Is America great again?
A new poll from Gallup found that satisfaction in the position of the United States compared to the rest of the world hit a 17-year high. The poll, which has been conducted annually, found 53% of adults living in the U.S. were satisfied with the country’s position on the world stage. Satisfaction hasn’t been this high since 2003.
The uptick was largely driven by Republican respondents, with 85% reporting satisfaction in the country’s position. Just 19% of Democrats reported the same satisfaction. This partisan disparity in satisfaction was present under the Obama administration as well. The highest point Republican satisfaction reached under President Barack Obama was 21% in 2009; Democratic satisfaction reached 62% in 2013.
The surge in satisfaction with the U.S. did not translate to high marks for how respondents believe President Trump is perceived by his peers.
A little more than a third of adults reported they believe Trump is respected by other world leaders, which was up slightly from the year prior when 31% reported that Trump was respected. There was a 68-point partisan gap in the responses, with just 6% of Democrats reporting that Trump is respected by other global leaders.
This disparity likely stems from Trump’s tense relationship with traditional U.S. allies. During December’s NATO summit in London, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were caught on a hot mic mocking Trump.
The poll was conducted from Feb. 3-16 and included responses from 1,028 adults living in the U.S. The margin of error in the data was 4 percentage points.
