New international polling from Gallup shows that Americans are unusually anxious about their political system. About one-third of Americans rate politics and governance as the top issue facing the nation, behind only Taiwan, which faces the threat of invasion from China, and Slovenia.
The economy and jobs are also much more likely to be among Americans’ top concerns than in most of the more than 100 countries surveyed by #Gallup, with younger Americans especially likely to see this as a worry.
It’s the latest in a series of surveys indicating global and American anxiety about the economy and democratic governance. According to experts, economic anxiety is closely connected to the health of democratic systems.
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Worldwide, economic issues dominate people`s views of their country`s most important problem.