28%
While this is most Colombia 20% 28%
prevalent in Saudi Arabia South Korea 14% 34%
and Peru, those in Japan Italy
and Belgium are least Spain 20% 26%
17% 28%
likely to have a majority of Germany 15% 28%
friends from the same Canada 18% 23%
Poland
education level as them. United States
13% 27%
16% 24%
Sweden 16% 23%
Brazil 18% 19%
Australia 15% 22%
France 13% 21%
Belgium 10% 23%
Japan 14% 17%

friends are of the same age Total 21% 28%

group as you? Russia 25% 35%
South Korea 28% 32%
India 29% 28%
Chile 26% 31%
Italy 23% 32%
Roughly half around the Hungary 25% 30%
Peru 25% 29%
world say most of their China 20% 33%
friends are from the same Turkey 16% 37%
United Kingdom
age group. Japan and Brazil Malaysia 20% 31%
are the countries where Mexico 24% 26%
people are most likely to Sweden 23% 27%
have friends of varying ages Colombia 18% 31%
Spain 24% 25%
while in Russia and South France 21% 28%
Canada 21% 26%
Korea they are more likely to Argentina 21% 26%
have friends of the same age Australia 17% 28%
Germany 14% 29%
group. Poland 14% 28%
Belgium 16% 24%
Brazil 15% 18%
Japan 14% 16%

friends share the same Total 11% 21%

political views as you? Russia 18% 28%
Hungary 18% 26%
Turkey 9% 32%
Peru 18% 22%
Argentina 15% 24%
A third of us say most of our Mexico 14% 24%
Germany 11% 25%
friends share the same Poland 11% 24%
political views to our own. India 16% 19%
Malaysia 10% 24%
People in Japan and Belgium Chile 12% 22%
are most likely to hold a United States 10% 23%
Italy
political diverse group of
Colombia 10% 22%
friends while those in Russia Brazil 14% 18%
and Hungary are more likely United Kingdom 10% 21%
Canada 9% 19%
to say most of their friends Spain 10% 18%
share the same political Sweden 9% 19%
France 8% 15%
views as them. Australia 6% 16%
South Korea 3% 17%
Belgium 3% 17%
Japan 2% 7%

friends have the same views Total 16% 22%
on immigration as you? Hungary 35% 18%
Turkey 22% 30%
Chile 22% 27%
Peru
Two in five say most of Argentina
17% 30%
22% 25%
their friends hold the Sweden 21% 25%
Colombia 18% 28%
same view as them on Mexico 18% 26%
immigration. Hungary Italy 22% 22%
Germany 21% 23%
and Turkey are the Spain 19% 24%
countries where most say Poland 19% 21%
a majority of their Russia 21% 19%
friends have the same South Africa 20% 20%
United Kingdom
opinions towards India 16% 20%
immigration as their United States 14% 22%
Belgium 11% 23%
own. Canada 15% 19%
France 13% 20%
Australia 13% 19%
China 8% 22%
Malaysia 9% 20%
Brazil 13% 14%
South Korea 3% 15%
Japan 2% 6%

on climate change as you? Turkey 28% 30%
Colombia 25% 30%
Peru 27% 27%
Chile 28% 25%
Two in five say their friends Mexico 26% 25%
Argentina 26% 25%
have the same view as India 22% 26%
climate change as they do. Hungary 26% 22%
People in Turkey and Spain 23% 24%
Colombia are most likely to China 18% 29%
Sweden 21% 25%
share friends with the same Italy 22% 24%
climate change perspective. Russia 24% 20%
United
United Kingdom
Kingdom 18% 24%
Poland 18% 22%
Germany 16% 24%
Belgium 13% 26%
Canada 16% 21%
Malaysia 17% 18%
France 14% 19%
Brazil 15% 17%
South Korea 8% 23%
Australia 15% 16%
Japan 4% 9%

friends have the same level Total 10% 20%
of income as you? Russia 16% 28%
Peru 15% 27%
Hungary 16% 25%
Three in ten worldwide say Mexico 15% 26%
Argentina 12% 28%
that most of their friends Chile 14% 25%
have the same income level China 9% 28%
Colombia 11% 25%
to their own. This is most India 13% 22%
Turkey
prevalent in Russia and Peru. Spain
9% 25%
12% 20%
Sweden 11% 20%
Malaysia 8% 22%
Italy 11% 18%
South Africa 9% 18%
United Kingdom
UK 8% 18%
Brazil 11% 14%
Germany 8% 17%
Poland 7% 17%
Canada 7% 17%
France 7% 16%
South Korea 3% 20%
Belgium 4% 14%
Australia 5% 12%
Japan 4% 9%

on feminism as you? Argentina 22% 25%
Hungary 24% 23%
Turkey 16% 30%
Spain 20% 25%
Sweden 20% 24%
Italy 19% 24%
Peru 17% 26%
Close to two in five people Chile 16% 26%
around say they share the Mexico 18% 23%
same views towards South Africa 20% 21%
United Kingdom
feminism as most of their India 19% 21%
friends. Those in Argentina Colombia 14% 26%
and Hungary are most Russia 18% 21%
Poland 15% 23%
likely to say that most of Canada 15% 22%
their friends have the same China 13% 24%
view on feminism as their Germany 14% 23%
Belgium 11% 24%
own while people in Japan United States 13% 20%
and South Korea are least France 13% 20%
Australia 14% 19%
likely to say this. Malaysia 11% 18%
Brazil 13% 15%
South Korea 7% 16%
Japan 3% 6%

