If You Dislike the Government and Ruling Party, They Think "The Country Is Falling Apart"

Pew Research National Influence Survey Results
Political Orientation Affects Judgment of Own Country's Influence

It was surveyed that 40% of South Korean citizens believe that "South Korea's international influence is increasing." On the other hand, 47% of American citizens think that their country's influence is weakening.

On the 28th (local time), the American polling agency Pew Research released the results of a survey conducted from February to June targeting 20,944 citizens from 19 countries including South Korea, the United States, and Japan.

President Yoon Suk-yeol is shaking hands with U.S. President Joe Biden at the South Korea-U.S. summit held at a hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on November 13 (local time). Photo by Yonhap News

Regarding their country's international influence, among the three options of "increasing," "remaining the same," and "decreasing," 40% of South Korean citizens answered "increasing." Additionally, 31% believed it was "remaining the same," and 30% thought it was "decreasing."

In contrast, only 19% of American citizens responded that their country's influence was increasing. Meanwhile, 47% said their country's influence was decreasing, the highest among the 19 countries surveyed. 32% answered that it was remaining the same.

In advanced countries such as Japan (43%) and the United Kingdom and France (39%), a significant portion of citizens evaluated that their country's influence was weakening, but the proportion of those who answered "remaining the same" was relatively high. The country with the highest response rate for "increasing international influence" was Israel (57%).

Only 14% of supporters of the South Korean government and ruling party say "influence is decreasing"

Pew Research explained that judgments about their country's international influence were influenced by respondents' political orientations. The analysis showed that the more respondents opposed the government and ruling party, the higher the rate of answers indicating a decrease in their country's influence.

In South Korea, only 14% of supporters of the government and ruling party answered that "South Korea's international influence has decreased." In contrast, 38% of respondents who stated they did not support the government and ruling party gave this answer.

The question of whether respondents were satisfied with their country's democracy also affected their judgment of international influence. In the United States, among those who expressed dissatisfaction, 57% said "the United States' international influence has decreased." Only 31% of those who answered "satisfied" pointed out a decrease in the United States' international influence.

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