Gilani’s Gallopedia© Gallopedia From Gilani Research Foundation January 2021, Issue # 672* Compiled on a weekly basis since January 2007
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Contact Details: Wafaa Khatibi Research Associate, Gallup Pakistan Email: wafaa@gallup.com.pk This WEEKLY REPORT consists of 19 national & multi country surveys 11 polling organizations have been represented. Asia: Pakistan (Health) – 01 national poll Africa: Uganda (Elections) – 01 national poll Euro Americas: Italy(Health), Sweden(Health), Austria(Family), UK(Health, Governance, Governance, Health), USA(Elections, Media, Media, Health, Legislation, Ethnicity, Crime), Australia(Elections) – 14 national polls	Multi-Country Studies: Arab Barometer – 06 Countries (US Image) Romir – 41 Countries (Well-being) Topic of the Week: At the end of 11 months of COVID-19, global death per million climbs to 231; perceived personal fear of global population remains stable at 59%: Gallup & Gilani Pakistan releases its third Global Barometer of Facts and Fears on COVID-19 Gilani-Gallopedia Globality Index
ASIA AND MENA Regions
672-01 4 in 10 Pakistanis non-committal with respect to COVID-19 Vaccine: Gallup Pakistan and WIN World Survey (Click for Details) (Pakistan) According to a Gallup Pakistan Survey in Pakistan (and similar surveys done by Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research (WIN) across the world), nearly 41% Pakistanis say they are either unlikely or very unlikely to get COVID-19 vaccination if it was offered to them. 34% Pakistanis said that when a vaccine for COVID-19 becomes available, they will definitely get vaccinated, 22% said that they will probably get vaccinated. (Gallup Pakistan) January 07, 2020 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
AFRICA Regions
AFRICA
672-02 Many Ugandans skeptical, apprehensive heading in toward Election Day (Click for Details) (Uganda) Many Ugandans were doubtful about the fairness of the general election campaign and apprehensive about possible violence as they approached Election Day on Thursday, a new Afrobarometer survey shows. In a survey in late December and early January, fewer than half of respondents considered the campaign a level playing field for all candidates, and a majority said that opposition parties and supporters were often silenced by the government. (Afrobarometer) January 12, 2020 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
EURO-AMERICA Regions
EUROPE
672-03 The world survey: vaccine readiness and 2021 predictions (Click for Details) (Italy) WIN, an international network of market research companies and public opinion polls of which BVA Doxa is a founding member, has published the WIN World Survey 2020 (WWS), on the opinions of 26,759 people from 32 countries on the pandemic. The survey analyzes opinions and forecasts related to the vaccine, how governments have handled the crisis, opinions on the capacity of the national health system and the probabilities of traveling in 2021. BVA Doxa took care of data collection in Italy. (BVA Doxa) January, 2020 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
672-04 New clear increase - more people want to get vaccinated against covid-19 (Click for Details) (Sweden) In August, only 36 percent of Swedes were positive about taking the new corona vaccine. The figure has gradually increased from 46 percent in November and 71 percent now in December, the survey from the opinion institute Novus shows, where 1,578 people aged 18 to 79 were interviewed. (SVT News) January 01, 2021 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
672-05 Nonviolent Upbringing Is The Ideal Form Of Upbringing For Only Half Of Austrians (Click for Details) (Austria) On behalf of the möwe child protection centers, the Austrian Gallup Institute carried out a representative survey on violence against children in the Austrian population for the fourth time (Gallup Omnibus / CAPI, representative of the Austrian population 14+, n = 1,000, October 27 to November 16, 2020). The effects of the Covid 19 pandemic on domestic violence against children were also analyzed. (Gallup Austria) January, 2021 4.2 Society » Family (Top)
672-06 How do Brits feel about the new national lockdown? (Click for Details) (UK) With Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing that England would enter another nationwide lockdown on Monday, national lockdowns are now in places across all nations of the United Kingdom once again. The newly-bolstered rules are similar to those of the first lockdown in March 2020 including a stay at home order, limiting exercise outdoors to once a day, and travel restrictions. (YouGov) January 05, 2020 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
672-07 Most people don’t think the government will meet its 2m a week vaccine target (Click for Details) (UK) The government aims to vaccinate 14 million people by mid-February. This would require two million injections a week, whereas the current record is at around 610,000 doses. New YouGov data shows most people (58%) are sceptical that the government will meet its target, including a quarter of Britons (25%) who think it ‘very’ unlikely. Only three in ten people (31%) believe the government is likely to reach the 2m a week figure. (YouGov) January 07, 2020 1.3 Domestic Politics » Governance (Top)
