{"id":69932,"date":"2023-04-26T11:37:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T06:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?post_type=web-story&#038;p=69932"},"modified":"2023-04-26T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T06:07:56","slug":"survey-shows-americans-have-negative-view-on-nations-future","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/web-stories\/survey-shows-americans-have-negative-view-on-nations-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey Shows Americans Have Negative View On Nations Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link 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0;font-family:&quot;Merriweather&quot;,serif;font-size:0.388350em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Around_70_of_the_total_Americans_polled_believe_the_US_will_become_less_important_globally_by_2050\"><\/span><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #0051d5\">Around 70% of the total Americans polled believe the US will become less important globally by 2050.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"da66c82c-1e79-4710-8ea5-f9f253b2ef2f\" auto-advance-after=\"10s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script 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