Fig. 2

Trends in Support for Foreign Aid. Note: This figure shows the aggregate average level of support for foreign aid in all four countries. We measured support for overseas aid based on whether respondents wanted to maintain or increase the money their government spends on overseas aid. The dependent variable (y-axis) shows the share of respondents who want to maintain or increase government spending on foreign aid relative to the whole sample (including respondents who answered that they prefer not to say or Don’t know). On the x-axis is the month/year the survey was conducted. Estimates are weighted to be nationally representative. The exact wording of the question and response options are in the appendix.