A new poll reports a partisan divide in judgments of morality, while overall concern is lower around issues like gambling and marijuana.

A new Pew Research Center study found 53% of U.S. adults rated Americans’ morals and ethics as “bad,” making the U.S. the only country surveyed where that view prevailed.

Trust in other people underpins everything from civic life to everyday cooperation, so broad skepticism about neighbors’ character can shape politics, institutions and social cohesion.

Pew’s findings add an international benchmark to a long-running American debate about polarization and whether people see opponents—and even fellow citizens—as acting in good faith.

  • human@slrpnk.net
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    Pew reported a partisan split: Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents were more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to rate fellow Americans as morally and ethically bad, 60 percent versus 46 percent.

    Can’t say I don’t see why.

    The United States stood out as the only country where a majority described others’ morality and ethics as bad (53 percent) rather than good (47 percent), according to the report.

    Have they tried asking those other countries about the United States?