The Indian prime minister Narendra Modi could also be probably the most fashionable leaders in his nation in latest many years, however he’s far much less well-known within the US. And amongst these Individuals who’ve heard of him, he doesn’t encourage a lot confidence, in line with the outcomes of a new Pew survey.
The survey, which polled 3,576 folks between March 20-26, confirmed that 40% of grownup Individuals have by no means heard of Modi, who’s now serving his second time period because the chief of the world’s largest democracy.
Youthful Individuals are much less prone to know Modi’s identify. Within the 18-29 age group, 59% of respondents stated they’d by no means heard of Modi, in contrast with 28% of these 65 and older. “Amongst Republicans and Democrats alike, pluralities say they haven’t heard of Modi,” Pew stated in a report revealed yesterday (April 17).
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The Pew survey revealed the deepest familiarity with Vladimir Putin; solely 3% of respondents stated they didn’t know his identify. Putin additionally elicited essentially the most distrust. Greater than 70% of respondents stated that they had no confidence in any respect within the Russian chief.
“Greater than half of US adults (56%) have a minimum of some confidence in [Ukrainian president Volodymyr] Zelenskyy to do the correct factor concerning world affairs,” the report stated. “By comparability, fewer than one-in-ten trust in Chinese language President Xi Jinping (8%) or…Putin (7%).”
For Modi, who had a 76% approval score in India in line with one other report revealed earlier this month, the Pew survey determine amongst Individuals for “doing the correct factor” stood at a measly 1%. As much as “37% have little or no confidence in his means to do the correct factor concerning world affairs,” the report stated. And in a bipartisan end result, Pew discovered that Republicans and Democrats concurred almost exactly (21% and 22% respectively) in expressing confidence in Modi—the closest such end result amongst all of the leaders surveyed.