Republicans consistently more negative than Democrats toward China % who say they have an unfavorable opinion of China
In some ways, this is a partisan story. Republicans continue to be more wary of China than Democrats across many questions in this report. Nearly three-quarters of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents see China unfavorably, compared with roughly six-in-ten Democrats and Democratic leaners. They are also more worried about China when it comes to cybersecurity and economic issues such as job losses to China and the trade imbalance. Republicans are more likely than Democrats to see the United States outpacing China as the world’s leading economic power as well as the world’s top military. And GOP supporters almost universally say it is better that the world be led by the U.S. Still, negative views of China increased slightly among Democrats this year, so partisans of both stripes are now largely negative toward the superpower. In fact, after seeing large increases in negative views of China from 2018 to 2019, both parties registered their most unfavorable opinions to date in 2020.
Republicans consistently more negative than  | Democrats toward China  | % who say they have an unfavorable opinion of China  | 100 %  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 72  | 70  | 63 63 62  | 61  | 56  | 51  | 50  | 59 62  | 45 45 45 46  | 42  | 39  | 51  | 50  | 35  | 48  | 47  | 47  | 39 42  | 41  | 37  | 34  | 34  | 33  | 31  | 26  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 0  | 2005  | 2008  | 2014  | 2011  | 2017  | 2020  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted March 3-29, 2020. Q5b.  | "U.S. Views of China Increasingly Negative Amid Coronavirus Outbreak"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 