Since the contested election on August 9, 2020, citizens in Belarus have taken to the streets in protest against President Lukashenko—in unprecedented numbers. Drawing on unique public opinion survey data from prior to the protests, Conflict & Change’s Prof. Kristin M. Bakke—with her collaborators Prof. John O’Loughlin at the University of Colorado and Prof. Gerard Toal at Virginia Tech—reports on how citizens in Belarus view major challenges facing the country, their trust in the president, and their orientation towards Russia and the West. See their piece in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage (August 21), and their article in Global Voices, exploring generational divides among the protesters.