Communism’s End

A new poll from the Pew Global Attitudes Project shows that attitudes about the end of communism are broadly positive. There are sharp age differences in many countries, with younger people being more positive than older ones. In Russia, for example, 65 percent of 18- to  29-year-olds approve of the change from a one-party system to a multiparty system, while only 27 percent of those 65 and over do. In east Germany, 90 percent of the youngest age group approve of this change compared to 81 percent of those 65 and over. The graph shows results from Russia and east Germany about the change to democracy and the change to a market system.

Source: Pew Global Attitudes Project, August-September 2009.