According to a 2023 survey, the majority of young Americans believed that the United States should focus more on domestic affairs and less on global issues. In contrast, approximately 58 percent of respondents 65 and older thought it best for the future of the country to be active in world affairs.
Public opinion on whether or not the government should focus more on domestic or global affairs in 2022, by age
Characteristic
We should pay less attention to problems overseas and concentrate on problems here at home
It's best for the future of our country to be active in world affairs
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Pew Research Center. (March 8, 2023). Public opinion on whether or not the government should focus more on domestic or global affairs in 2022, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456632/opinion-national-attention-domestic-global-affairs-us/
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