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Laura Silver
@lauraruthsilver.bsky.social
Associate Director @pewresearch focused on global opinion, China. Formerly @StateDept. PhD from @PoliticsAtPenn, @AnnenbergPenn. Lover of dumplings and pangolins.
Enchiladas. Easy to assemble and then folks can add sauce (easy cans available) and bake at their leisure. Good veggie and not (and easy to do prep for both concurrently)
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I engage in a similar exercise but via the number of complaints my parents give me about the “newfangled” clues.
August 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks for promoting it!
July 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Since 2023, the share of Americans who say trade between the U.S. and Canada benefits Canada more than the U.S. has gone up 8 pts -- almost entirely due to shifting Rep attitudes

- In 2023, 20% of Reps said Canada benefited more than the U.S. from their trade relationship
- Today, 46% say this
April 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Before April 2, Americans were more likely to say tariffs on China would be bad for the country and for them personally

When it comes to the personal impact of these tariffs on China, Reps are more likely to say the impact will be bad (30%) than good (17%), though they are more positive than Dems
April 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Around 1-in-5 Americans think Trump is extremely or very likely to pursue taking over Greenland or Gaza -- and majorities oppose both.

More Republicans support (41%) than oppose (28%) taking over Greenland. But, in the case of Gaza, more Republicans oppose (44%) than support (27%) the idea.
April 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A 43% plurality of Americans say Trump is favoring Russia too much
- Among Ds, 72% say he's favoring Russia too much; 16% of Rs agree
- 57% of Rs say he's striking the right balance

Views are more divided re: Israelis/Palestinians: 31% say favoring Israelis too much, 31% striking the right balance
April 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
More Americans disapprove than approve of the U.S.:
- Leaving the WHO
- Leaving the Paris Climate Agreement
- Ending most USAID programs

There are wide partisan gaps on each, though, with 58%-64% of Republicans supporting each, compared with single digit support among Democrats
April 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Maybe it's because you have well behaved children :)
March 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I confess I’m a bit intrigued by the Chinese one … Noodles?!
March 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
And the thin man’s dog. To learn that, I had to first learn the thin man. Woe is Asta
March 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My mother called me to complain how often bae has been in there recently …
March 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Who Americans expect to LOSE influence in the new Trump administration, per @pewresearch.org ?

- Transgender people 84%
- Gay and lesbian people 75%
- Hispanic people 62%
- Poor people 56%
- Black people 53%

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Americans expect corporations, the wealthy, White people and other groups to gain influence under Trump
Overwhelming majorities expect transgender people (84%) and gay and lesbian people (76%) to lose influence under Trump.
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February 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(5/5) In a March 2023 survey, only a third of Americans said U.S. foreign aid mostly benefits developing countries, while slightly more (37%) said such aid both benefits and harms these countries, and 8% said it mostly harms developing countries. A fairly large share (17%) said they weren’t sure.
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
(4/5) Pew Research Center surveys on federal spending have long found split opinions on “economic assistance to needy people around the world.” In 2019, 35% of U.S. adults wanted to increase spending on such aid, 33% wanted to keep it the same, and 28% wanted to decrease it.
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
(3/5) In fiscal 2023, U.S. aid dollars supported programs in 177 countries, with Ukraine as the biggest recipient.

But 14.7% of all aid spending is on HIV/AIDS, 2% goes to combatting pandemic influenza and other public health threats, and 21.7% goes to disaster relief and other humanitarian aid.
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
(2/5) In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. government disbursed $71.9 billion in foreign aid. That's about 1.2% of that year's total federal outlays.

Since fiscal 2001, foreign aid has ranged between .7% and 1.4% of total federal outlays.
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM