Poll: World still thinks Americans are 'coolest'

MSNBC ^ | 09/07/2011

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They may be witnessing their global superpower influence decline in the face of challenges from other emerging players on the world stage, but Americans have been voted the world's "coolest nationality" in an international poll.

Social networking site Badoo.com asked 30,000 people across 15 countries to name the coolest nationality and also found that the Spanish were considered the coolest Europeans, Brazilians the coolest Latin Americans and Belgians the globe's least cool nationality.

"We hear a lot in the media about anti-Americanism," says Lloyd Price, Badoo's Director of Marketing. "But we sometimes forget how many people across the world consider Americans seriously cool."

Of course, not all Americans are cool — far from it. Some like Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Depp and Quentin Tarantino are way cooler than others.

Americans, however, are the dudes who invented cool and who still embody it in many fields from music to movies and TV to technology.

"America," says Price, "boasts the world's coolest leader, Obama; the coolest rappers, Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg; and the coolest man in technology, Steve Jobs of Apple, the man who even made geeks cool."

Brazilians are ranked the second coolest nationality in the Badoo poll and the coolest Latin Americans, ahead of Mexicans and Argentinians. The Spanish, in third place, are the coolest Europeans.

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[NavyCanDo]

We are the birth place of Elvis, Steve Mcqueen, and the Fonz. What other country on earth can match that?

[Yo-Yo]

[MNDude]

“cool” is very important to the left.

[max americana]

>”America,” says Price, “boasts the world’s coolest leader, Obama;

Yup. You knew the insanity angle will be used..

[jerseyrocks]

I was amazed during my trip throughout Italy the influence of American music. I asked about many Italians how they learned English so well, the answer was always through American music. Their English was much better then some Americans I know. It appears rap was not one of the Italians’ music selections.

[jerseyrocks]

I was amazed during my trip throughout Italy the influence of American music. I asked many Italians how they learned English so well, the answer was always through American music. Their English was much better then some Americans I know. It appears rap was not one of the Italians’ music selections.