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In many countries, views of the national economy are closely related to partisanship

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In nearly all of the countries we surveyed this year, people who support the governing party – that is, the party or parties in power at the time the survey was fielded in spring 2025 – are more likely than people who do not support the governing party to say their national economy is good.

 

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