% All most all/over half
Q. What proportion of your
friends… ? … are the same ethnic group as you?
Wales 51% 25%
While a majority in the UK Northern Ireland 52% 23%

say that most of their friends
Scotland 42% 34%
are the same ethnicity as
them (62%) those in England England 28% 32%
are less likely to say this
than the other three nations. … share the same religious faith or beliefs as you?
People in Northern Ireland United Kingdom 14% 20%
are most likely to say a
majority of their friends Northern Ireland 17% 27%
share the same religious

Scotland 20% 19%
view as they do compared
with England, Scotland and Wales 18% 19%
Wales.
England 13% 20%

friends… ? … have a similar level of education to you?
Wales 21% 28%
Half of those in they UK say Scotland 21% 28%

that most of their friends are
England 17% 28%
from the same age group,
while a similar proportion Northern Ireland 16% 23%
say most of their friends
… are of the same age group as you?
have a similar level of
education to them.
Scotland 14% 40%
Wales 21% 31%
England 20% 30%

friends… ? … share the same political views as you?

One in three across the UK
Wales 12% 23%
say a majority of their
friends share the same Scotland 14% 17%
political views as them,
while two in five say most England 10% 21%
of their friends have the
same views on … have the same views on immigration views as you?
immigration. United Kingdom 15% 23%
Wales 19% 26%
Scotland 18% 21%
England 15% 23%

friends… ? … have the same views on climate change as you?
Wales 18% 29%
Two in five say most of

Scotland 19% 25%
their friends share the
same views on climate England 18% 24%
change as their own, while
one in four say they have Northern Ireland 19% 19%
the same level of income.
… have the same level of income as you?
Wales 12% 20%
Scotland 7% 21%
England 8% 17%

friends… ? … have the same views on feminism as you?
Wales 20% 27%
Two in five across the UK

Scotland 22% 20%
say most of their friends
share the same views on Northern Ireland 22% 19%
feminism. And a similar
proportion say that a England 16% 23%
majority of their friends
share the same views as … have similar views on Brexit as you?
them on Brexit. United Kingdom 17% 21%
Scotland 20% 21%
Wales 16% 24%
England 16% 21%

• This survey is an international sample of 19,782, adults aged Brazil, China, Chile, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru,
18-64 in the US and Canada, and age 16-64 in all other Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey produce a
countries, were interviewed. The Fieldwork was conducted national sample that is more urban & educated, and with
from 26 November - 7 December 2018. Approximately higher incomes than their fellow citizens. We refer to these
1000+ individuals participated on a country by country basis respondents as “Upper Deck Consumer Citizens”. They are
via the Ipsos Online Panel with the exception of Argentina,
not nationally representative of their country.
Belgium, Chile, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden and
Turkey, where each have a sample approximately 500+. • Where results do not sum to 100 or the ‘difference’ appears
to be+-1 more/less than the actual, this may be due to
• In the United Kingdom interviews were boosted in nations rounding, multiple responses or the exclusion of don't
to give 206 in Scotland, 202 in Wales, 208 in Northern knows or not stated responses.
Ireland. In England 874 were conducted. Data are weighted
to reflect correct proportions in the four nations. For
differences to be significant between the nations, a
difference of around 10 points is required.
• 15 of the 27 countries surveyed online generate nationally

representative samples in their countries (Argentina,
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain,
Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,
and United States).
www.ipsos-mori.com/

For more information, please contact:
Kully Kaur-Ballagan
kully.kaur-ballagan@ipsos.com
@KBallagan
Glenn Gottfried
glenn.gottfried@ipsos.com
@GGottfried1
Cameron Garrett
cameron.garrett@ipsos.com
@CameronGarret_
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people in your country with Total 11% 20% 15% 9%

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have conversations with Total 35% 23% 21% 10%

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say they feel more United Kingdom 16% 22%

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opposing political views to you, United Kingdom 6% 15% 24% 13%

to what extent do you agree or Northern Ireland 7% 15% 23% 12%

Wales 3% 12% 28% 14%

Scotland 2% 13% 32% 12%

global average (29%). England 11% 23% 10% 5%

A third believe people with Wales 9% 24% 13% 6%

opposing political views Scotland 12% 18% 12% 7%

political differences, only United Kingdom 5% 14% 25% 17%

opposing political views England 6% 15% 24% 16%

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opposing political views to United Kingdom 14% 35% 9% 2%

Half of Brits agree that Scotland 15% 33% 11% 1%

people with opposing England 14% 34% 9% 2%

opinions regardless of the United Kingdom 8% 18% 19% 8%

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agree or disagree with the Total 61% 30% 9%

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agree or disagree with the Total 44% 37% 19%

barriers between the UnitedKingdom

public and people in France 38% 35% 27%

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agree or disagree with the Total 54% 35% 11%

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In the UK, three in five think Northern Ireland 21% 45% 4% 4%

social media is giving a England 16% 45% 5% 3%

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India 43% 44% 45% 42% 49% 41% 41% 43%

Canada 42% 38% 36% 38% 37% 33% 31% 39%

Sweden 41% 25% 24% 29% 31% 39% 38% 37%

had a positive or negative

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The UK leads the world in England 48%

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friends are of the same ethnic Total 32% 24%