This statistic illustrates the perception of people with opposing political views in Belgium in 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, just over 35 percent of the surveyed Belgians agreed that people with different political views from their country were unlikely to change their opinion, regardless of the evidence presented.
Thinking about the people in your country with opposing political views to you, do you agree with the following statements?
Characteristic
Share of respondents who strongly agree or tend to agree
They're unlikely to change their opinion, regardless of the evidence presented
36%
They have been misled
24%
They genuinely don't care about the future of the country
17%
They're not worth trying to have a conversation with
The question asked in the survey was as follows: "Now thinking about the people in your country with opposing political views to you, to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following? (...)"
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Ipsos. (March 4, 2019). Thinking about the people in your country with opposing political views to you, do you agree with the following statements? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/988493/perceptions-of-people-with-opposing-political-views-in-belgium/
Ipsos. "Thinking about the people in your country with opposing political views to you, do you agree with the following statements?." Chart. March 4, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/988493/perceptions-of-people-with-opposing-political-views-in-belgium/
Ipsos. (2019). Thinking about the people in your country with opposing political views to you, do you agree with the following statements?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/988493/perceptions-of-people-with-opposing-political-views-in-belgium/
Ipsos. "Thinking about The People in Your Country with Opposing Political Views to You, Do You Agree with The following Statements?." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/988493/perceptions-of-people-with-opposing-political-views-in-belgium/
Ipsos, Thinking about the people in your country with opposing political views to you, do you agree with the following statements? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/988493/perceptions-of-people-with-opposing-political-views-in-belgium/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Thinking about the people in your country with opposing political views to you, do you agree with the following statements? [Graph], Ipsos, March 4, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/988493/perceptions-of-people-with-opposing-political-views-in-belgium/
