A recent survey revealed that people in more than a dozen Muslim-majority nations do not agree with United States’ plans in West Asia, do not view Washington as serious about encouraging the development of democracy in the energy-rich region, nor allowing people to decide their own fate as they wish.
The recent findings are made public by American analytics and advisory company Gallup based on data collected in 2022, presstv reported.
The Gallup research reveals that an overwhelming majority of Iranian, Tunisians, and Turks – 81% and 78% respectively – believe that there is no substance to the American democracy and that US statesmen are not genuinely concerned about building democracy and establishment of democratic systems in their region.
It also found that most of the adults surveyed across the 13 countries were similarly skeptical about the US commitment to the promotion and protection of the principle of self-determination, and thought that American authorities do not allow people in their region to fashion their own political future.
Moreover, people across the countries polled, emphatically disagreed that the US is serious about improving the economic lot of people, with majorities in Iran, Turkey, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Pakistan believing that Americans are not serious about economic and commercial development in their respective region.
The Gallup poll comes as a survey released earlier this year showed that six out of 10 Americans believe the country's democracy is in danger of collapse.
The nationwide poll of 1,313 US adults was conducted between January 7 and 10 by Quinnipiac University.
Seventy-six percent of those surveyed in the poll said they think political instability in the United States is a bigger danger than foreign threats.
A majority of those polled – 58 percent – said they think the nation's democracy is in danger of collapse. Thirty-seven percent disagreed.
Fifty-three percent, meanwhile, said they expect political divisions in the country to worsen over their lifetime.
As for the likelihood of another attack in the United States like the one on Congress, 53 percent of those polled said it was very or somewhat likely.
The poll also had bad news for President Joe Biden with just 33 percent of those surveyed saying they approved of the job he was doing.
Fifty-three percent said they disapproved while 13 percent had no opinion.