{"id":15736,"date":"2024-10-24T12:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/wilkinson\/2024\/10\/24\/corruption-nuclear-threats-and-economic-instability-dominate-national-fears-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:58:09","slug":"corruption-nuclear-threats-and-economic-instability-dominate-national-fears-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/2024\/10\/24\/corruption-nuclear-threats-and-economic-instability-dominate-national-fears-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption, Nuclear Threats, and Economic Instability Dominate National Fears in 2024-Chapman University Unveils Annual Survey of American Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15737 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/10\/Chapman-Fear-Chart-Top-10-Fears-740x416-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/10\/Chapman-Fear-Chart-Top-10-Fears-740x416-1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/10\/Chapman-Fear-Chart-Top-10-Fears-740x416-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Government corruption, the possibility of global war, and economic uncertainty are among the fears gripping the American psyche in 2024, according to new findings from Chapman University.<\/p>\n<p>The fear of corrupt government officials tops the list this year as it has for the last nine years. Americans are also very fearful about loved ones becoming seriously ill or dying, nuclear war, terrorism, and running out of money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/research-centers\/babbie-center\/survey-american-fears.aspx\">Chapman University Survey of American Fears<\/a> is unique in its scope and 10-year history, offering unprecedented insight into the fears of Americans from all walks of life, as well as the causes and consequences of those fears,\u201d said Ann Gordon, Ph.D., associate professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/political-science\/index.aspx\">political science<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/index.aspx\">Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences<\/a>, and co-principal investigator of the survey. 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