World 'wants Kerry as president'
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 Kerry scored best with traditional US allies
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Posted on 09/09/2004 9:42:46 AM PDT by brityank
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World 'wants Kerry as president'
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A new poll in 35 countries suggests that people around the world would prefer Democratic challenger John Kerry as US president over George W Bush.
Global research company GlobeScan Inc and the University of Maryland found clear leads for Mr Kerry among those polled in 30 of the countries.
Only Filipino, Polish and Nigerian respondents clearly backed Mr Bush.
Most said Mr Bush's foreign policy had made them feel worse about the US since his election in 2000.
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 Kerry would win handily if the people of the world were to elect the US president
Steven Kull
Maryland University
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Meanwhile, a new survey of American and European public attitudes also suggested there had been a dramatic leap in the latter's criticism of US foreign policy.
More than three-quarters of Europeans surveyed in 10 countries by the German Marshall Fund of the US said they disapproved of President Bush's international actions, 20% more than two years ago.
The survey also showed sharp differences in how governments should respond to potential threats from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
More than 80% of Americans thought war could achieve justice - more than twice the proportion of Europeans.
Traditional allies
The GlobeScan/Maryland poll, of 34,330 people, was conducted mainly in July and August.
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POLL RESULTS (KERRY-BUSH)
Norway: 74%-7%
Germany: 74%-10%
France: 64%-5%
Italy: 58%-14%
Spain: 45%-7%
UK: 47%-16%
Canada: 61%-16%
Mexico: 38%-18%
Brazil: 57%-14%
China: 52%-12%
Japan: 43%-32%
Indonesia: 57%-34%
India: 34%-33%
Philippines: 32%-57%
Nigeria: 33%-27%
Poland: 26%-31%
Thailand: 30%-33%
Source: GlobeScan Inc/University of Maryland PIPA
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Because of access difficulties, polling was restricted to metropolitan areas in 11 of the countries.
"Only one in five want to see Bush re-elected," said Steven Kull, the director of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).
"Though he is not as well known, Kerry would win handily if the people of the world were to elect the US president."
Mr Kerry scored best in traditional US allies, such as Canada and Western European countries.
The highest margin was in Norway, where 74% of respondents backed Mr Kerry compared with just 7% for Mr Bush. The strongest negative views about US foreign policy appeared to come from Germany, where 83% said their view of the US had got worse.
Respondents in all the Latin American countries polled, including neighbours Mexico, also went for the Democrat, with the biggest majority - 57% to 14% - in Brazil.
The picture was more mixed in Asia. Only respondents in the Philippines clearly backed Mr Bush, but there was an almost even divide in India and Thailand.
Organisers of the poll attributed the Philippine result to US aid to a military campaign against Islamist rebels in the south of the country.
Click the link on the right and get an education.
There's also a list of the Congressional Progressive Caucus [Communist/Socialist] listed here ^.
(Links open in new window)
They can suck my 11 trillion GDP :-)
During the Clinton Admin, did the world want Clinton as world president?
As I recall reading, Osama bin Laden would beat both Bush and Kerry in a world-wide election.
The rest of the world wants to keep us weak and impotent, and they secretly rejoiced when we were hit on 9-11. It is to their benefit to wish Kerry into office, so that the US can go back to the old Clinton days, when the UN ruled our actions.
Since when did the world have a vote on our Presidency, and should we even give a rat's patootie?
BBC = British Bombast Corporation
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a snit....
Two things:
(1). Why didn't this assinine sample include the good citizens of the Islamic countries? Were the pollsters afraid to discover that our enemies wanted John Kerry for U.S. President?
(2). Did the geniuses over there at GolbeScan take the time to consider that citizens of other countries may not want what is best for America?
For example, a weak American dollar makes a strong Eurodollar, so that means Europeans want Kerry.
A weak American military makes for a happy North Korea, a happy Communist China, happy Islamic terrorists, etc.
Which pretty much explains why we're the last superpower left.
LOL! Kerry collects 100,000 to 338 Electoral Votes. Let's inaugurate him the World's first President come January. (laughing)
I thought this was about sKerry's day at Yale, a hopeful painting of sKerry on a chain gang someday.
the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the gallery and co-organizer of the exhibition.
Here let me fix that for you ...
The MUSLIM TERRORIST world wants kerry as president
More like "bullshit" territory. The BBC is as left-wing as they come.
OMG! China doesn't want Bush to win? Thats it, I'm voting for Kerry
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