Posted on 11/29/2004 10:04:36 AM PST by demlosers
Wednesday November 17, 2004--Fifty-seven percent (57%) of American voters have an unfavorable view of France. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 25% have a favorable opinion of that nation.
In fact, more Americans believe France is our enemy (31%) in the War on Terror than believe Jacques Chirac's country is our ally (22%). A plurality, 43%, believe that France's role is somewhere in between ally and enemy.
These numbers stand in stark contrast to Great Britain. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Americans have a favorable opinion of Tony Blair's country while only 9% have an unfavorable view. Eighty-three percent (83%) of Americans view Great Britain as our ally in the War on Terror.
Germany, Russia, and the United Nations fall in between these extremes. Forty-four percent (44%) of Americans have a favorable opinion of the UN while 42% have an unfavorable view. Thirty-three percent (33%) of voters see the UN as our ally in the War on Terror and 17% see it as our enemy.
Forty percent (40%) of voters have a favorable opinion of Germany while 34% have an unfavorable view. For Russia, the numbers are 33% favorable and 38% unfavorable.
By a 77% to 11% margin, those who voted for President Bush have an unfavorable opinion of France. Kerry voters are more evenly divided--42% of Kerry voters have a favorable opinion of that nation, 35% unfavorable.
Forty-three percent (43%) of Bush voters say France is our enemy in the War on Terror. Only 17% of Kerry voters share that view.
As for the United Nations, 64% of Bush voters have an unfavorable view of that institution. Twenty-three percent (23%) have a favorable opinion. Among Kerry voters, the numbers on the UN are 68% favorable and 16% unfavorable. Details are available for Premium Members.
Separate survey data found that 62% of Americans believe our nation is generally fair and decent. A much smaller number believe it is unfair and discriminatory. These basic perceptions changed little during Election 2004.
As debate has raged about the role of values in Election 2004, Rasmussen Reports data found that, on Election Day, 10% named cultural issues as most important to them. Most voters also said that the issue of same-sex marriage was somewhat or very important to them. Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters pray every day or nearly every day.
Still, the War with Iraq remained the dominant issue of Election 2004 and voters remain divided as to how President Bush is handling the situation in Iraq. Just over half of American voters believe the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror.
Rasmussen Reports provides daily updates on the economic confidence of American Consumers and Investors and the political environment. We also track, on a weekly basis, ratings of how President Bush is handling the economy and Iraq, and who voters believe is winning the War on Terror.
Data in this article was derived from a national telephone survey of 2,000 Likely Voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports November 11-14, 2004 and from a separate survey of 1,000 Likely Voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports November 15-16, 2004. Margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Methodology.
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Heinz 57
ZOGBY POLL?
We've got to start working on the other 43%.
Count me in too, but then again I'm in Canada. France is playing a high-stakes political game in the war on terrorism. It truly does NOT have the best interest of the world, let alone the US at heart. France is the consumate back-stabbing buddy.
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Remeber this year buy your Champaign from AMERICAN vinyards!
Yes France LOST the exclusivity to the word champaign and now ANY us vinyard can use the identifying "Champaign"!
And this news out of President Chirac's birthday too. Poor little France.
57%? Zogbys back to work.
France needs to leave the Twilight Zone.
And what of the poll that of that 57% that hate France, NONE would urinate on the Effel Tower if it were on fire?
This has got change, or we're going to pay a further price....on many levels.
The link works for me, but here it is again:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Allies%20and%20Enemies%20NOvember%202004.htm
Must have been a considerable number who misunderstood the question, thought they said, "Pants."
No other way to explain the 24% approval rating.
43% of American voters are headline reading sheeple.
"42% of Kerry voters have a favorable opinion of [France], 35% unfavorable."
That 35% needs to be brought over to our side, esp. the 16% of them who disapprove of the UN. Paging Karl Rove...you need to learn more about this demographic.
Maybe you should restrict your search to those vineyards that call their product "champagne."
While Powell was hopscotching African capitals to drum up support for a unified front against Saddam Hussein, the French foreign minister visited the same capitals to sabotage the American efforts.
As most intelligent observers have stated, if France had supported the US in the UN, Saddam would likely have backed down and allowed unfettered inspections.
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