Several surveys were published last week in North America showing the various concerns in U.S. & Canada. The dominant focus still remains on economic crisis followed by state of the nation in U.S. State of the Union address also got reasonable attention in the last week surveys. Gallup USA review of the President Obama address show that his speech remained focused on several of the public concerns shown in polls. Should it be considered that public opinion is getting lot of respect from the U.S. administration? This seems true at least for the local issues facing the nation.Just take the case of global warming. Publics' around the world seem ready to deal with this concern even if it slows down the economy. In our previous analyses we pointed towards the U.S. government reluctance towards dealing with this issue. But a look at the Americans priorities for their governments (for several years) provides us with some understanding. On the list of top priorities for Americans for 2010, global warming is at the bottom i.e. number 21. Why is global warming such a low profile issue for Americans? This is a difficult question to answer but the above scenario atleast explains U.S. government reluctance in taking steps towards dealing with this concern. But it also shows that U.S. government respects its citizens opinion.
It will be very interesting if someone can provide the top priorities of the citizenz of China, India, Russia and EU so that we can make an objective comparison the subject.
I look forward for a healthy debate and information.