672-08 Where are people likely to think different government action could have prevented COVID-19 spread (Click for Details) (UK) In August, seven in ten Britons said a different response may have prevented the worst of the pandemic in the UK. Research as part of the YouGov Cambridge Globalism survey this summer shows that 70% of Britons think that a difference response could have spared them the worst of the pandemic, the fifth highest rate in the study. (YouGov) January 08, 2020 1.3 Domestic Politics » Governance (Top)
672-09 Six in ten Britons think it is likely the NHS will be overwhelmed within weeks (Click for Details) (UK) An official briefing warned on Wednesday that London hospitals are less than two weeks away from becoming overwhelmed by COVID-19 in a best-case scenario. New YouGov data shows that a majority of the public (63%) similarly believe it is either very (22%) or fairly (41%) likely that hospitals run out of capacity in weeks. Less than a quarter of Britons believe it’s not very (18%) or not at all (5%) likely. (YouGov) January 08, 2020 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
NORTH AMERICA
672-10 Once again, nearly all Senate elections reflect states’ presidential votes (Click for Details) (USA) The final U.S. Senate races of the 2020-21 election cycle have continued a pattern that’s emerged over the past decade or so: Senate election results are very much in sync with states’ presidential votes. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won both of this week’s Senate runoffs in Georgia by relatively narrow margins – albeit wider than Joe Biden’s 11,779-vote victory over Donald Trump in the state’s presidential contest two months ago. (PEW) January 08, 2021 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
672-11 Republicans who relied on Trump for news more concerned than other Republicans about election fraud (Click for Details) (USA) Just before supporters of Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, he delivered remarks to them claiming the presidential election had been “stolen” and “rigged.” Trump had begun casting doubt on the integrity of the election before the voting began, and since Nov. 3 that message had intensified into numerous lawsuits alleging outright fraud and theft. Republicans who relied heavily on Trump and his campaign for news were significantly more concerned than other Republicans about the possibility of election fraud heading into the election and more convinced that it had actually occurred in the weeks that followed. (PEW) January 11, 2021 4.6 Society » Media/ New Media (Top)
672-12 News Use Across Social Media Platforms in 2020 (Click for Details) (USA) As social media companies struggle to deal with misleading information on their platforms about the election, the COVID-19 pandemic and more, a large portion of Americans continue to rely on these sites for news. About half of U.S. adults (53%) say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” and this use is spread out across a number of different sites, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Aug. 31-Sept. 7, 2020. (PEW) January 12, 2021 4.6 Society » Media/ New Media (Top)
672-13 U.S. Readiness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Steadies at 65% (Click for Details) (USA) Nearly two-thirds of Americans in December said they would be willing to take an FDA-approved vaccine right now if available at no cost. The 65% saying this was essentially unchanged from 63% in November, even after the FDA approved the use of two vaccines and those were starting to be administered to healthcare workers and nursing home residents nationwide. (Gallup USA) January 12, 2020 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
672-14 Voters say Congress should press ahead with second Trump impeachment attempt (Click for Details) (USA) On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives is expected to vote to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time in his presidency. With only one week remaining until President-Elect Joe Biden takes his oath of office, opponents have argued that impeachment will further divide the nation without limiting President Trump’s term. Proponents of impeachment have said it is vital to hold the outgoing president responsible for encouraging his supporters to storm Congress last week, an attack in which five people died. (YouGov) January 13, 2020 1.7 Domestic Politics » Legislation (Top)
672-15 66% of Americans say BLM protestors would have been treated differently at the Capitol (Click for Details) (USA) As images of last week’s Capitol breach by pro-Trump supporters flooded screens across America, many noted their treatment by law enforcement. Spectators, marking the lack of police involvement, coupled with footage of officers taking selfies with rioters – quickly observed the difference in police response to the treatment of Black Lives Matter protestors this past summer. (YouGov) January 13, 2020 4.3 Society » Ethnicity (Top)
672-16 Snap poll finds America united in opposition to the pro-Trump mob (Click for Details) (USA) Snap Ipsos poll finds half of Americans think the unrest is an attempted coup. In snap polling conducted on January 6, as the events in the U.S. Capitol unfolded, Ipsos finds that the large majority of Americans oppose the protestors who broke into the Capitol building during the election certification, and half see it as an attempted coup. (Ipsos MORI) January 07, 2020 4.12 Society » Crime (Top)
AUSTRALIA
