The Statue of Liberty stands in the background of refrigerated trucks serving as a makeshift disaster morgue during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, the United States, Feb. 22, 2021. (Photo:Xinhua/Michael Nagle)
A survey conducted in 53 countries has found that 44 percent of people around the world deem the United States a threat to their democracy.
Out of the 53,000 people polled across 53 countries, 44 percent of the respondents considered U.S. influence on their country to be a "threat to democracy," according to the survey conducted by Latana in partnership with the Alliance of Democracies, which was founded in Denmark by former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Meanwhile, 64 percent of people around the world also regarded economic inequality as a threat to democracy, along with "limits on free speech" at 53 percent, "unfair or fraudulent elections" at 49 percent, and the power of Big Tech companies -- most of which are based in the United States -- at 48 percent.
The poll also showed that concerns over U.S. influence on other democracies have increased since last year, up by 20 percent in Germany alone.
