18 February 2016

Economic power is seen at root of US strength in the world

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“Which of the following factors do you believe is most important to maintaining American strength in the world?”

That was the question we put to YouGov’s First Verdict a few days ago and we gave respondents the option of choosing the three factors that they thought were most important. The top three choices were economic power with 52%, then military power with 43% and then schools and colleges with 35%:

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Strong families scored just 22% and religious faith just 19% – suggesting America is not as socially conservative as much of the world might think.

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Tim Montgomerie is Editor of Portrait of America