672-17 Labour/Greens enjoy majority support of 54.5% of New Zealand electors as 2021 begins (Click for Details) (Australia) The Labour/Greens government enjoys the support of 54.5% of New Zealand electors as 2021 begins, down 2% points since November. Although a clear majority of electors support the Labour/Greens alliance this is the lowest level of combined support for the two governing parties since March 2020. Support for the Labour Party is unchanged at 44% in December. (Roy Morgan) January 12, 2020 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
MULTICOUNTRY STUDIES
672-18 U.S. & China’s competition extends to MENA (Click for Details) Globally, a new competition is taking place between the U.S. and China, which extends to the Middle East. China has taken an increasing role in the region, providing aid to governments for COVID-related relief, building on years of increased involvement in MENA through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). As the Trump administration has changed the terms of U.S. engagement, seeking to withdraw troops from the region while building relations between Israel and Arab countries, Arab Barometer conducted nationally representative surveys in six countries – Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia – to gauge the attitudes of ordinary citizens on how they view these two world powers. (Arab Barometer) January 12, 2020 2.6 Foreign Affairs & Security » US image (Top)
672-19 Global Opinion: The Decline of Global Economic Hope (Click for Details) Results of the global study "Index of Economic Hope", conducted by the association of independent research agencies Gallup International in 41 countries. The exclusive representative of the association in Russia and the CIS countries is "Romir". The global index of economic hope amounted to -21 pp. The decline in the index continues after -2 pp. in 2017 and 20 p.p. in 2016. (Romir) January 06, 2021 3.1 Economy » Perceptions on Performance/ Well-Being (Top)
TOPIC OF THE WEEK: At the end of 11 months of COVID-19, global death per million climbs to 231; perceived personal fear of global population remains stable at 59%: Gallup & Gilani Pakistan releases its third Global Barometer of Facts and Fears on COVID-19 uThis page is devoted to opinions of countries whose polling activity is generally not known very widely or where a recent topical issue requires special attention.
At the end of 11 months of COVID-19, global death per million climbs to 231; perceived personal fear of global population remains stable at 59%: Gallup & Gilani Pakistan releases its third Global Barometer of Facts and Fears on COVID-19 Gallup & Gilani Pakistan releases its third Global Barometer of Facts and Fears on COVID-19. At the end of 11 months of COVID-19, global death per million climbs to 231. Euro-American countries continue to suffer more than ten times greater than Afro-Asia. Perceived personal fear of global population remains stable at 59%, higher in Afro-Asia (68%) than Euro-America (52%). An updated directory of 853 polls conducted by 93 leading pollsters of the world is included in the press release. All polls can be accessed through links in the directory. KEY FINDINGS Countries where people fear a personal threat from COVID-19 are less prone to high deaths. In other words, personal fear and high deaths are inversely related. Deaths are fewer in countries where the average citizen fears more High death per million is concentrated in North America, Latin America, and Europe. 78% of all deaths during the first 11 months happened in these continents. The deaths per million is 771 in Euro-America compared to 67 in Afro-Asia. The perceived personal threat is on the contrary much higher in Afro-Asia (68%) compared to Euro-America (52%). Other than geographical locations the barometer measures the role of the Older Age population as a driver of higher death per million; as well as Per Capita Income of a country. The finding is that countries which are greyer (high on Age 65+) during the first 11 months are more prone to COVID-19 deaths by a ratio of 38% (Highly Aged): 11% (Less Aged). Countries which are above the global average per capita income are (during the first 11 months) more prone by a ratio of 61% (Richer than Average): 9% (Poorer than Average). Gallup & Gilani Global Barometer on COVID-19 Facts and Fears The Latest measurements based on 11 months of measurements February-December 2020 have the following findings: FEARS Around 59% of the globally polled population is fearful of contracting COVID-19. This figure has remained relatively stable throughout this period. The latest measurement is based on a total of 999 polls from 58 countries covering 77% of the world population. However, there is a noticeable 15-16% point difference between Euro-American (52%) and Afro-Asian populations (68%). This difference in attitudes has also remained relatively stable throughout the three measurements, 6 months, 9 months, and 11 months since the pandemic broke out. FACTS The facts on the ground as measured in terms of COVID-19 caused deaths per million have nevertheless increased over time. At the end of the first 6 months, the global death per million accumulated up to that time was 97; it rose to 156 at the end of 9 months and 231 at the end of 11 months. The regional variations show a very sharp difference between populations of Euro-America and Afro-Asia. The accumulated death per million at the end of the 11 months is nearly 10 times higher in Euro-America compared with Afro-Asia. It stands at 771 in Euro-America and 67 in Afro-Asia. This vast difference across three measurements has also remained unchanged. (Gallup & Gilani Pakistan) January 12, 2020 Source: https://gallup.com.pk/post/30990 (Top)
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