[Disarmo] Gallup: US #1 threat to peace

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 Global Gallup poll ranks the US as the #1 threat to peace

Fonte : BBC december 2013

 According to a year end Gallup poll taken from around the globe, the US
is considered the world's greatest threat to peace, what that
really means is that those poll feel the US is what they really are,
the world's number one Warmonger.  Which is precisely what we have
been saying all along.  Something else of interest is that the BBC
only published this on the China blog page (see quote below). Whats
more I cannot find the report posted anywhere on Gallup itself as of
12:45 CST and for that matter the BBC report on the matter actually
goes out of it way to de-emphasizes the fact that the US was
considered the biggest threat to humanity, the BBC goes out of its way
to de-emphasize the fact that the US was considered the world's number
one threat and focuses on the fact that the PRC was ranked #3.

  ...here is what the BBC said about it...

"Which country poses the biggest threat to world peace? Syria? Iran?
North Korea?
Well, according to Gallup International's end of year survey of nearly
68,000 people in 65 countries, the US takes the top spot, followed by
Pakistan and China.
 The Chinese people we spoke to on the streets of Beijing weren't so
sure China deserved to come in at number three.
Beijing residents dispute the result of a survey which ranked China as
the third biggest threat to world peace."

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-25550418



 Contrast this to Gallup's relative objectivity in presenting the
results of a US domestic poll which shows that almost 3/4s of the
people polled in the US believed that the US government was the
"greatest threat" see article below...



 December 18, 2013

 Record High in U.S. Say Big Government Greatest Threat

 Now 72% say it is greater threat than big business or big labor
 by Jeffrey M. Jones
 PRINCETON, NJ -- Seventy-two percent of Americans say big government
is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or
big labor, a record high in the nearly 50-year history of this
question. The prior high for big government was 65% in 1999 and 2000.
Big government has always topped big business and big labor, including
in the initial asking in 1965, but just 35% named it at that time.

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 The latest update comes from a Dec. 5-8 poll. Gallup has documented a
steady increase in concern about big government since 2009, rising
from 55% in March 2009 to 64% in November 2011 and 72% today. This
suggests that government policies specific to the period, such as the
Affordable Care Act -- perhaps coupled with recent revelations of
government spying tactics by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden --
may be factors.
Currently, 21% name big business as the greatest threat, while 5%, a
record low, say big labor. The high point for big labor was 29% in
1965.  No more than 11% of Americans have chosen big labor since 1995,
clearly reflecting the decline of the labor movement in the United
States in recent decades.
The historical high choosing big business, 38%, came in 2002, after a
series of corporate scandals rocked major corporations including Enron
and Tyco. Also at that time, Americans may have been less willing to
choose government given the rally in support for government
institutions and officials after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Americans were also more likely to view big business as a big threat
during the recent recession, with more than three in 10 choosing it in
2008 and 2009, a time when many large corporations, including
financial and automotive companies, failed or were in danger of
failing without government intervention. But fewer Americans now view
big business as a threat -- the current 21% is the lowest Gallup has
measured since 1983.
Republicans Especially Likely to See Big Government as Threat
Even though Americans have always viewed big government as the
greatest threat, the degree to which they do so has varied. In recent
decades, since the start of the Clinton administration, perceptions of
big government as a threat have varied depending on the party of the
president. Since Barack Obama took office in 2009, an average of 64%
of Americans have named big government as the greatest threat. That is
up from an average 56% during George W. Bush's administration from
2001-2008, but similar to the 65% average from 1993-2000 during the
Clinton administration.
This pattern is largely driven by Republicans, who generally are more
likely to be concerned about the size and power of government, and
this concern is amplified when a Democrat is president. Democrats are
more likely to see government as a threat when a Republican is in
office; however, they tend to see government as less threatening than
Republicans do, and their concern about big government topped out at
62%  in 2005 under Bush.

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During the Johnson, Nixon, Carter, and Reagan administrations, party
differences were much more modest than they are today.
Each party group currently rates big government as the greatest threat
to the country, including a record-high 92% of Republicans and 71% of
independents, as well as 56% of Democrats. Democrats are most likely
of the partisan groups to name big business as the biggest threat, at
36%; relatively few Republicans, 4%, view big business as the  most
threatening.

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 Implications
 Americans have consistently viewed big government as a greater threat
to the United States than either big business or big labor, but never
more than they do now. That may be partly a reaction to an
administration that favors the use of government to solve problems.
Also, the revelation of widespread government monitoring of U.S.
Internet activity may be a factor in raising Americans' concern about
the government. The threat of big business may seem diminished now,
during a relatively calm period for big business, with rising stock
values and relatively few major corporate scandals such as occurred in
the early 2000s. Also, the labor movement is far less influential in
U.S. policy today than in the past, including in 1965, when Gallup
first asked the question.
In the future, Americans likely will continue to view big government
as the greatest threat of the three, partly because of Republicans'
reluctance to rely on government to solve problems, and because
Democrats and independents are also inclined to view big government as
a  greater threat than big business or big labor. But the percentage
of Americans viewing big government as the greatest threat will also
likely  to continue to vary, in response to current conditions in the
political and business environments.

 Survey Methods
 Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews
conducted Dec. 5-8, 2013, with a random sample of 1,031 adults, aged
18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of
Columbia.
For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin
of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones and
cellular phones, with interviews conducted in Spanish for respondents
who are primarily Spanish-speaking. Each sample of national adults
includes a minimum quota of 50% cellphone respondents and 50% landline
respondents, with additional minimum quotas by region. Landline and cell
telephone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods.
Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household on the
basis of which member had the most recent birthday.
Samples are weighted to correct for unequal selection probability,
nonresponse, and double coverage of landline and cell users in the two
sampling frames. They are also weighted to match the national
demographics of gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education,
region, population density, and phone status (cellphone only/landline
only/both, and cellphone mostly). Demographic weighting targets are
based on the March 2012 Current Population Survey figures for the aged
18 and older U.S. population. Phone status targets are based on the
July-December 2011 National Health Interview Survey. Population
density targets are based on the 2010 census. All reported margins of
sampling error include the computed design effects for weighting.
In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical
difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into
the findings of public opinion polls.

 View methodology, full question results, and trend data.
For more details on Gallup's polling methodology, visit www.gallup.com.

 http://www.gallup.com/poll/166535/record-high-say-big-government-
greatest-threat.aspx


-- jure