Politics

Gender, politics, manufacturing… Ipsos Update explores the latest and research & thinking on key topics from Ipsos teams around the world.

People across 29 countries are worrying that artificial intelligence is making it easier to trick people online into believing misinformation.

This Ipsos analysis for Les Entretiens de New York reveals a small minority in the US and France considers violence a viable means to achieve political goals. Support for democracy remains strong overall – but scepticism towards politicians, the continued spread of fake news and “filter bubbles”, as well as a certain distrust of facts and science, all help to weaken support for the way our democratic systems operate today.

Respondents Believe World’s Superpowers (Russia, China and US) are Least Likely to Comply with New Institutions and Agreements.

Some would think it an understatement to say that the latest Ipsos' Reputation Council sitting takes place against an uncertain global backdrop. We seem to be in a perfect storm of social, political, and economic upheaval – the war in Ukraine, supply chain bottlenecks feeding inflation, and the lingering impact of Covid-19 are but a few of the factors impacting the world.

Ipsos poll for Halifax International Security Forum finds U.S. rebounding in world esteem; Canada, Germany seen as having most positive influence over next decade.

Conducted by European Public Affairs, this is the first ever survey targeting all local politicians in the EU. There are more than one million politicians elected at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU.

Overall, Germany is widely perceived to have been a trustworthy partner under outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.

In most of 24 countries surveyed, more would vote for Biden than for Trump in the U.S. presidential election and expect Biden to win it; but many are concerned about the impact of fake news.