Torture Justified
More than four in ten Americans (43%) say that the use of torture can be justified to gain key information sometimes (31%) or often (12%).
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The latest Pew Global Attitudes survey finds some encouraging signs for America’s global image for the first time this decade. Although views of the United States remain negative in much of the world, favorable ratings have increased modestly since 2007 in 10 of 21 countries where comparative data are available. Many people around the world are paying close attention to the U.S. presidential election.