{"id":8431,"date":"2022-06-06T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:55:54","slug":"americans-see-different-global-threats-facing-the-country-now-than-in-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/06\/06\/americans-see-different-global-threats-facing-the-country-now-than-in-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans see different global threats facing the country now than in March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As has often been the case<\/a>, Americans see myriad international threats affecting the well-being of the United States. Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults describe cyberattacks from other countries (71%) and the spread of misinformation online (70%) as major threats. And more than six-in-ten say the same about China\u2019s power and influence (67%), Russia\u2019s power and influence (64%) and the condition of the global economy (63%), according to a new Pew Research Center survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since March 2020, however, there have been some notable shifts in the issues that Americans see as major threats, according to the survey, which was conducted March 21-27, 2022, among 3,581 adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2020 \u2013 just as the magnitude of the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> was becoming clear \u2013 Americans\u2019 concerns about the spread of infectious disease were at a record high<\/a>. That sense of threat has abated. Today, 57% of Americans say the spread of infectious diseases is a major threat, down from 76% two years ago. (A separate Pew Research Center survey<\/a> this year, conducted in late April and early May, found that only 19% of U.S. adults see the coronavirus outbreak as a very big problem facing the country, down from 58% who said the same in June 2020.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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