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Published 15:45 08 Apr 2020 GMT
In a recent survey, Mexicans and Canadians were asked to describe the US in one word, and responses were, as a whole, far from positive.
The study was conducted by the Pew Research Center, which is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington DC. It provides data on public opinion, social issues and trends in the United States and the world.
In Mexico, 1,028 people participated in the study in person and in Canada 1,004 participated on the phone in the Spring of 2019.
A general overview of the findings was presented in the chart below:
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"Both Canadians and Mexicans use mostly negative or neutral words when asked to describe the U.S. in one word. Only a small portion in each country mention a positive word," the think tank tweeted.
According to the Pew Research Center, 50 percent of the Canadian participants expressed negative sentiments in connection with the US, 39 percent expressed neutral sentiments and just 6 percent expressed positive sentiments.
Moreover, 31 percent of the Mexican participants used negative words to describe the US, 40 percent used neutral words and 11 percent used positive words.
Per the Pew Research Center, America's controversial President, Donald Trump, is by far the most frequently mentioned word by Canadian participants.
This is the moment a Texas high school graduate met her father on the US-Mexico border bridge as he wasn't able to attend the ceremony:
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While the Mexican participants mentioned Trump as well, they were more likely to come up with words related to economics.
The top 10 terms cited by the Canadians were Trump, president, chaos, confused, bully, disappointing, divided, powerful, sad and arrogant.
The top 10 terms cited by the Mexicans were money, work, bad, Trump, migration, economy, wall, discrimination, racism, and migrants.
The Canadian participants were more likely to use positive terms to describe the US whereas the Mexican participants were more likely to use neutral terms.
