A poll conducted by the Economist Magazine of American and British opinion on government and politics reveals a very close alignment of views. While I do not pay a lot of attention to polling, one significant difference that shows up in this poll is a difference of attitude toward religion and sex. While most respondents claim to be all right with their their children marrying out of their tradition and ethnicity, there is a substantially larger number of Americans who assert a belief in God and afterlife and a similar plurality of Americans who believe premarital sex wrong. On abortion however, there are no differences, the great majority in both countries supporting its availability in one form or another.
Overall, there are remarkable similarities toward government and politics in both countries -- negative. There is a surprisingly strong support for continuing involvement in Iraq and especially in Afghanistan, although a soft majority are for withdrawing by the end of 2009, which is a lifetime in politics.
Worth a look.
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